title: Growing Healing One Garden at a Time.
abstract: Evidence exists regarding the effect of horticultural therapy on improving human well-being, including promotion of overall health and quality of life, physical strength, and cardiac function. This article shares how a nurse created a healing garden at Lourdes Hospital, where she works. Resource information about therapeutic gardens is included.
authors.forename: Julann
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ashman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002835:Christianity; D005260:Female; D051639:Gardening; D058611:Horticultural Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology*; D009518:New York; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000451:nursing*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires