본 연구는 원예활동을 조사, 분석하여 원예치료에 이용되는 원예활동의 실제적인 경향을 알아보고, 이를 바탕으로 대상자별로 보다 바람직한 원예활동을 계획하기 위한 기초자료를 제공하고자 시행되었으며, 그 첫 단계로 한국인간식물환경학회지에 게재된 원예치료의 치료 및 재활영역의 논문을 대상으로 치료적 문제에 따라 대상자에게 적용된 원예활동을 조사, 분석하였다. 연구결과를 종합해보면, 원예치료를 수행하는 영역을 예방영역과 치료 및 재활영역으로 분류하여 원예치료 관련 논문을 조사해 본 결과, 치료 및 재활영역이 51.14%로 예방영역의 2배에 가까운 연구논문이 조사되어 예방영역보다 치료 및 재활영역에서 원예치료 연구가 더 활발히 이루어지고 있음을 알 수 있었다. 또한, 치료 및 재활영역 대상자에게 적용된 원예활동을 치료적 문제에 따라 분석한 결과, 심리ㆍ사회영역의 연구논문이 92.68%로 높은 비율을 차지하였고, 기르기(재배), 꾸미기(장식 및 이용), 느끼기(감상), 기타로 분류하여 분석한 결과, 꾸미기(장식 및 이용) 활동이 60.14%로 월등히 많이 행해지고 있었으며, 신체영역이 48.67%, 인지영역이 47.77%, 심리ㆍ사회영역이 62.56%로 세 영역 모두 꾸미기(장식 및 이용)가 가장 높게 조사됨을 알 수 있었다.

본 연구는 유치원 아동들을 대상으로 원예활동 프로그램을 실시하여 사회․심리․정서적 안정에 미치는 원예활동의 영향을 알아보고자 실시하였다. 전남 무안군 청계면에 위치한 푸른솔 어린이집 6세 원아 16명을 대상으로 2006년 3월 23일부터 7월 20일까지 매주 1회 1시간씩 실시하여 총 18회 프로그램을 실시하였다. 사회․심리․정서적 행동 특성검사의 행동측정을 위해 사회․심리․정서적 행동 특성검사표(Pychosocial and Emotional Behavior Test)를 사용, 프로그램 실시 전․후에 평가하였다. 원예활동을 실시 한 후 아동들의 사회․심리적 행동척도가 향상된 것으로 나타났으며, 20개 항목 모두 유의한 차이를 나타냈다. 그 중 ‘어른에게 잘 접근한다’, ‘학급친구에게 사랑을 받는다’, ‘동조력이 있다’, ‘말을 잘한다’, ‘새로운 상황에 잘 적응한다’ 등 6문항이 월등히 향상된 결과를 나타냈다. 정서적 행동 특성에서도 원예활동을 실시 한 후에 정서적으로 안정된 결과를 나타냈으며, ‘두려움을 나타낸다’, ‘노여움을 나타낸다’의 항목에서 부정적 정서의 감소폭이 많았고 통계적으로도 유의한 차이를 나타냈다.

Horticultural therapy is a nationally united association in Korea and has been growing amazingly over the past 10 years. Recently in Korea, however, horticultural therapy has been faced with new social changes and challenges as the interests and needs of horticultural therapy have increased. This study was therefore conducted to gain understand of the actual conditions of horticultural therapists and to consider how to promote their status to ensure continued growth in the specialization of horticultural therapy. The Korean Horticultural Therapy and Well-being Association (KHTA) grant four kinds of) 5)licenses: expert horticultural therapist, 1st level horticultural therapist, 2nd level horticultural therapist, and horticultural therapist for the promotion of well-being. Licensure for horticultural therapy is issued according to the professional registration process of KHTA and is achieved after completing the long life education center courses at one of the 16 universities who operate under the same curriculum and system supervised by KHTA. An internship, assigned a certain value per hour, and monthly training programs and workshops accredited by KHTA must be fulfilled. Monthly training programs and workshops that run 4-6 hours each relate to multidisciplinary content such as horticultural science, medical science, rehabilitation, welfare, counseling, and the environment, among other topics. Now, horticultural therapists in Korea are rendering their services at more than 400 places throughout the country including schools, hospitals, arboretums, botanical gardens, welfare institutes, and private institutes. Horticultural therapists serve infants, children, young people, the elderly, the disabled, and anyone who desires to increase their quality of life mentally, physically, and socially. As of February 2007, KHTA had more than 2,302 members and 514 people were granted licenses including 57 1st level horticultural therapists, 457 2nd level horticultural therapists, and 1 Horticultural Therapist for the promotion of well-being. In this study, a frequency analysis and χ2-test was conducted after a mail-in survey of horticultural therapists with first and second grade licenses as of 2005. Summarily, the low quality of education is the biggest problem that horticultural therapists identified as well as the increase in number of practitioners. Improvement at all levels of the educational program should be considered as satisfaction with the life-long education center courses, recurrent training programs and workshops was rather low. The institutional alternative plan to promote the status of horticultural therapists was found to be the second consideration. Through a comparison of the opinions of the 1st and 2nd level horticultural therapists, it was found that there was little difference in their view. Currently, over 80% of members have a strong sense of duty concerning their activities as a therapist however, payment levels must be improved because the current payment is not appropriate compared to the quality of the work. To successfully resolve these issues, international cooperation and discussion to further develop horticultural therapy must be needed as other countries are also experience a similar situation. Firstly, horticultural therapists must try to increase their status through continued professional efforts to improve their capabilities. KHTA must also do its best in a various ways to make opportunities for united action and provide the developmental efforts needed to accomplish the necessary changes.

This study were conducted to investigate the effect of horticultural activities on the sociability and eating habit for children seven years old in kindergarten. The two groups of preschool children 7 years, in 'M' kindergarten and in 'N' kindergarten, were objects of this research. The number of children were 22 and 7, respectively. The horticultural activities program were applied for 12 sessions in one time a week to 'M' kindergarten and for 15 sessions in one time a week to 'N' kindergarten. The results showed horticultural activities significantly improved sociability and eating habit. Especially the inclination for violence, injuring or beating, was reduced remarkably. Horticultural activities seem to be effective for understanding on natural phenomenon, involve the characteristics of a plant and an animal, and also for recognizing signification of nature life while children did horticultural activities. It was seem those positive effects lead improve sociability in their group. Horticultural activities had an effect on eating habit for children. Especially, It was seem that this effect, improving an unbalanced diet habit, arise from getting familar with vegetables while children cultured and cared themselves.

The research was conducted to draw preferences for horticultural activities as a leisure activity program of halls for the elderly. It aimed at a total of 56 old people who were from Daemyung-dong, Daegu : Daemyung 1 dong, 5 dong, 6 dong, 9 dong, 10 dong, along with Bongduck 3 dong. The research period was from Jul.21, 2005 to Dec.30, 2005, twice a month totaling 12 times. Horticultural activity program was simply implemented in consideration of the participating old people's age, after selecting frequently-used previous ones such as flower basket, dish garden, water culture, and potpourri bag making. Questionnaires were conducted after the program implementation. The survey result indicated as follows : regarding the preference study on the leisure program of the participating halls for the elderly horticultural activity showed 53.8% for the highest, ; regarding the preference study on horticultural activity program, bamboo strainer took 21%, corsage for 21%, potpourri bag for 10%, and hanging pot for 10%. The survey showed on the whole that the preference for works of flowers was relatively higher. The evaluation of sociality development after horticultural activity execution has presented a significant improvement(p<.001). Therefore, if the horticultural activity program is used as leisure activities of the halls for the elderly, it will seemingly put a positive impact on old people's personal relationship improvement and their leisure activities.

The purpose of this research was to investigate the effect of horticultural therapy for children of developmental disability. Drawing was used as a supplementary evaluation scale because the disbilitty had many difficulties to express how they felt when they had horticultural therapy. Children with developmental disability could express their states and conditions by drawing a picture after horticultural therapy; a drawing could be a supplementary scale to communicate their interactions. This study showed that the integrative horticultural therapy combined with art therapy technique improved the effectiveness of horticultural therapy; the integrated therapy gave the disability a synergy effect of not only a supplementary evaluation scale but also a therapeutical stimulation.