Garden therapy (garden therapy) is a type of prevention and rehabilitation of psychological and physical deficiencies using plants.
Garden therapy is a poorly studied area of both psychology and medicine. However, a connection has already been identified between the use of horticultural activity of a person and the improvement of his mental health.
Classes in garden therapy are held respectively in the botanical gardens, as well as in other places rich in their vegetation. Affordable gardening allows a person to expand their boundaries, get rid of the barriers that stand in his way. The very beginning of gardening already means that a person has joined socially useful activities. This may be the first step towards its adaptation in society.
Many different types of plants help to provide stimulation and development of sensory feelings of people, their tactile sensations. This is very important for persons with disabilities, people with disabilities. All those visual images that surround a person in the garden, favorably affect his internal psychological state.
The ability to grow a new plant gives a person hope and faith in the good. There is a motivation for further activities. Healthy growth of a flower gives a person confidence in himself, increases his self-esteem.
Garden therapy also helps in the cognitive sphere of a person. To prevent the plant from dying, you must learn how to care for it. With the acquisition of new knowledge, a person develops intelligence, trains memory, learns to direct his attention in the right direction.
In general, gardening reduces stress to a minimum, relieves depression, aggressive behavior. Staying in the open air always benefits both the physical and mental health of a person.