What is Horticultural Therapy? | Fighting Stress & Anxiety with Gardening & Houseplants | Ep 104

-What is horticultural therapy? 00:32
-How may horticultural therapy help with depression? Or stress? 00:47
-Do you have any tips to make “normal” plant care more therapeutic for the average gardener? 03:40
-Rare aroids are expensive, and sometimes come fragile, tiny, or hard to care for. Can these still be “therapeutic”? It stresses me out a lot when they die lol. 04:25
-How can horticultural therapy help with social relationships? 05:42
-What is a therapeutic garden? How is it different than a regular garden? 08:32
-Any interior decor tips to make indoor plant environments more calming? 10:14
-2020 has seen a huge boom in gardening both indoors and outdoors. Is this a subconscious inclination toward plants and greenery as stress relievers? 11:13
-What is the training and typical day for a horticultural therapist? 12:33

We’re joined by Family Therapist and plant mom Vi Nguyen (follow her on Instagram @in.sght) who talks to us about horticultural therapy and how to use houseplants and gardening, both indoors and outdoors, to decrease stress, depression, and anxiety. Happy planting!

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