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Database research record2023·Poland

School Gardens in Poland – Rediscovered Places

Joanna Ziemkowska

Studia Ecologiae et Bioethicae

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A historical outline of school gardens in Poland and their past and current possibilities of use were presented. In recent decades, school gardens had lost their educational appreciation, remaining in few schools primarily for aesthetic functions. This article discusses how school gardens may contribute to preventing "nature deficit" and provide a sense of closeness to nature even in urban realities, noting their re-emerging therapeutic potential (hortitherapy).