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 utilize volunteers to greet guests, assist with patient transport, deliver meals, work in the gift shop, and more.
What are hospitals?
This department uses 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 utilize volunteers to instruct classrooms, mentor students, monitor lunches, and perform administrative tasks.
What are schools?
This department uses 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 use volunteers to clean cages, feed animals, work on social media, and fundraise.
What are animal shelters?
This department uses 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 use volunteers as companions who assist residents with daily activities, planning social events, and engaging in conversation.
What are retirement homes?
This department uses 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 use volunteers to sort, pack, and distribute food.
What are food pantries?
This department uses the most volunteers to create beautiful displays in nature.
What Horticulture?
The number of active volunteers at Newfields.
What is 517?
Volunteering allows you to do this.