Doctor Flower

The therapeutic power of flowers

Sara Adriaensen

How can flowers improve our (mental) wellbeing?

With 10 DIY creations by florist Lise Duchateau to compose your own bouquet of joy

Make flower bouquets that will heal and strengthen

Did you know that only just smelling a bundle of roses will lower your stress hormones? That blue flowers are more calming than red ones? Or that symmetry in sunflowers works as a real massage for our brains? Flowers make us happy, and that doesn’t just have something to do with the gesture of receiving them.

A beautiful guide to make bouquets adapted to your mood, based on scientific knowledge about therapeutic smells, colours and shapes of flowers.

170 x 210 mm | 208 pages | 47,000 words full colour illustrations | hardcover all rights available

Sara Adriaensen is a clinical psychologist and specialized in environmental psychology. As the daughter of an apothecary and a homeopath before the word existed, she has been fascinated by the healing properties of plants and flowers since her youth. Now she researches her passion from a scientific angle. She is a much sought-after speaker, talking about the link between nature and (mental) health and regularly shares her insights in media.