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‘Gardens enhance people’s mood’
According to her, flowers and gardens offered enormous benefits for people and the community at large.
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“You walk into a place and it is filled with beautiful flowers. Immediately, you forget the pains you may be going through and admire the beauty you are seeing. You feel calm and excited.
“Gardens also help promote bonds among family members as they always work together for the good of the plants. It teaches children patience,” she explained.
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She also said plants generally were used for medicinal purposes.
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Apart from planting, Mama Afua whos is also a Management Consultant said one could hang the insect repellant plants at the entrance of doors.
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On the need to have gardens in homes or offices, Mama Afua said they offered a lot of benefits to individuals, homes and communities.
With as low as GH₵10, GH₵20, one can begin a garden in their home or wherever convenient.
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