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The pandemic's gardening boom shows how gardens can cultivate public health

  • Written by Alessandro Ossola, Assistant Professor, University of California, Davis
The pandemic's gardening boom shows how gardens can cultivate public healthA man tends to his plot at a community garden in Santa Monica, Calif., in April 2020.Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

As lockdowns went into effect in the spring of 2020 to slow the spread of the coronavirus, reports emerged of a global gardening boom, with plants, flowers, vegetables and herbs sprouting in backyards and on...

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