Therapeutic Gardening

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=210 BGCOLOR="#9999FF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="04176ba3.png"> <div> <B>Did you know...?</B></div> <div> <B>That simply looking at trees and vegetation reduces stress, lowers blood pressure, and relieves muscle tension?</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>That gardening can produce endorphin highs similar to those experienced when jogging and cycling?</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>That a study of BC residences for Alzheimer's patients showed that, at the residences with gardens, the rate of violent incidents declined by 19% over two years.  At the non-garden residences, the violent incidents increased by 680%?</B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" >  </FONT></div> </td> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#99CCFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="04276bc1egdyqn.png"> <div> <B>Kukui Fountainhead Retreat</B></div> <div> <B>A place of Healing, Restoration & Peac</B><B>e</B></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=390 colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#99CCFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="04276ba3.png"> <div> <B>Therapeutic Gardening</B></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#6633CC" FACE="Arial" ><B>Therapeutic Gardening</B></FONT><B> </B><B>or Horticulture Therapy is a process using plants and horticultural activities to promote well-being. It improves people's body, mind and spirit and therefore improves their quality of life.  Gardening enables people to socialize and to verbalize their feelings.  Gardening can be </B><B>adapted for everyone to participate and is excellent for stress reduction and health management.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>One of the keys to managing stress is to balance work and relaxation, while increasing our feeling of being in control.  Gardening provides an excellent means for achieving this.  </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#006699" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id35.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Gardening Opportunities at Kukui"><U><B>Gardening Opportunities at Kukui</B></U></A></FONT><B> are many and varied.  </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>For more information on Horticultural Therapy, see </B><A HREF="http://www.uoguelph.ca/hortsci/chta" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.uoguelph.ca/hortsci/chta"><U><B>www.uoguelph.ca/hortsci/chta</B></U></A><B>.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Return to:     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Kukui Fountainhead Retreat"><U><B>Kukui Home Page</B></U></A><B>      </B><A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us"><U><B>Contact Us</B></U></A><B>     </B><A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="What We Offer"><U><B>What We Offer</B></U></A></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>