This is an idea source for horticultural therapy programs, schools, senior care facilities and individuals of all ages and abilities. These projects and plant related activities range from easy to difficult, and each has a touch of whimsy. The authors explain that whimsy is the counterpoint to the serious work of being human. These projects were designed by professional horticultural therapists to be fun while serving as great physical, mental and social exercises for everyone. Contains four kinds of activities Plant projects with creative activities and care notes accompanying each one. Craft activities range from creating a "Peace Card" to "Turning Your Problems into Compost." Quizzes on everything from garlic to coconuts. These are great conversation starters. Short stories that can be read aloud to a group or individually while waiting for the plants to grow. These are great springboards for discussion. There is also a comprehensive list of both safe and dangerous plants. Teachers, home schoolers, activity professionals, counselors, horticultural therapists, family caregivers and individuals of all ages will find these pages of value. The focus is on empowerment and creativity.

Windowsill Whimsy, Gardening & Horticultural Therapy Projects for Small Spaces

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Bruce, Hank

Folk, Tomi Jill

Gardening & Landscape Design

Petals & Pages

Written for activity professionals, horticultural therapists, family members and friends, this book is designed to be shared with senior citizens who choose to garden without getting their hands dirty. Enjoy it at home, adult day care centers, senior meal sites, retirement communities, hospitals or rehab programs. Over 50 activities, quizzes, stories, opinion polls and trivia to encourage conversation, trigger memories, and perhaps spark some new ideas along the way. Many of the quizzes aren't about finding right or wrong answers, but sharing wisdom, and exercising our sense of humor. Follow the garden path that allows each person to teach and learn something new, laugh a little and smile a lot as we enjoy the life a garden grows.

Along the Garden Path; Garden Related Activities, Quizzes, Stories & Trivia

Perhaps the first autobiography by a plant, dictated by Ms. Coffea Arabica, aka Lady Coffee, this story presents the wit and wisdom of a lovable yet sassy tree. She traces the connections intertwining between people and coffee throughout history, from prehistoric poker games to go-carts on Mars. Come along on this journey and discover Lady Coffee's deep family roots. Learn how her cunning ancestors convinced humans to transport their seeds throughout the world. Perhaps indeed, they were the ones to domesticate humanity, rather than our assumption that it was we who first learned to make use of their gifts of enlightenment and inspiration of the mind, and delight of the taste buds. Chapters include Coffee from Africa to the Moon, Rituals and Ceremonies, A Coffee Theme Park, Coffee and Your Health, Growing a Coffee Companion, Coffee Quotes and so many more topics such as Our Future Together, Promoting Fair Trade and Sustainability. Let Lady Coffee stimulate your imagination and promote lofty ideas of ways to create a brighter tomorrow for all.

Lady Coffee's Autobiography: How I Enlighten & Inspire Humanity

Politics & Social Sciences

Arabica, Ms. Coffea

Social Sciences

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

This book was created to help children, families and communities find constructive ways to respond to conflict, prejudice, bullying, violence and ignorance. The hope is that schools and communities around the world will use the garden as a safe place to begin discussions on how to respond to these problems in a positive way. In this fictional story Beth and her friends find ways to celebrate the diversity in their school and neighborhood when they turn a rat infested vacant lot into a place where the the community can celebrate its history and its future. In this garden everyone shares the flowers, food, music and stories that define their basic heritages. The harvest is knowledge learned from each other, and this can be an adventure. It can also be a way to cultivate peace. Perhaps this little book will inspire schools and communities to make children's peace gardens a reality around the world.

Children's Peace Garden

Children's Books

Growing Up & Facts of Life

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