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The garden started simply as a peaceful retreat from hospital treatment or rehabilitation; but has grown to incorporate a program of horticultural therapy in the 1970s. Trained horticultural therapists work with patients in the therapeutic garden to identify, nurture and learn from plants. Ultimately, the goal is to make therapy seem like a ...
Social horticulture could help with depression and other mental health problems of PTSD, abuse, lonely elderly people, [17] drug or alcohol addicts, blind people, and other people with special needs. [18] Nature therapy could also improve self-management, self-esteem, social relations and skills, socio-political awareness and employability. [19]
Vocational Horticultural Therapy is intended to teach skill and enhance behaviors that can be used in a job or workplace. [6] People undergoing vocational therapy can learn skills involving greenhouses, vegetable gardening, tree and shrub care, as well as learn about plant production, sales and services. [6]
Weed Abstracts is updated weekly with summaries from notable English and foreign language journal articles, reports, conferences and books about weeds and herbicides. With the back-file, coverage is from 1990 to present day bringing the total of available research summaries to 130,000 records.
The American Society for Horticultural Science (ASHS) is the world’s premier professional society for horticultural science. [citation needed] Founded in 1903, the mission of ASHS is to promote and encourage national and international interest in scientific research and education in horticulture in all its branches. The more than 4800 ASHS ...
The Journal of Horticultural Sciences is a biannual peer-reviewed open-access scientific journal covering all branches of horticulture. It was established in 2006 and is published by the Society for Promotion of Horticulture. The journal contains review articles, research papers, and short communications. [1]
Sibbaldia: the International Journal of Botanic Garden Horticulture is an online journal which publishes "peer-reviewed articles and short notes on the cultivation, conservation, research, botany (but not taxonomic botany), history, landscaping, legislation, management, and curation of plants in botanic and other gardens."
The International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS) is the world's leading independent organization of horticultural scientists. [1] [2] [3] Its aim is "to promote and encourage research and education in all branches of horticultural science and to facilitate cooperation and knowledge transfer on a global scale through its symposia and congresses (International Horticultural Congress ...