Veteran and Active Military Horticultural Therapy Kits
About Horticultural Therapy
Horticultural Therapy is a complementary alternative therapeutic method in which participants interact actively and passively with plants to help rehabilitate their social, cognitive, psychological, and physiological needs.
While there is promising research in horticultural therapy and its benefits for military members, it is severely lacking.
About the Horticultural Therapy Kit Project for Veterans and Active Military
Our veterans and active military are a population of people in which we would like to make horticultural therapy more accessible. These horticultural therapy kits are a part of a research study in the Department of Plant and Soil Sciences at Texas Tech University on horticultural therapy for military veterans. The kits have been designed to be conducted from the comfort of one's home with the use of an online video.
Participants will take a short online survey before conducting the horticultural therapy kit and then complete another online survey upon completing the kit. Your kit will give you access to instructions as well as a video walking you through setup. We ask that participants of this research study with horticultural therapy kits be military veterans or active military AND be located in Lubbock or the surrounding areas.
Signing up and receiving the kit requires a purchase (purchase link below). Kits are $5 a piece and are valued at $20. Civilians who wish to contribute are welcome to make donations. These funds go into purchasing supplies for more kits. ***Please contact Alicia Thomas @ alicia.thomas@ttu.edu if you would like to participate, but do not have the funds.***
People
Kits Selection and Purchase Link
***Must be a military veteran AND located in Lubbock or surrounding areas to receive a kit. Civilians are welcome to donate funds in purchasing a kit for a veteran*** Kits have live materials so this is why Lubbock location is best. There is not a shipping option.
Succulent Propagation (Coming soon July 2023)
This study has been approved by the TTU Institutional Review Board
Department of Plant and Soil Science
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Address
Texas Tech University, Department of Plant and Soil Science, Box 42122, Lubbock, TX 79409 -
Phone
806.742.2838 -
Email
psstechsupport@ttu.edu