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Could gardening be the secret of a healthy, happy life?

Ever since Adam and Eve enjoyed themselves in Eden, we have known that gardening is good for you.

But now scientists are trying to dig out the exact reasons why many people reap improved health and wellbeing when they are regularly in touch with the soil.

The research, being carried out at Loughborough University on behalf of the national horticulture therapy charity Thrive, could eventually lead to doctors prescribing a course of gardening for some of their patients.

The Loughborough team - led by Saul Becker, professor of social policy and social care - has been given a £320,000 National Lottery grant to carry out the project.

'This is an exciting and innovative study - the first of its kind in the UK - to look at the ways by which gardening and horticulture can help promote vulnerable people's health,' he said.

'In years to come, some people may be just as likely to turn to the land to help their own health and general wellbeing, as they would be now to seek help from health, social services or other agencies.

'We go to the gym to use the exercise bikes and all that kind of thing, but for some people their gym and all its associated health gains is their garden.'

The study will look at 1,600 therapeutic projects around the UK, co-ordinated by Thrive, to measure how and why people are helped by such schemes.

It will also build a model to inform the development of future schemes and raise awareness of the potential benefits.

From Prince Charles to rock singer Kim Wilde, an estimated six million Britons are avid gardeners - and the hobby has become even more popular over recent years thanks to a bumper crop of television programmes such as Garden Force.

But putting green fingers to work in a bid to boost health is no new idea. The benefits of tilling the soil have been extolled for hundreds of years.

In the 18th and 19th centuries, hospitals - particularly those with mental patients - began to create farms in their grounds to provide food and activity for inmates.

Today Thrive, formerly known as the Society for Horticultural Therapy, uses gardening to improve the lives of disabled, disadvantaged and older people.

It estimates it supports 60,000 people by running programmes in settings such as special schools, hospitals, prisons, residential care schemes and on allotments.

It also offers advice for the elderly, disabled, or injured, who need to adapt their horticultural techniques to continue their hobby.

Tim Spurgeon, advisory services manager for Thrive, said: 'Gardening is known to benefit a wide range of people, from older and disabled people to those with learning difficulties or mental health problems.

Most clients are referred by social services departments, but an increasing number of GPs are recognising the benefits of horticulture as a therapy.

'It increases self-esteem, builds confidence, offers basic and social skills and, for some, even leads to qualifications and the opportunity to move into employment.'

It is estimated that two hours of gardening uses up the same amount of energy as running a half-marathon of more than 13 miles.

And only last year, one gardening expert claimed planting flowers and growing vegetables helps green-fingered pensioners live longer.

Dr Brigid Boardman, of the Royal Horticulutral Society, said a garden gives the elderly something to look forward to.