Smell and color are the two factor which an make an immediate impact on human emotions. This presentation was presented in an international symposium held in Trivandrum, Kerala
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2. âą Improving quality of life through
People-Plant interaction
âą Therapeutic, social and vocational
benefits
âą Smell is a very powerful sense while
comparing with our other senses
Horticulture Therapy
3. ï Specific smell receptors will stimulate specific areas of brain
ï Smells and colors can bring back old memories and boost your positive thoughts.
Smell Emotions
4. ArtyPlantz
ï¶ From last two and half years we are dealing with different kinds of people
ï¶ From our sessions we understood that smell can make remarkable effect in human
emotional system and have much importance in horticulture therapy
Horticulture Therapy
5. âThe best place to seek God is in a
garden. You can dig for him thereâ.
George Bernard Shaw
6. Methodology
âą Four month Horticulture Therapy Program
in Angelâs Orphanage, Shivajinagar,
Bangalore
âą Four month Horticulture Therapy session
with Green Connect program for the
corporate people
âą Herbal bouquet making, fresh and dry
flower arrangements, potpourri making,
jewelry making, sensory stimulating games
were some of the activities we used .
Orphanage Corporate
Male 17 11
Female 10 10
Total 27 21
7. Horticulture Therapy Program in orphanage
âą Our aim, to make significant improvement
in mental strength and vocational skills
âą Implemented a garden with vegetable,
fragrant and medicinal patches
âą Exhibition was done for the outside people
âą Rosenberg self esteem scale used for
assessment
1. Pre
Assessment
2. HT
Garden
3. HT
Activities
4. Post
Assessment
5. Data
Analysis
6. Report
10. HT Impact in orphanage
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
Pre and post Horticulture Therapy Impact
Self esteem
Pre
Pre
Post
Post
Mean
Current thoughts-self esteem
11. Horticulture Therapy Program with Corporate people
âą Improving working efficiency and releasing
stress were the two area we mainly focused
âą They participated in regular green connect
programs and HT Sessions
âą Before and after assessment were done
âą DASS and The Workplace Stress Scale was
used for the assessment
1. Pre
Assessment
2. Green Connect
program
3. HT Sessions 4. HT Activities
5. Post
Assessment
6. Data analysis
and Report
14. HT and Green connect Impact in Corporates
Mean
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
Pre and Post Horticulture Therapy Changes
Stress Depression Stress in work place
Post
Post
Post
Post
Pre
Pre
Pre
Pre
Anxiety
15. Conclusion
âą Improvement in self esteem was
noted in orphanage children and
reduction in personal and work
place stress and also anxiety in
corporate participants
âą HT not only gives awareness about
nature but also teaching about the
healing power of plants and how it
can lift the quality of life.