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August 2009: The Healing Powers of Public Gardens

Gardens are good for your health, right? In order to prove this scientifically, the Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens in Delray Beach, Fla., collaborated with the Lynn College of Nursing at Florida Atlantic University to create a program targeting a growing demographic: seniors over age 65 who are dealing with depression. A three-year study showed that walking in the gardens significantly reduced depression symptoms and led the museum to create a biannual program of guided-imagery walks. Read more.

 image of two seniors walking on a garden path
 
July 2009 | Orange County Library System
A Technology Trainer teaches a software class to patrons.   To address two workforce training needs in Orlando, Fla.—technical skills and small business smarts—the Orange County Library System created the Grow Your Business program, which offered classroom and online courses in three languages. Read more
June 2009 | USS Constitution Museum
A family rests in the hammock together, where a sailor in 1812 would have only been able to sleep for 4 hours at a time.   The USS Constitution Museum in Boston is opening a new exhibit, “All Hands on Deck: A Sailor’s Life in 1812” to bring to life day-to-day existence aboard the world’s oldest commissioned seafaring vessel. Read more
May 2009 | Stuart-Hobson Middle School
Anne-Imelda Radice,IMLS Director, with students from the Stuart-Hobson Middle School.   For decades, irreplaceable PTA scrapbooks, historical school photos, and roll books dating from 1926 to 1967 languished in a little-used room of Capitol Hill’s Stuart-Hobson Middle School. Read more
April 2009 | Interns Help Restore Sacred Hawaiian Cloaks
Aimee Ducey, conservation program intern from New York University, removing accretion from the sacred Hawaiian cloak.   The Bishop Museum in Honolulu, Hawaii, will exhibit three newly-repaired 'ahu 'ula, sacred feather cloaks worn by male members of the Hawaiian ali’i, or chiefs, when it reopens the renovated Hawaiian Hall in August. Read more
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