Therapeutic Horticulture
The process through which participants enhance their well-being through active or passive involvement in plant and plant-related activities.
What is Therapeutic Horticulture?
These organizations engage with volunteers to assist with patient transport, deliver meals, work in the gift shop, and more.
What are hospitals?
This department engages with volunteers to assist with art making and leading tours.
What is Education?
The original name of Newfields when it was created in 1883 by 18 volunteers.
What is the Art Association of Indianapolis?
The hourly amount that volunteer labor is valued at by Independent Sector.
What is $33.49?
This acronym describes the essential needs of humans.
What is PLANTS?
These organizations engage with volunteers to instruct classrooms, mentor students, monitor lunches, and perform administrative tasks.
What are schools?
This department engages with volunteers to help with Summer Films and concerts.
What is Public Programs?
The year our docent program was created.
What is 1947?
These volunteers oversee the organization's governance, strategy, and financial health.
Who are board members?
The P in PLANTS.
What is purpose?
These organizations engage with volunteers to clean cages, feed animals, work on social media, and fundraise.
What are animal shelters?
This department engages with volunteers to tidy up interactive areas in The Galleries.
What is Interpretation?
Our greenhouses are named after this longtime volunteer and donor.
Who is Madeleine F. Elder?
Volunteers do this when they share their volunteering experiences with friends.
What is increase the organization's visibility?
Intellectual, physical, emotional, sensory, and social.
What are the therapeutic goals of Therapeutic Horticulture?
These organizations engage with volunteers as companions who assist residents with daily activities, plan social events, and engage in conversation.
What are retirement homes?
This department engages with volunteers to welcome guests to the museum and assist with wayfinding.
What is Guest Experience?
This program was launched in 1992 to connect visitors with the beauty of The Garden.
What are Garden Guides?
This percentage of nonprofit leaders felt that volunteers improve the quality of services or programs provided to a great extent.
What is 72.2%?
Emotional, environmental, physical, intellectual, social, spiritual, occupation, and financial are the 8 dimensions.
What is wellness?
These organizations engage with volunteers to sort, pack, and distribute food.
What are food pantries?
This department engages with volunteers to create beautiful displays in nature.
What Horticulture?
The number of active volunteers at Newfields.
What is 430?
Volunteering allows you to do this.