Horticultural Therapy is the participation in garden or plant-based activities with the assistance of a trained Horticultural Therapist (HTR) in order to achieve certain emotional, mental, cognitive, or physical goals. In other words - plants can make you feel better!
What is a horticultural therapy session?
A horticultural therapy session would involve:
- Setup and clean up of the activity
- Enough supplies to complete a garden or nature based activity for each person in the group
- One hour per session
- A chance to converse as a group in a friendly setting
Who can participate?
Anyone can! Wild Greens serves anyone! Populations that can especially benefit from horticultural therapy include: elderly, people living with developmental disabilities, veterans, people receiving assistance from rehab centers, caregivers, people who have been through trauma, and anyone that may need to reconnect with nature.
Floral arranging, succulent gardens, pressed flower crafts, wreath making, guided garden walks, dying fabrics, painting, etc...
