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Gardening and other nature-based activities are part of the care regime in many healthcare institutions and hospitals around Singapore.

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SINGAPORE - Madam Jessie Lo is 99 and looking forward to the brinjal harvest from the shared garden of the nursing home where she lives.
"As long as I can use my hands and dig and replant, I'll be happy," says the resident of Allium Care Suites in Venus Drive, where gardening is a weekly activity.
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