Our Story
“To help empower and reaffirm others during their self-paced journey of healing and growing”.
— Mission Statement
“The Planted Seed aids in normalizing mental illnesses while creating awareness of mental WELLNESS within minority communities”.
— Vision Statement
Within Ashley Johnson’s professional experiences as a community behavioral health specialist, she was exposed to the increasing number of youth and young adults being diagnosed with anxiety, depression, post traumatic stress disorder and many other environmental and stress induced illnesses. Unfortunately, despite the increase of individuals needing support, there is still a large wedge between mental health resources and education within urban communities.
While doing community research and embarking on her own healing journey, Ashley discovered horticultural therapy. Horticultural therapy is the participation in horticultural activities to achieve specific goals within an established treatment, rehabilitation, or vocational plan. Studies going back 20+ years show that plants aid in stress reduction, reduced symptoms of depression and anxiety, memory retention, improved self-esteem, greater feelings of hopefulness and a plethora of overall psychological, vocational and social needs.
As a result, Ashley had a reframed idea of blending ones healing journey with the growing stages of plants. Click here to read more about our “5 Phases of Healing and Growing”. The objective is to guide the “healer” along their journey while nurturing our specially selected plants, but most importantly, SELF.
We promote growth for both people and plants!
For a more personalized journey, schedule a 1:1 counseling session with one of our staff. We provide you with additional mental wellness tools and resources that can be utilized along your healing journey.
You are planted…You are healing… You are growing!*The Planted Seed believes in the cycle of life so we proudly upcycle all planters and give back to our community by planting trees and contributing a combination of 6% of all proceeds to local mental health authorities and community gardens.