To Every Thing, There Is a Season - The Schulman Garden Is Put To Bed For 2007

The garden season at Schulman and Schachne started this year with many new beginnings. Janet Larghi, CTRS, Alzheimer's Dementia Specialist, and Richard Verello, CTRS, developed and introduced a dementia specific sensory garden program to the traditionally popular gardening activities in the Schulman Garden.   The program quickly became a popular recreational activities among residents from the Dementia Special Care Unit.

The residents have become seasoned gardeners as a result of this program.  This year, they introduced a host of new plantings that nurture larvae, as well as blooms in hopes of drawing butterflies to the garden, and their plan worked. The butterfly visitors were a sight to behold! The resident chefs of the Creative Delights cooking program were even inspired by the garden's bounty and enjoyed picking their own fresh herbs and using them on a favorite recipe.

The staff was also impressed with the work of the Schulman and Schachne residents and many became regular visitors and watched the garden's beauty unfold with the changing seasons. First spring sprung, then summer bloomed, and now fall flowers put on their individual displays, marking the passage of the time through the garden.