This helpful study is the result of an ambitious research made by the organisation Garden Organic and Sustain within the national project “Growing Health”, which reviews the extensive scientific literature that exists, examining the benefits of gardening and community food growing for both physical and mental health.

 The aim of this review is to focus on the health benefits provided by community gardens and by the activities of gardening and food growing in order to use it to support decision making and to encourage health professionals to actively use gardening and food growing as part of the health care service provision.