"Digging to plant, bending to water, stretching to weed, all help improve her strength and mobility. Feeling the garden’s textured leaves stimulates her senses, while smelling the blooms jogs childhood memories.
“The patients really dig it,” says Hines, a registered horticultural therapist at the Emory University facility. “Some just come out here, sit down and say, ‘Ahh ...’ ” '' -- Gardening as therapy.