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Horticultural Therapy


Providence Farm a working organic farm dedicated to restoring the spirit and skills of those with physical, mental and emotional challenges. Our farm provides innovative programs in Horticultural Therapy and vocational training. We believe that caring for the land together is, by nature, healing and therapeutic.

Gardening With Ease We carry a line of ergonomic gardening tools and accessories that ease the physical stress on the gardener, thus allowing individuals to Garden With Ease.

Canadian Horticultural Therapy Association

Ohio State University Extension Fact Sheet: "Gardening with the elderly" Many changes occur as a person ages. These changes impact a person's physical, emotional and cognitive abilities as well as social roles. Gardening can be used in a therapeutic way to address these issues and improve the elderly person's physical and emotional conditions, cognitive ability and social interactions.

Garden Forever Gardening for people of all ages, abilities and lifestyles. If I could have but one wish it would be to garden forever.

Canadian Horticultural Therapy Association

Horticultural Therapy Program of The Holden Arboretum The purpose of the is to: enable individuals with special needs to benefit from therapy through horticulture by engaging professionals in educational programs, providing therapeutic programming and instigating research.

The Sensory Garden Project A garden designed specifically to be “Positive About Disabled People”. To stimulate the senses and provide a haven of peace, a place to chill-out and unwind from the stress of modern living.

Susan Tomlin's Disabled Web Page personal page on disabled gardening including tips, information, photos.

Horticulture for All is the working name of The Federation to Promote Horticulture for Disabled People (FPHDP). This is a charity designed to encourage and facilitate communication between people working in the fields of social and therapeutic horticulture.

Thrive Is the UK national organisation promoting the use of horticulture and gardening for training, therapy and health. The national horticultural charity which exists to enable disadvantaged, disabled and older people to participate fully in the social and economic life of the community.

Gardening in Raised Beds and Containers for Older Gardeners and Individuals with Physical Disabilities.

City Gardener: Horticulture TherapyThis is sponsored by the City Farmer, Canada's Office of Urban Agriculture Here you will find a description of an "enabling garden" and a list of resources.

The Growing Center, Inc. Horticultural Therapy is a process that uses plants and horticultural activities to improve people's social, educational, psychological, and physical adjustments thereby improving their body, mind and spirit's. The center's mission is to provide horticultural therapy programs for senior citizens, youth at risk, and physically or mentally challenged community members

Susan's Disabled Gardening

American Horticultural Therapy Association

Virginia Tech Horticultural Therapy

Horticultural Therapy website at the Chicago Botanic Garden.

GardenEnable.The Garden's Horticultural Therapy Program has practical resources and
information: at it's 11,000 square foot Enabling Garden

Horticultural Therapy courses:
The Growing Center
Kansas State University
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
Texas A & M University
Temple University
Tennessee Technological University
The New York Botanical Garden