Users and professionals day centers of Totana have recently made a visit to the nurseries Fundown in Librilla "Fundown Plant", which is a special employment center non-profit organization that, through employability in gardening activities and viverismo of people with intellectual disabilities, promotes the integration of this group.
Specifically, the nursery Librilla is located in the Place of Casa Molina;
and it is dedicated to the production of ornamental potted plant, whose production focuses on aromatic, xeriscape plant, plant hedge and flower season.
Professionals and users of the Day Care Centers "José Moya Trilla" and for Persons with Mental Illness Totana City Council could see during the tour of the organic gardens and nurseries of this organization visit, the effectiveness of gardening workshops as alternative therapy to improve psychological and social problems of patients with disabilities, through exhibitions of professionals and users Fundown.
With these tasks the senses are stimulated, memory and concentration is optimized, mobility promotes self-esteem is increased, depression is reduced, relationships and teamwork are given, aggression and aid is reduced to physical recovery, ultimately improving the quality of life.
Therefore, day centers "José Moya Trilla" and for people with mental illness Totana, they have been developed in recent years, gardening tasks, thanks to the collaboration of Gregorio Martinez Gomez, an employee of the Department of Services in which users have carried out planting, seeding and transplanting vegetables, and cleaning gardens.
With the information gained from the visit to "Fundown Plant" from day centers you want to resume their pre-employment workshops character these actions gardening and maintenance of municipal nurseries.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Totana