Trädgårdsterapi är en behandlingsmetod där deltagarna genomgår ett program baserat på upplevelser och arbete i en terapeutisk trädgård med stöd av ett multidisciplinärt team med syftet att behandla olika sjukdomstillstånd. I Sverige tillämpas trädgårdsterapi främst vid vård av psykisk ohälsa som depression, utmattningssyndrom och schizofreni.  Syftet med detta arbete var att undersöka vilken effekt trädgårdsterapi har visats ha vid olika sjukdomstillstånd. Därför genomfördes en litteraturöversikt med systematisk ansats. Sökningar utfördes i databaserna PubMed, APA Psychinfo samt Swemed+ vilket resulterade i tio experimentella studier. Dessa har kvalitetsgranskats och deras resultat har bedömts och sammanställts. Studierna undersöker: cancer i palliativ vård, schizofreni, demens, stroke, smärta, depression och utmattningssyndrom samt hjärt- och kärlsjukdomar. Många av studierna har metodologiska problem som sänker deras kvalitet och bevisvärde.  Det finns inget stöd för att trädgårdsterapi skulle kunna användas för att öka livskvaliteten i palliativ vård för patienter med cancer. Det har inte heller visats fungera bättre än konventionell behandling vid stroke-rehabilitering eller för att förbättra stämningsläget hos personer med demens. Däremot har trädgårdsterapi visats ha gynnsamma effekter på symptomen vid schizofreni, depression och långvarig smärta samt bidra till rehabilitering av depression och utmattningssyndrom. De positiva effekterna på flera av sjukdomstillstånden visar att behandlingen kan ha potential att öka hälsa och lindra sjukdom. Detta kan motivera till ytterligare studier och en fortsatt utveckling av trädgårdsterapin. / Horticultural Therapy is an activity where the participants are working in and experiencing a therapeutic garden with the support of a multidisciplinary team with the aim to treat various illnesses. In Sweden the method is mainly used to treat mental health problems such as depression, fatigue and schizophrenia. The objective of this paper was to examine the effects of horticultural therapy on different illnesses. To reach the objective a review with a systematic approach was performed. A key word search was made in the databases PubMed, APA Psychinfo and Swemed+ which resulted in ten experimental studies that has been used for analyses in this paper. The quality of the studies has been examined and the results have been evaluated and compiled. The included publications examine palliative care, schizophrenia, dementia, stroke, pain, depression, fatigue and cardiopulmonary diseases. Several of the studies have methodological shortcomings which limits their quality and evidential value.  There is no evidence that horticultural therapy could be used to improve the quality of life in cancer patients in palliative care. Neither has it been shown to perform better than conventional treatments in the rehabilitation of stroke or to improve the mood of persons with dementia.  However, horticultural therapy had significant positive effects on the symptoms of schizophrenia, depression and chronic pain and contributed to the rehabilitation of depression and fatigue. The positive effects indicate that horticultural therapy could potentially contribute to promoting health and treating disease. This could motivate further studies and a continued development of the treatment.

Both garden ontology and tourists influence garden tourism, and while many countries around the world have researched garden tourism, China's garden tourism market lacks development. This study aims to find a sustainable and distinctive development path for garden tourism development in complementary developed China. This study uses primarily qualitative research to interview visitors to Chinese garden tourism sites, using visitor experience factors and international case studies to explore the development of Chinese garden tourism. The study results show that Chinese gardens are characterized by developing essential elements: discovering tourism values, increasing infrastructure development, innovative management, and creating a and connotation of sustainable development. Thus, the study project will fill the gap in the development of garden tourism in China and provide a creative direction for the development of garden tourism in China.

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<p>Detta examensarbete är en studie av glas- och silverformgivaren Gunnar Cyréns och modedesignern Gunilla Ponténs designmetodiker, formspråk och inspirationskällor.  Det undersöker också om de uttrycker sig konstnärligt i sina privata trädgårdar.  Kan deras formspråk spåras i trädgården och har trädgården inspirerat dem i deras formgivningsarbete?  Utifrån vad vi har funnit har vi skissat på trädgårdsidéer och tematrädgårdar med utgångspunkt i hur vi uppfattat deras formspråk.  I det arbetet har vi tillämpat de av dem beskrivna designmetodikerna.</p> / <p>This degree thesis studies the design methodology, artistic expression and source of inspiration of two renowned Swedish designers: Gunnar Cyrén, glass artist and silversmith, and Gunilla Pontén, fashion designer.  It also investigates if they express themselves artistically in their private gardens.  Can their artistic expressions be seen in their gardens?  Has the garden inspired them in their design work?</p>

Detta examensarbete är en studie av glas- och silverformgivaren Gunnar Cyréns och modedesignern Gunilla Ponténs designmetodiker, formspråk och inspirationskällor.  Det undersöker också om de uttrycker sig konstnärligt i sina privata trädgårdar.  Kan deras formspråk spåras i trädgården och har trädgården inspirerat dem i deras formgivningsarbete?  Utifrån vad vi har funnit har vi skissat på trädgårdsidéer och tematrädgårdar med utgångspunkt i hur vi uppfattat deras formspråk.  I det arbetet har vi tillämpat de av dem beskrivna designmetodikerna. / This degree thesis studies the design methodology, artistic expression and source of inspiration of two renowned Swedish designers: Gunnar Cyrén, glass artist and silversmith, and Gunilla Pontén, fashion designer.  It also investigates if they express themselves artistically in their private gardens.  Can their artistic expressions be seen in their gardens?  Has the garden inspired them in their design work?

This essay examines the protagonist of Katherine Mansfield’s “The Garden Party” (1922), Laura, and her experiences of events that are made insignificant by the rest of the narrative. Gérard Genette’s narratological theory and the concept of epiphany is put forward in the theroertical framework in order to preform this investigation. Morris Beja’s and Liesl Olson’s studies of the epiphany in modernist literature assists the investigation. Thus, with the support of Genette’s narratological theory and the concept of epiphany, this essay examines epiphanic moments in “The Garden Party”. It will also study how these moments transfer on to the reader through multimodal techniques. This argument is supported by Joseph Conrad’s preface to The Nigger of the ‘Narcissus’.

Detta arbete undersöker vad som kan sägas utgöra kärnan i Garden cities-idealet utifrån Ebenezer Howards definition och Johan Rådbergs tolkning av Howard. Vidare undersöker arbetet hur idealet kan tolkas, förstås och appliceras i en nutida svensk kontext. De gestaltningsprinciper som kan sägas vara bärande för idealet används som utgångspunkt för utformandet av en illustrationsplan över Varvsstaden i Malmö. Därmed exemplifieras hur idealet kan förstås konkret i planeringssammanhang och vilka effekter som följer på ett genomförande av idealet i en central stadsdel i en storstad. För den teoretiska delen av arbetet används en innehållsanalys och de gestaltningsprinciper som utläses som bärande för Garden cities-idealet skisseras sedan fram i syfte att skapa "visuella verktyg" för den illustrationsplan som arbetas fram. Arbetet visar att det är fullt möjligt att utforma en central stadsdel i enlighet med Garden cities-idealet och uppnå ett relativt högt exploateringstal som resultat.

Understanding why some introduced alien plant species become invasive whilst others fail is a fundamental question in ecology, not least because of the considerable ecological and economic damage caused by invasive plants globally. Identifying factors that drive alien plant invasions can inform efforts to predict the nsk of invasion by an introduced plant species. This would allow prevention of introduction of high risk aliens, as well as targeted management of species already introduced that pose the latest threats to the ecolocal integrity of host ecosystems. However, generalisations among the findings of comparative plant invasion studies have been limited by a lack of control of confounding variables such as propagule pressure, time since introduction and phylogeny, a lack of knowledge of introduced species that failed to establish, and inconsistent use of terminology defining the invasion process. This thesis used Amani Botanical Garden (ABG) in the East Usambara Mountains of Tanzania, as a comparative case study system to assess the relative ability of multiple factors to explain invasion success of species introduced to a tropical forest ecosystem.

The group of 7 paper objects, the whole cluster measures about 180 x 100 x 100cm. Hang down from the ceiling. Different kinds of paper, colled, folded, crumpled, paper-mashe. Central composition (6 small objects touching gently the big one), on the border more realistic, in the centre more imaginary. The realistic forms I used - clover, cauliflower, rotten pear. Focus on colours, fragility of plants and material. Garden as a metaphore of human body. Centre - heart - tree. Love Entering into the installation.

Neste projeto pretendo realizar séries de desenhos, gravuras e pinturas tendo o jardim como tema central. Para realizá-lo, buscarei referências em minhas memórias pessoais, particularmente as relacionadas com o pequeno jardim da casa de subúrbio de minha infância, e nos jardins concebidos por poetas e artistas, no que possam ter de pequenos, modestos, delicados e instáveis. Esta impermanência ou efemeridade inerente a este tema será refletida durante a invenção e feitura das obras, através da exploração da instabilidade, dos possíveis limites e fronteiras, passagens e caminhos, afastamentos e aproximações entre a pintura, o desenho e a gravura. / In this project, I intend to perform series of drawings, prints and paintings with the garden as the central theme. To accomplish it, I will look for references in my personal memories, particularly those related to the small garden of the suburban house of my childhood, and in the gardens designed by poets and artists, in what they may have of small, modest, delicate and unstable. This impermanence or ephemerality inherent at this theme will be reflected during the invention and production of the works, through the exploration of the instability and of the possible limits and borders, passages and paths, separations and approximations between painting, drawing and printmaking.