The Effect of Horticultural Therapy on Loneliness and Life Satisfaction in Elderly Adults Living in Nursing Home

"One week before horticultural therapy (HT) interventions, face-to-face interviews will be held with the individuals in the experimental group and the forms will be filled in as a pretest.~HT will be applied to the experimental group. The application period was determined as a total of 6 weeks with 50-minute sessions twice a week.~Before starting the HT sessions, area preparations will be made and a safe therapeutic garden will be established.~Medicinal and aromatic plants will be selected that can grow in Turkey, are not harmful to human health, are fragrant and colorful in order to stimulate the senses, and according to air temperature and physical conditions.~HT sessions will consist of gardening activities (group meeting, introduction of plants and cultivation).~After HT interventions, the forms will be filled as a post test. The forms will be filled again 4 weeks after the end of the interventions for follow-up."