Spring Flowers
By Susan Morgan With the start of the new season, we shake off the winter blues and look forward to the feelings of rejuvenation and rebirth with greener grass underfoot,…
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Moving Up the Garden Lane: A New Horticultural Therapy Practitioner Shares Her Journey
Jan Lane, HTR, considers herself a “relative newbie” to the field of horticultural therapy. As a registered horticultural therapist, she finds her second career particularly rewarding as she blends her…
Zinnias, Lavender, and Horticultural Therapy: One Horticultural Therapist’s Viewpoint
By Susan Morgan Registered horticultural therapist Ellen Jones’ enthusiasm for her chosen line of work in horticultural therapy (HT) is immediately felt when you ask her to describe her favorite…
A Summer Sampling of Indoor Therapeutic Horticulture Activities
By Susan Morgan When it gets too hot outdoors for your therapeutic horticulture programming this summer, stay cool inside with inspiration from these activity options. Fireworks-Inspired Floral Arrangements. Artist Sarah…
Botanical Oddities: Examining Plant Curiosities from Four Different Environments
By Susan Morgan Therapeutic horticulture practitioners gain inspiration for activity planning from a variety of sources. These include attending conferences, sharing ideas with other practitioners and allied professionals, perusing social…
Online Resources for Horticultural Therapy Practitioners
By Susan Morgan Note: The resources listed here are based on the opinions of the author and others as indicated, not necessarily the Horticultural Therapy Institute. Review information sources for…
The Second Edition of Horticultural Therapy Methods is Here!
By Susan Morgan In connection with the first week of spring, we have just celebrated Horticultural Therapy Week, an event supported through the American Horticultural Therapy Association, that serves to…
Roses, Orchids, and Cacao
By Susan Morgan During the season of Valentine’s Day, Mardi Gras, and Carnival, love and celebration is on our minds. If you are looking for some interesting plant stories to…
An International Perspective on Horticultural Therapy in Taiwan and the U.S.
By Susan Morgan Chin Yung Wung has had the opportunity to practice horticultural therapy in two countries – her native Taiwan and the United States. Horticultural therapy (HT) is an…
2017 is the Year of the Daffodil
By Susan Morgan Each year, the National Garden Bureau selects a bulb, annual, perennial, and edible as the featured plant of its category. This annual list can invite horticultural therapy…