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Amiya Baratan

Why Your Garden Lounger Always Feels Better Positioned If It's Under a Tree — Hint: There's Science Behind It

A backyard with sun loungers under a tree and by a pool.

Balmy summer evenings call for lazy garden wind-downs, and you can't tell me any different. There's something about watching the dappled light filter through the leaves and shadow in scatters as you detox from the day.

And it turns out that there's a reason we gravitate towards arranging our outdoor living rooms underneath a tree-roofed nook. Shade? Sure. Romanticized ambiance? Also true. But there's some science to it, too.

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