I suspect that most of the readers of this fall newsletter are as tired of the hot and humid weather as those of us who maintain the Wilmot Botanical Gardens. The excessive rainfall in August and now continuing into September has presented a major challenge to accomplish even the most…
By the time you read this we will have just started our therapeutic horticulture programming for the fall. This semester we will be working with three groups of UF students with stress, anxiety, loneliness, and/or depression, individuals with Parkinson’s and their care partners, young adults with developmental disabilities, patients from…
How can relaxation, self-esteem, and well-being be maintained or enhanced in aging populations to maximize quality of life? The good news is there is enough empirical evidence to support the test of the hypothesis that engaging in nature-based activities can provide positive psychological and physical benefits to elder populations. The…
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Wilmot Botanical Gardens is pleased to announce the release of the 2024 Fall Plant Sale pre-order! We are offering a nice variety of azaleas, native rhododendrons, grasses, shrubs, trees and camellias for pre-order. We look forward to receiving your order soon! We will accept pre-orders NOW, August 30th, through October…
Over the past year I have been part of a team that has created and launched the Therapeutic Horticulture Activity Database (THAD), a great resource for horticultural therapists, allied professionals, and anyone interested in exploring activities that use horticulture in therapeutic ways. The THAD was spearheaded by Lesley Fleming,…
There is an enormous body of anecdotal commentary that engaging in activities with plants and gardening provides a number of psychological health and well-being benefits, such as less stress, anxiety, depressive symptomatology, and greater positive affect. If true, then where, and how do many of the ballyhooed well-being benefits actually…
From my office directly across Mowry Road from the Wilmot Botanical Gardens I am able to admire the beauty of the azaleas that are in full bloom as I write my director’s message. If you are not pleased with your azaleas this spring, it could be a problem with the…
Now that our very successful Fall Plant Sale is behind us, we have been working on projects we hoped to conclude before the end of the year. We were extremely fortunate to receive a very generous gift from longtime supporters of the gardens that allowed us to move forward with…
A systematic review does the following: 1, exhaustively searches and collects all published studies related to a given topic based on a defined set of keyword and experimental design criteria, 2, reviews the quality of included studies, and 3, summarizes the collective results. A meta-analysis is a statistical analysis of…
