Humans have long recognized that our connection to plants is inherently healing. In fact, research has shown that just having a plant in your hospital room could shorten your stay. Horticultural ...

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Newswise — "The gardening enthusiast who comes home from a stressful day at work and hoes in his or her vegetable garden for an hour may be reaping positive mental and emotional results from that ...

Chanie Kirschner is a writer, advice columnist, and educator who has covered topics ranging from parenting to fashion to sustainability. To work the soil for your food is one of the most basic of ...

Students in the College of DuPage Horticulture program now have pathways to credentials in horticultural therapy. COD is one of nine colleges in the U.S. — and the only one in the Midwest — to offer ...

There’s no doubt that starting a garden has recently become a popular hobby. Many people shut inside their homes are simply looking to fill their time, while others are hoping to grow their own food ...

It’s a warm, sunny morning in Tony Wright’s lush backyard in Roswell, Georgia. The retired human-resources manager sits on a folding chair and gazes around in contemplation, surrounded by shade trees ...

In any garden, you’ll find a microcosm of order and chaos, new growth and withered disease, companion plants and parasites, abundance and drought, crowding and isolation, pollination and death. This ...

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There is a specific kind of joy that comes from growing your own tomatoes or watching those seeds you buried transform into a row of glorious sunflowers. But outside of simple pleasures, digging in ...

Gentle gardening helps patients at some hospitals relax and recover. Lori Bloomberg, a horticulture therapist for NYU Langone, at its Rusk Rehabilitation Center in Manhattan, with Clovis the ...