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Gardening for Mental Health

By ACS Distance Education on February 23, 2015 in Health & Horticulture | comments

Garden RELEAF weekend, which will be held on the weekend of March 7-8, 2015, will see Independent Garden Centres around Australia running fun and informative events to encourage people to get into the garden and get planting.

As gardening is good for both physical and mental health, the weekend will also be raising funds to support beyondblue, so it will be a weekend themed around ‘something blue’.

 

 

 

Don't Miss the Melbourne Flower Show 2015

By ACS Distance Education on February 23, 2015 in Horticulture | comments

The heritage listed Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens will come in to bloom to celebrate the 20th year of the Melbourne Internatinal Flower & Garden Show (MIFGS). mThe hallmark five day event features world class landscape designs and floral exhibits, taking place from Wednesday, 25 March to Sunday 29 March.

 

Eight Ways to treat Physical Stress

By ACS Distance Education on February 20, 2015 in Health | comments

Even fit people can suffer muscle pain if they over-use a muscle that they don't normally use so much. This may happen when you break your routine in any way; from sitting at your desk all weekend when you have not done that for years, or using vibrating garden machinery a lot more than normal, perhaps because there has been exceptional weather resulting in exceptional plant growth that needs mowing or pruning.

See what can be done to reduce physical stress.

 

25 Symptoms of Depression

By ACS Distance Education on February 12, 2015 in Psychology | comments

Depression has many symptoms.

The most likely, and commonly the sufferer will have a subdued mood; but this is a vague sort of thing to look for in a person who you may think is suffering.

 Here are 25 indicators. If several are identified, perhaps the situation warrants closer investigation.

 

Yates Garden Notes March 2015

By ACS Distance Education on February 11, 2015 in Horticulture | comments

Here are some gardening tips for Autumn from Yates in Australia.

Autumn Vegie Garden 
Autumn is a great season to grow many vegies. There’s plenty which can go in now. 
After a long productive summer, or if you are starting a new vegie patch, the key to success is to refresh and improve the soil before planting new crops. Dig in plenty of organics, like well rotted compost, sprinkle over some Yates Dynamic lifter then mix it all in well, forking it over till it’s fine and crumbly. Rake over the surface, water well and it’s ready for planting.