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7. Orticoltura urbana amatoriale
No full textGli evidenti stati di difficoltà sociale che gli am- biti urbani spesso manifestano possono trovare nell’orticoltura, e nella cura del verde in genere, una soluzione efficace ed efficiente. L’orto urbano, infatti, rappresenta un fenomeno complesso dal valore multifunzionale, destinato a produrre derrate alimentari, a svolgere funzioni estetico-ri- creative, educative, sociali o terapeutiche; può rappresentare una delle forme più economiche e più semplici di contenimento all’avanzare di problemi legati all’invecchiamento della popolazione, alla veloce e spesso caotica urbanizzazione, a particolari congiunture economiche e al dilagare della microcriminalità urbana. Questo fenomeno, tuttavia, si presenta in molte realtà italiane ancora frammentato e poco razionalizzato. Riflettere sugli orti urbani significa affrontare il pro- blema della riprogettazione delle aree marginali e della riqualificazione delle città post-industriali, abbattendo la netta divisione tra ambiente urba- no e rurale presente nelle loro squallide periferie; significa rendere queste zone più permeabili e permeate agli elementi naturali della campagna così da permettere il recupero di una dimensio- ne più umana del vivere. Gli orti, quindi, rivalutati secondo una nuova luce, possono farsi portatori di alcuni requisiti fondamentali per lo sviluppo di una comunità, quali salute personale e collettiva, sviluppo sostenibile, socialità e salvaguardia del paesaggio
Garden therapy in neurorehabilitation: Well-being and skills improvement
No full textLast Spring 2013 a Garden Therapy (GT) experience started at the Neurorehabilitation San Camillo IRCCS Hospital in Venice, where patients with outcomes of stroke, traumatic brain injury and multiple sclerosis are regularly admitted. We are collecting data on how much patients love taking care of plants, how close this is to the metaphorical taking care of themselves and how important it is to deal with the natural beauty of a garden for improving their emotional status. Our view was that GT would be a great opportunity not only for inpatients but also for caregivers, deeply involved in and stressed by the caring involvement. Our main considerations on GT in neurorehabilitation are the following: 1) the designated infrastructures and the activities have to be highly specific; 2) only a small part of the usual work can be done by the patients because of cognitive and motor limitations, so an effort must be made to involve caregivers and staff members to maintain a fine arrangement of the garden; 3) accurate planning of the GT treatment is mandatory due to patients' motor and cognitive impairments, so as not to frustrate expectations; 4) working in partnership with other patients and caregivers is a good choice and could also develop communication and social abilities; 5) from physiotherapy to psychotherapy, GT offers opportunities for sessions in a more inspiring setting; 6) older people, referred by the near nursing home, may share their expertise, creating an opportunity to increase their self-esteem; 7) tailored interventions are a key to success in neurorehabilitation
Realization of a neuro-rehabilitation therapeutic garden: Design criteria and horticultural choices
No full textThe use of gardening activities as vocational treatments for people with illnesses and disabilities has recently become increasingly popular in Italy, too, although the effect of horticultural activities on neuro-rehabilitation has not been examined. The recent creation of the neuro-rehabilitation Therapeutic Garden, "A Garden to Relive" (hereafter GTR), at the San Camillo Hospital Foundation in Venice, has provided a good opportunity to promote successful synergies, such as the presentation of the project both within the hospital and to the general public, and the subsequent fundraising events to obtain funds to adjust the flowerbeds, lay the paving and build a small greenhouse. The problems and solutions implemented to ensure accessibility, together with the criteria for designing a new Therapeutic Garden for patients admitted to a neuro-rehabilitation hospital, are reported here. Neurological patients may have different levels of motor and cognitive disability. Therefore the objective was to create a garden with the following features: accessible by wheelchair and also safe for people walking with some kind of support; working stations of appropriate height and design; high biodiversity and organic crops; suitable for patients who need to recover from, for example, post-stroke depression or to prove themselves before they are discharged from hospital. Moreover, the garden aimed to create a unique sensorial environment for patients with severe brain injury who, in the absence of functional mobility, might benefit from colours, perfumes and tactile experiences. The horticultural solutions and the development of the gardening activities, taking into account the critical aspects as well as the agronomic results after one year, will be addressed in this paper
Chenopodiacee
No full textIL capitolo riporta l'inquadramento botanico e le esigenze colturali delle specie ortive appartenenti alla famiglia delle chenopodiacee, come lo spinacio e la bietola
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