Access to fresh food and green spaces is vital for well-being, yet downtown Cincinnati remains a food desert. This capstone explores how integrating living art and edible plants into urban spaces improves people’s mental health and well-being. Through the design of a community garden and a living art installation, this project blends horticulture, public health, and art to promote food access, reduce stress, and foster community a vibrant, restorative environment.
Toledo, Ohio has been struggling with soil contaminants due to factories and improper building demolishment, such as burying the remains of the building. This research creates a protocol for using hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) in the form of phytoremediation, as well as sheds light on the history of hemp and its other uses, including fiber, food, and oil. This capstone explores a protocol that helps remove heavy metals from the soils in areas such as Toledo.
Horticulture therapy is using nature to aid in healing the mind, body, and spirit. We can use this to help ourselves, and those who served our country. Veterans who have symptoms of PTSD face a multitude of challenges everyday. Horticulture therapy provides complementary treatment that aids their healing from trauma, and helps them manage symptoms of PTSD. This research is about PTSD, and the effects horticulture therapy has on veterans today.
