Gardening

Gardening

1. GET A HIGH RETURN ON INVESTMENT (ROI)

Imagine you had a magical piggy bank. For every $1 you stuffed into the oinker, it gave you $8 back at the end of the year. Would you invest in that piggy bank? Yep.

The good news is you can grow your own magical piggy bank: it’s called a garden. If you’re reasonable about your approach and learn the basics of organic gardening, it’s not at all outlandish for you to get $8 back for every $1 you invest in your garden, according to research from the National Gardening Association.

2. INCREASED HOME VALUES

Humans like plants and green spaces. Whether we realize it or not, it’s been proven that gardens, parks, and forests (nature) make us feel much, much better. So it should come as no surprise that neighborhoods and communities with more gardens and parks are considered more attractive (thus more valuable) to people.

In one study, an 11% increase in the amount of greenery (which equated to a 1/3 acre garden/park within a radius of 200 to 500 ft from the houses studied) increased the sales price of the houses by approximately 1.5% relative to other comparable homes. So it should come as no surprise that neighborhoods and communities with more gardens and parks are considered more attractive (thus more valuable) to people.

In one study, an 11% increase in the amount of greenery (which equated to a 1/3 acre garden/park within a radius of 200 to 500 ft from the houses studied) increased the sales price of the houses by approximately 1.5% relative to other comparable homes.   

This result isn’t just true for higher socioeconomic neighborhoods. In fact, it’s even more true for poorer neighborhoods. Researchers studied the economic effects of 54 community gardens in St. Louis, Missouri, over the course of ten years (1990-2000). The results? Median rent, median home values, and homeownership rates all increased the closer the homes were to the gardens.

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