Simson, S.P. & M.C. Straus, 2003, Horticulture as therapy, Food product, Binghamton, NY
- Author : Simson, S.P. & M.C. Straus
- Year : 2003
- Publisher : Food product
- Publisher's Location : Binghamton, NY
- ISBN : I-56022-859-8
- Pages : 478
- Edition : 2
- Abstract : The relationship between people and plants has been taken a step further by the discipline of horticultural therapy. Horticultural therapy is a treatment modality that uses plants and plant products to improve the social, cognitive, physical, psychological, and general health and well-being of its participants. While treatment and rehabilitation typically have been offered in health care facilities, many have found that a garden offers a complementary health care setting that helps to restore physical and mental health to those who work the soil and watch seeds grow. Horticultural therapy is a relatively new discipline that has been developing rapidly during the last twenty-five years. The significance of this discipline and the contribution it can make to advancing health and well-being has just begun to understood. This book seeks to help realize the potential of this discipline by providing a definitive, state-of-the-art textbook on the principles and practice of horticulture as therapy. The text contains 17 chapters organized into 4 sections: (1) The practice of horticultural therapy; (2) special populations for horticultural therapy practice; (3) settings for horticultural practice; (4) Skills for horticultural therapy practice=HTP. CONTENTS: 1. Development of the professional of horticulture S. Davis). 2. People-plant relationship (P.D. Relf). 3. Vocational, social, and therapeutic programs in horticulture (R. Haller). 4. Stroke, spinal cord, and physical disabilities, and HTP (M. Wichrowski, N.K. Chambers, L.M. Ciccantelli). 5. Traumatic brain injury and HTP (D. Strauss, M. Cabaldo). 6. Development of horticultural disabilities and HTP (P. Catlin). 7. Mantal illness and HTP (B.A. Shapiro, M.J. Kaplan). 8. Children and youth an HTP (T. Pentz, M.C. Straus). 9. Older persons and HTP (K. Haas, S.P. Simson, N.C. Stevenson). 10. Substance abuse, offender rehabilitation, and HTP (J.S. Rice, L. L. Remy, L.A. Whittlesey). 11. Outside space and adaptive gardening: design, techniques, and tools=DTT (J. Kavanagh). 12. Inside space and adaptive gardening: DTT (D.L. Airhart, K.M. Airhart). 13. Botanical gardening: DTT (M. Frazel). 14. Community gardening: DTT (P. Schrieber). 15. Consultation services for horticultural therapy practice=HTP (M. Trelaine). 16. Applied research for HTP (P.N. Williams, P.M. Williams). 17. Documentation, program evaluation and assessment (V.Roth, M.C. Strauss).
- Comments : KEYWORDS: horticulture therapy, people-plant relationship, disabled people, mental illness, Children, elderly, design, gardening, community gardening. COMMENTS (Arie Koster): many aspects in this handbook are important for public space too, especially for inclusive landscape design, but also for also for maintenance of landscape elements. See e.g. Chermaz, A. ( 2005) in this literature database.