Gardens for Alzheimer's patients

Article Abstract:

Horticultural therapy and therapeutic gardening can greatly improve the quality of life for those suffering from Alzheimer's disease and other dementias. Most elderly people with these ailments have some gardening experience, and working in a garden can help preserve and restore pleasant memories. A report on facilities with accessible gardens found violence, accidents, and behavioral problems declined, yet they rose 300% to 700% at those without gardens. Such gardens can be tailored for the disease's stages.

Health aspects, Care and treatment, Alzheimer's disease, Gardening

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Radical association

Article Abstract:

Fungus plays a critical and poorly understood role in maintaining natural ecosystems and helping plants to grow. Researchers are struggling to document and understand how it works with animals, trees, and other plants before it is destroyed in such threatened areas as the old-growth forests in the Northwest. Debate there often focuses on trees and spotted owls to the exclusion of such other important elements. New discoveries about fungus continue to shape actual forestry and horticulture applications.

Natural history, Fungi, Old growth forests

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Mead's milkweed

Article Abstract:

Mead's Milkweed (Asclepias meadii) is an endangered prairie milkweed that faces several reproductive obstacles. The spread of agriculture through the Midwest has restricted it to graveyards, prairie hay meadows, and railroad right-of-ways. Annual mowing in hay meadows is creating large colonies of genetically similar milkweed, which cannot interbreed. Plots with managed burning seem more favorable, as do drier ones.

Endangered species, Protection and preservation, Milkweed, Asclepias

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