Do you ever feel isolated or alone? Loneliness is a big problem that can impact all areas of our mental health – but could gardening go some way to connect isolated people with others? Adam Frost chats to Andrew Kingston from Camden and Islington’s NHS Community Recover Service. Andrew works with the elderly to help prevent loneliness and he’s seen first-hand how gardening can make a difference.

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