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How to get the health benefits of nature when you’re stuck inside

Going out into the natural world is good for your health and mind, and you can still get some of the same benefits even when stuck inside, says Graham Lawton

By Graham Lawton

1 April 2020

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LAST week, during what already feels like the halcyon days of Before Lockdown, a wonderful package came through my letterbox. It contained the , which lists the UK capital’s 50 most interesting trees. Did you know there is a ? Or a yew in Totteridge that has been there ? I was planning to visit them all. That will now have to wait.

I have written before about London’s green spaces and its status as a national city park. One of the pleasures of…

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