Healing power of communal gardening

Interim findings of an ongoing local study called Effects Of Horticultural Therapy On Asian Elderly's Mental Health have showed that horticultural therapy improves the psychological well-being of seniors and the participants reported a greater satisfaction with life and felt more socially connected. The study, led by Assoc Prof Roger Ho from the Dept of Psychological Medicine at NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, has 69 participants aged between 60 and 85.

• The Straits Times, 9 August 2016, Mind & Body, pB16