Can plant parables promote peace? Taiwanese researchers find spiritual benefits of therapeutic horticulture
Monday, April 4, 2011 - 11:33
in Psychology & Sociology
A study of the spiritual benefits of gardening and horticultural endeavors found a link between reading plant parables and people's beliefs that horticultural activities have spiritual benefits. After reading parables from Chinese literature and the Bible, students with horticultural experience increasingly agreed that horticultural activities can promote spiritual health; students with no horticulture background did not report a change in perception. The research adds a new dimension to the study of "therapeutic horticulture."