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Why we love our gardens by Hugh Mackay
Hugh Mackay, Helen Stevens and Carolyn Forster
11 July 2012
Social researcher and author Hugh Mackay explains not only why we become so attached to our gardens but also why we need them in our lives. In this lecture Hugh talks about how gardens and gardening satisfy seven of our most basic human desires.
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