Effects of Urban Agriculture Program on the Formation of Family Unity and Intimacy

Abstract

This research was tried to determine the effects of the family unity and intimacy, the recognition about urban agriculture, and the preference of urban agricultural program on the member of urban agriculture experience program. The family cohesion was shown the increasing average significantly in participated group, but there were no difference in control group. It’s means that agricultural experiences affected on the family cohesion. The determination of recognition about urban agriculture, participated group had been appeared the significantly increasing value between before and after applied experience program. This result had shown the effect to recognition of urban agriculture program in joining group. The preference of urban garden program after program participated, building the kitchen garden program was chosen the best program and fellowed seeding, sowing of potato, herbal lecture with making herbal vinegar, harvesting of lotus leaf with cooking lotus leaf rice. Investigation of the urban agriculture program satisfaction after participated, participant were reported the effect of decreasing stress and increasing family unity, intimacy, and dialog. Also, participant were highly satisfied the garden soil condition and program. Keywords: Agricultural experiences, Urban garden program