This study was conducted in order to examine the effects of horticultural activities and flower tea drinking based on reminiscent storytelling on demented elders’ cognitive and emotional functions. For these an purposes, the program was executed 35 elders divided four groups at the elders institutionalized at B Facility through 10 sessions during the period from 10 March to 14 July in 2015. As a result first, in the test of pretreatment homogeneity among the groups, no significant difference was observed among the four groups, so they were considered homogeneous. As to difference between before and after the program, cognitive functions were improved significantly after the treatment in the experimental group with both horticultural activities and flower tea drinking (p=.039). Among the emotional functions, self‐esteem was significantly different in the experimental group with only horticultural activities (p=.040), the experimental group with only flower tea drinking (p=.005), and the experimental group with both horticultural activities and flower tea drinking (p=.024). Life satisfaction was significantly different only in the experimental group with both horticultural activities and flower tea drinking (p=.005). Ego integrity was significantly different in the experimental group with only horticultural activities (p=.011) and the experimental group with both horticultural activities and flower tea drinking (p=.005). Therefore, the experimental group with both horticultural activities and flower tea drinking were improved significant that all the items of cognitive and emotional functions.

• Jong-Hee Lee(Department of Horticulture, The Graduate School, Catholic University of Daegu 38430, South Korea)
• Hyun-Seok Choi(Department of Horticulture, The Graduate School, Catholic University of Daegu 38430, South Korea)
• Suk-Young Yun(Department of Horticulture, The Graduate School, Catholic University of Daegu 38430, South Korea) Corresponding author
• Byung-Jin Choi(Department of Horticulture, The Graduate School, Catholic University of Daegu 38430, South Korea)
• Eun-Jin Jang(Department of Horticulture, The Graduate School, Catholic University of Daegu 38430, South Korea)