Therapeutic Benefits of Floral Design

If JAMA is your Jam, check out a few evidence based studies supporting the therapeutic efficacy of floristry.

Scholarly Resources

Rutgers: Flowers Improve Emotional Health

https://Scholarly.org/Scholarly/quick-links/health-benefits-research/emotional-impact-of-flowers-study/

John Hopkins Neuroaesthetics: Artistic modalities which improve our health, well-being, and capacity for learning.

https://hub.jhu.edu/magazine/2019/fall/neuroaesthetics-suchi-reddy-ivy-ross-susan-magsamen/

Cardiopulmonary Benefits

https://journals.lww.com/jcrjournal/Abstract/2005/09000/Effects_of_Horticultural_Therapy_on_Mood_and_Heart.8.aspx

Surgical Rehabilitation Benefits

https://journals.ashs.org/horttech/view/journals/horttech/18/4/article-p563.xml

Pain and psychiatric symptoms alleviation ( As observed in fibromyalgia patients)

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31507119/

Memory-Care Cognition Benefits

https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-0-387-75424-6_46

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Masahiro-Toyoda-3/publication/261384738_The_related_factors_of_frailty_risk_in_Japanese_elderly_women/links/57e8da3908ae9227da9f12f9/The-related-factors-of-frailty-risk-in-Japanese-elderly-women.pdf

Helpfulness and Community Mindedness

https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/abs/10.1089/eco.2015.0026

General Positivity https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1618866722003387