The Healing Power of Flowers
Making a Difference in the Community
Whether we’re improving people’s health and well-being through flower deliveries, or recycling flowers and vases that would have gone to the landfill, our work results in real and lasting change.
Random Acts of Flowers’ mission is to bring moments of kindness in the form of a beautiful floral bouquet. Our recipients’ joy is enough to justify our work, but these deliveries have also been clinically proven to have a positive effect on health and well-being.
Measuring the Impact
A study conducted in early 2016 by the University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine confirms the positive impact that deliveries from Random Acts of Flowers have on the emotional wellness of medical patients.
95%
Reported improvement in their emotional wellness
Almost 95% of respondents self-reported that the unexpected delivery from Random Acts of Flowers improved their overall emotional wellness, with 73.5% reporting “extreme improvement.”
81%
Stated they only received flowers from RAF during their stay
81.1% of respondents reported they had not received other gifts of flowers outside of the Random Acts of Flowers delivery.
11%
Said that RAF volunteers
were their only visitors
11.3% of the sample said our volunteers were the only visitors they had during their hospital stay.
A 2009 study by researchers from Kansas State University found that patients with flowers or plants in their rooms have:
- Shorter hospital stays
- Lower ratings of pain, anxiety, and fatigue
- Lower systolic blood pressure
- More positive feelings
Research consistently links indoor flowers with well-being
Studies found that patients in hospital rooms with flowers needed less post-operative pain medication than those in rooms with no plants.
Rutgers University performed a study that showed flowers are a powerful, positive emotion inducer
Flowers can improve mood and long-term episodic memory in elderly patients.
Behind Flower Power
The Mental Health Benefit of Flowers
The Huffington Post
Emotional Impact of Flowers
Rutgers University
Living With Flowers Strengthens Compassion, Decreases Anxiety and Worry
Harvard University
Increasing Positive Affect: A Test of the Biophilia Hypothesis
Nancy Etcoff, Cognitive Researcher
Therapeutic Influences of Plants in Hospital Rooms on Surgical Recovery
American Society for Horticultural Science
Gardening, Mental Health, and the Real Power of Flowers
The National Post
