On Renewal and Seeds
HTI welcomes new blog contributor, Megan Goulden, THP! Waiting for Spring Thank goodness February is a short month. As a gardener, even in California, the grey days stretch before me…
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A Therapeutic Garden Designed to Support Healthy Aging in Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities
This blog was originally written in Chinese, and can be viewed in the original format here. Healthy Aging As we know, the average life expectancy of people with intellectual disabilities…
Benefits and Contributions of Horticultural Therapy for Adolescents with Eating Disorders
By Carime Moura1 and Daniela Silva-Rodríguez Bonazzi2 This blog was originally written in Spanish, and can be read in Spanish here. Eating disorders in adolescence, such as anorexia nervosa, bulimia…
Eco-therapy…Wilderness Therapy…Forest Therapy…Green Care…
Nature-assisted Therapy…Garden Therapy…the list goes on! How does one distinguish horticultural therapy from all others? By Colleen Griffin, HTR The above question is addressed in every course at the Horticultural…
The Profession and Practices of Horticultural Therapy in the UK
By Lindsey Hamilton This is Part 2 of a two-part series looking into horticultural therapy in the UK – its origins, practices as well as leading organizations and programs. Where…
Hortus medicus: Ethnobotanical Gardens as Ecosystem Services for Health and Wellbeing
By Daniela Silva-Rodriguez Bonazzi Asociación Panamericana de Horticultura Terapéutica y Social (APHTS) Read the article in Spanish here. I. Introduction: Green Spaces as Sanctuaries for Healing In an age marked…
Horticultural Therapy Enhances End-of-Life Care
We all realize that at some point in our lives we will lose someone we love. Death is as much a part of life as birth and the death of…
Sensory Integration-Based Horticultural Therapy Program
Horticultural Therapy Connections What Is Sensory Integration? There is a close connection between horticulture and sensory integration, particularly in how horticultural activities naturally and diversely stimulate the sensory systems, supporting…
Gestalt Therapy and Horticultural Therapy: Points of Connection for Companionship and Transformation
By Claudia Sarolli Claudia Sarolli is a communicator for development from the Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Perú and a Gestalt Therapist from the Centro Gestáltico del Perú. She is currently…
Nature-Based Social Prescribing
Promoting Therapeutic Horticulture as Community Healthcare Imagine, for a moment, a healthcare strategy that invites those seeking mental healthcare services into a conversation on how to improve their quality of…