Sometimes, therapy is vital for thriving, just like a gardener often is essential to ensure the successful growth of a seed.

A 2021 study found that gardening therapy had positive effects on people with dementia, improving their engagement, reducing agitation and depression and potentially decreasing medication needs.

He focuses on the healing benefits of plant oxygen production for cleaner air indoors and the beauty of individual plants and ...

The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS) has predicted its biggest gardening trends for the year ahead, spanning floral, ...

The evidence is so compelling that the health factor has been given its own name - horticultural therapy - and is being used to treat hospital patients, plan cities and even to calm prisoners in ...

Garden therapy is not a new idea. In the 19th century, wealthy people who had nervous breakdowns went on rest cures that always featured gardens. Florence Nightingale was a strong supporter of ...

Little did she know that gardening will have a major therapeutic effect on her life, allowing her to fight depression and open new social circles. An amazing story of Alla's recovery and some very ...

While engaging in self-care can help reduce the effects of stress, horticulture therapy (garden therapy) activities provide a fun and comforting way to achieve similar outcomes. Horticulture therapy ...

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A team from the West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust has created a courtyard garden to help patients The organisers of a therapy courtyard garden have been praised for helping to improve the ...

In the book Satyam Sanatanam (M a Center, 2024), the author known as Amma introduced a metaphor that helped me better appreciate the work we do as therapists. The metaphor used a seed to explain ...