Since the last blog I've spent a lot of time at the seaside which has left me thinking, somewhat wistfully, about the sea. While we're called the Lanarkshire Green Health Partnership, we know that the benefits of nature connection occurs in both green and blue spaces, so when we talk about green health it is really shorthand for green and blue health. However, in mentioning that I was thinking of writing about blue health, it became immediately obvious that not everyone was aware of the...

It didn't feel like Cumbernauld, as we stood in a small clearing, surrounded by trees. Each of us released from our offices for a few hours to come together to experience some green health in action and to talk about how we can make it more accessible to other people. There was a light rain falling but it didn't really matter as we took a few deep breaths and then set about searching for colours in nature to match colours on a paint chart - an ingenious exercise set for us by the team at...

Green Health Week 2026 starts this Monday 18th May, and Public Health Scotland and their Green Health Learning Network have been encouraging us to think about green health in action - what it means to us and what it looks like in practice, showcasing the many different ways that we can help bring the health and wellbeing benefits of nature to everyone. For my GHW blog, I'm going to focus on a small but powerful project at Rutherglen Health Centre. Nearly two years ago I attended a Health &...