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2016 Vol.34, Issue 4
Horticultural Activity Interventions and Outcomes: A Review
Sin-Ae Park1
,
A-Young Lee2
,
Geung-Joo Lee3
,
Dae-Sik Kim4
,
Wan Soon Kim5
,
Candice A. Shoemaker6
,
Ki-Cheol Son1,2*
1Department of Environmental Health Science, Konkuk University
2Department of Environmental Science, Graduate School of Konkuk University
3Department of Horticultural Science, Chungnam National University
4Department of Agricultural and Rural Engineering, Chungnam National University
5Department of Environmental Horticulture, University of Seoul
6Department of Horticulture and Natural Resources, Kansas State University
*교신저자. *Corresponding Author. 
31 August 2016. pp. 513-527
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Abstract

The objective of the present study was to review the current research about the outcomes of horticultural activity interventions in order to determine research trends and analyze the characteristics of horticultural activity interventions. We reviewed the literature using search engines such as the Web of Science, Proquest Dissertation and Theses, Academic Search Premier, Research Information sharing Service, and Korean National Assembly Digital Library to locate journal articles that include relevant search terms (e.g., gardening activity, gardening program, allotment garden, urban agriculture, horticultural therapy, and horticultural activity). We initially identified 14,414 journal articles that were published before April 2014 and selected 509 of the papers for review. We found that studies investigating treating children and adults 8 to 64 years old were the most common, and horticultural activities such as gardening outdoors,mplanting indoors, making crafts with live plants, arranging flowers, making crafts with artificial or pressed flowers, and other activities were usually combined. Short/medium term (11 to 20 sessions) horticultural activity programs were the most frequent, and most interventions were of medium duration (> 60 min to 120 min). Most of the studies focused on the psychological or emotional effects of horticultural intervention, such as its effects on emotional intelligence, selfesteem, stress, and depression. Further studies are needed to analyze the research methodology, specific outcomes, and strengths or weaknesses of studies investigating horticultural activity interventions.

Keywords
alternative medicine
gardening
horticultural therapy
socio-horticulture
urban agriculture

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  • Publisher :KOREAN SOCIETY FOR HORTICULTURAL SCIENCE
  • Publisher(Ko) :원예과학기술지
  • Journal Title :Horticultural Science and Technology
  • Journal Title(Ko) :원예과학기술지
  • Volume : 34
  • No :4
  • Pages :513-527
  • Received Date : 2016-04-22
  • Revised Date : 2016-04-25
  • Accepted Date : 2016-06-18
  • DOI :https://doi.org/10.12972/kjhst.20160053
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