八一小學Press Flower Production
Host: Qi Chuang Social Work Service Centre and 八一小學
Date : 18 October 2009 (Sunday)
Time:Morning and afternoon, 1 hr 30min for each session
Number of participants: 20nos per session (early estimation 25 nos)
Objective : 1.Introduction to Horticultural Therapy
2.Appreciation of pleasure and satisfaction through the process
Whole team arrived the水磨八一小學in 17 October 2009. It was noted that the School was built in 5 months after the 512 earthquake and the semester started in 1 September 2009. The school is better constructed and facilitated than many Hong Kong Secondary schools. It is impressed of the Government’s support and the input of 第二部隊.
Having understood with the representatives from Qi Chuang Social Work Service Centre that the School’s recent themes, “Respect, Cherish and Self-disciplinary”, and students’ psychological status, things to note for the HT session are anticipated.
It is Sunday of the HT session date, numbers of participants are expected to be far below the anticipated. Thanks for the coordination of the School and Qi Chuang, the final numbers of attendance for each HT session are limited to 5 numbers of differences.
After an introduction of the service approaches of the Hong Kong Association Of Therapeutic Horticulture, preparation of press flowers and procedures of the making press of flower photo frames, every students enjoy the process and are satisfied with their product, and the interaction with their group leader. Moreover, some students showed interest in press flower production. The sessions are satisfactory completed with group photos and souvenirdistribution.
A debriefing section was carried out after the first session, therefore, issues related to press flower introduction, activity flow and time control were further emphasized and improved in the second session. This debriefing identified the impotency in session improvements.
Remarks
Having experienced the 512, students were struggled between their tough appearance and the vulnerablepsychological status. Through Horticulture Therapy, students manage to release their inner thought with their productions. By comparing with other psychological therapy it is believed that Horticulture Therapy is a faster and much straight forward tool to penetrate the fragile souls.
Lastly, special thanks to the arrangement of Qi Chuang staffs.