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Why British People Are So Obsessed With Their Gardens (And What It Says About Us)

People Are So Obsessed With Their Gardens

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Why British People Are So Obsessed With Their Gardens (And What It Says About Us)

The United Kingdom has more private gardens per capita than almost any other country in Europe, an estimated 27 million of them covering an area larger than all the country's national nature reserves combined.The Horticultural Trades Association estimates that spending on the average garden has increased each year since 2020, to £560 per year. This is not a hobby. For a significant portion of the British population, it is a primary relationship with the natural world, with private space, and with the quiet passage of time. Here is what it actually means.
 

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