Mental Health Services

Flowers have always been associated with cheering someone up, showing you care or making an environment feel more inviting. But research shows that this isn’t just a short-term reaction or random association — flowers and plants actually do make us feel happier and more positive overall, with those good effects lasting for days.

Many adults, particularly women, are stretched thin between caring for young children, as well as elderly parents. They are among the estimated one-third of 45- to 56-year old women in the nation in this situation, nicknamed the Sandwich Generation, according to the National Longitudinal Survey of Young Women...