SMELL AS AN EMOTIONAL STIMULANT IN HORTICULTURE THERAPY
• Improving quality of life through
People-Plant interaction
• Therapeutic, social and vocational
benefits
• Smell is a very powerful sense while
comparing with our other senses
Horticulture Therapy
Specific smell receptors will stimulate specific areas of brain
Smells and colors can bring back old memories and boost your positive thoughts.
Smell Emotions
ArtyPlantz
From last two and half years we are dealing with different kinds of people
From our sessions we understood that smell can make remarkable effect in human
emotional system and have much importance in horticulture therapy
Horticulture Therapy
“The best place to seek God is in a
garden. You can dig for him there”. George Bernard Shaw
Methodology
• Four month Horticulture Therapy Program in Angel’s Orphanage, Shivajinagar, Bangalore
• Four month Horticulture Therapy session with Green Connect program for the corporate people
• 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
Horticulture Therapy Program in orphanage
• Our aim, to make significant improvement
in mental strength and vocational skills
• Implemented a garden with vegetable,
fragrant and medicinal patches
• Exhibition was done for the outside people
• Rosenberg self esteem scale used for
assessment
1. Pre
Assessment
2. HT
Garden
3. HT
Activities
4. Post
Assessment
5. Data
Analysis 6. Report
Implementing HT Garden in the orphanage
Succulent Wreath made by him
Dry flower vase
Twig Pot
Twig Toys
HT Impact in orphanage
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Pre and post Horticulture Therapy Impact
Self esteem
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Post
Post
Mea
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Current thoughts-self esteem
Horticulture Therapy Program with Corporate people
• Improving working efficiency and releasing
stress were the two area we mainly focused
• They participated in regular green connect
programs and HT Sessions
• Before and after assessment were done
• 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
Plant Identification Leaf Collection
1. Repotting
2. Leaf Identification
3. Craft making
HT and Green connect Impact in Corporates M
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Pre and Post Horticulture Therapy Changes
Stress Depression Stress in work place
Post
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Post Pre
Pre
Pre
Pre
Anxiety
Conclusion • Improvement in self esteem was
noted in orphanage children and
reduction in personal and work
place stress and also anxiety in
corporate participants
• 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.
