Bring a Sensory Garden to life in a structured therapeutic
horticulture program! Intergenerational gardening programs bring
the generations together. This book presents a tested, hands-on,
easy-to-use activity plan that benefits the development of
relationships between adults over 70 and school-age children. It
shows how to limit frustration for both groups, how to plan
activities that are functional and non-contrived, and how to assure
that the interaction between elders and children is rewarding and
pleasant for both. The activities rely on inexpensive, readily
available tools and resources available throughout the growing
season. While other books have discussed designing a Sensory Garden
for people with disabilities, Generations Gardening Together
applies the Sensory Garden design to a specific population, with a
focus on the human senses that are stimulated by the garden. This
unique sourcebook shows you, step-by-step, how a Sensory Garden can
come alive in a structured therapeutic horticulture program.
Generations Gardening Together shows how to create a Sensory Garden
that will stimulate young and old gardeners alike. It outlines a
six-week program curriculum that has been used and developed over
ten years to use gardening as a program to bring generations
together. You'll learn therapeutic techniques that benefit elders
by promoting self-esteem, creating feelings of pride, competence,
and satisfactionboth from creating a garden and through passing on
their knowledge and wisdom to the younger generation, inspiring
them to use both their long-term and short-term memory skills,
increasing physical stimulation, and providing the comfort of
familiar plants and their aromas, which can trigger memories of
people, places, and vocations. The activities in the book also
benefit children through the establishment of a safe environment
where people of all ages, backgrounds, and abilities can come
togetheran ideal social situation in which youth can seek the
wisdom of elders. Children learn important lessons about
accountability, nurturing, and responsibility, for working in a
garden teaches youth about life, death, hope, patience, and beauty.
Each activity session described in Generations Gardening Together
includes the following information: titledescribes the content of
the program general statement of purposeidentifies the intent of
the program goal(s)outlines the expected outcome(s) of the activity
program proceduresprovides a detailed description of each step and
the order of the program's activities evaluationincludes what and
how therapeutic program goals are to be measured and recorded
materials and equipmentidentifies all the necessary equipment and
supplies needed to facilitate the program activity This important
resource shows how to provide appropriate (separate) orientation to
seniors and children, what to emphasize and what to avoid in
creating a program in your community, how to create garden themes
that reflect the interests of the participants (ethnic foods, bird
and butterfly gardens, planting to attract wildlife, etc.), how to
decide what activities are appropriate for the developmental level
of the participants, and much more. Generations Gardening Together
is an essential resource for therapeutic recreation specialists,
occupational therapists, therapeutic horticulture professionals,
activity coordinators, master gardeners, and anyone working in an
environment where elders and children come together.
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