ISHS Acta Horticulturae 639: XXVI International Horticultural Congress: Expanding Roles for Horticulture in Improving Human Well-Being and Life Quality
THE EVOLUTION OF THE PEOPLE-PLANT COUNCIL: AN ASSESSMENT OF THE FIRST TWELVE YEARS |
| Authors: | D. Relf, C.A. Shoemaker, E. Matsuo |
| Keywords: | human issues in horticulture, horticultural well-being, horticultural therapy, role of horticulture in human well-being, consumer horticulture |
| Abstract:
The People-Plant Council (PPC) was formed as a result of the interdisciplinary symposium “The Role of Horticulture in Human Well-Being and Social Development,” held in 1990 in Washington, D.C. Since then a biennial multi-day symposium hosted by a university or botanic garden has been held to provide a forum on people-plant topics for researchers and practitioners in this interdisciplinary science. The mission of the PPC is to encourage and facilitate scientific research to document and communicate the effect that plants and horticulture have on human well-being and improved life-quality. Its goal is to increase among all professional horticultural associations the inclusion of human issues in horticultural research as a segment of their mission. The PPC is not a membership organization, rather a link or affiliation between organizations, which facilitates and promotes communication, research, and public awareness on the psychological, sociological, physiological, economic, and environmental effects of plants on people. How effective have the PPC, the biennial people plant symposia, and the efforts of linked professionals in this area been toward achieving these goals in their first ten years? This paper will review the past ten years of the PPC and assess its impact on the field of people-plant interactions nationally and internationally. | |
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