Our Gratitude Garden
Our Mission
Our Mission
Our Mission
To provide a welcoming space for employees and guests to gather, garden, and relax.
Our Vision
Our Mission
Our Mission
For employees and guests to experience relief from the stress and anxiety which comes from being in a hospital setting.
Our Team
Our Mission
Our Team
Our Gratitude Garden is supported by a team of nurses from the Portsmouth area who value the many benefits which come from gardening together.
Why Garden?
For Employees
Stress, anxiety, and burnout are negatively impacting many of our lives. The environmental stressors which come from working in a hospital setting accumulate over time and can lead to low job satisfaction, difficulty concentrating, and can impair our ability to offer high quality care. Occupational stress alone is silently killing many Americans, accounting for an estimated 120,000 deaths per year in the United States 1 . While the estimate is slightly outdated, the Covid epidemic probably made the situation worse for many healthcare workers. Thankfully there are proven strategies we can incorporate into our lives which can help to protect ourselves from these negative effects. Nature-related activities including taking work-breaks in a garden setting, and gardening with peers, are evidence-based strategies to reduce stress, anxiety and occupational burnout.
Goh, J., Pfeffer, J., & Zenios, S. A. (2015). The relationship between workplace stressors and mortality and health costs in the United States. Management Science, 62(2), 608-628
Our Gratitude Garden
Our Gratitude Garden
Helping Ourselves Help Others