Urban green spaces and the biodiversity therein have been associated with human health and well-being benefits, but the contribution of domestic gardens to those benefits is insufficiently known.

Using data from a cross-sectional sample (n = 587) of domestic garden owners in Flanders and Brussels (northern Belgium), associations between residential green space quality in and around domestic gardens, green space related activities and socioeconomic background variables of the gardeners, and self-reported health (stress and depression) were investigated with structural equation models.

Socioeconomic security was associated with lower stress and depression. Nature relatedness and green space in the neighbourhood of the house were associated with higher exposure to green space, which was in turn negatively associated with stress and depression. Garden quality, indicated by biodiversity values and size, and nature relatedness were associated with being active in the garden, which was in turn associated with lower values of depression, but not stress.

Nature relatedness seems to play a key role in the pathway linking gardens to improved health. Improving biodiversity and ecosystems services in gardens may increase exposure to green space and help to restore and enhance nature relatedness. This, in turn, could potentially improve human health and well-being, and contribute to the conservation of biodiversity in urban environments.

城市绿地和其中的生物多样性与人类健康和福祉有关，但人们对家庭花园对这些好处的贡献知之甚少。

使用来自法兰德斯和布鲁塞尔（比利时北部）家庭花园业主的横截面样本（n = 587）的数据，家庭花园内和周围的住宅绿地质量，绿地相关活动和园丁的社会经济背景变量之间的关联，并使用结构方程模型研究了自我报告的健康状况（压力和抑郁）。

社会经济安全与较低的压力和抑郁有关。房子附近的自然相关性和绿色空间与较高的绿色空间接触有关，而绿色空间又与压力和抑郁呈负相关。以生物多样性价值和规模以及自然相关性表示的花园质量与在花园中的活跃度相关，这反过来与较低的抑郁值相关，但与压力无关。

自然相关性似乎在将花园与改善健康联系起来的途径中发挥着关键作用。改善花园中的生物多样性和生态系统服务可能会增加对绿色空间的接触，并有助于恢复和增强自然相关性。反过来，这可能会改善人类健康和福祉，并有助于保护城市环境中的生物多样性。