Product Description: “For those who believe in the healing power of nature, or those who are interested in the history of therapeutic garden design and philosophies, Therapeutic Gardens is a great resource and a fascinating book.” —NYBG’s Plant Talk In Therapeutic Gardens, landscape architect Daniel Winterbottom and occupational therapist Amy Wagenfeld present an innovative approach that translates therapeutic design principles into practice...read more

Product Description: Garden designer Bunny Guinness joins forces with physiotherapist Jacqueline Knox in this one-stop guide to all-around garden health. Step-by-step sequences based on the Pilates method illustrate the safe way to push wheelbarrows, lift heavy pots, pick low-lying fruit, and much more in a way that boosts fitness while avoiding stress and strains...read more

Widely accepted treatment methods using horticulture as a therapeutic modalityThrough the years, horticultural therapy (HT) has evolved from its use only by volunteer gardeners to become a recognized and respected therapeutic modality conducted by trained, registered professionals. Horticultural Therapy Methods: Making Connections in Health Care, Human Service, and Community Programs details the basics of the growing, time-proven practice of therapy through gardening. Experienced practitioners and educators discuss horticultural therapy theory, application, and the impressive positive impact it has on clients. Beginners are educated on key issues and given the tools needed to effectively treat clients.Horticultural therapy uses widely accepted treatment methods in a calming, creative program framework. Horticultural Therapy Methods challenges pre-conceived notions of the value of this treatment by describing the processes, techniques for practice, and the rationale for their use. This manual not only can be used as a reference and a guide for students but can also be used by educators and those conducting horticultural therapy to help construct effective treatment programs. Health care and human service professionals will find this resource a powerful ally in the therapy, treatment, and education of inmates, residents, patients, trainees, and students. Horticultural Therapy Methods is a clear helpful manual that explains: the types of programs, settings, and goals the process of treatment planning developing sessions—including activity or task selections to meet treatment objectives motivation and behavior management techniques documentation guidelines three types of HT programs resources for HT activity ideas practical approaches for mental healthHorticultural Therapy Methods is a valuable addition to the literature and is crucial for all levels of horticultural therapists, occupational therapists, therapeutic recreational specialists, social workers, special educators, community horticulture leaders, horticulturists, mental health professionals of all types, and students.

Product Description: Bring a Sensory Garden to life in a structured therapeutic horticulture program!Intergenerational gardening programs bring the generations together. This book presents a tested, hands-on, easy-to-use activity plan that benefits the development of relationships between adults over 70 and school-age children...read more

Product Description: Did you know that plants and plant products can be used to improve people’s cognitive, physical, psychological, and social functioning? Well, they can, and Horticulture as Therapy is the book to show you how! If you are already familiar with the healing potential of horticultural therapy, or even practice horticultural therapy, this book will help you enrich your knowledge and skills and revitalize your practice...read more

Product Description: “Presenting fact as well as folklore, Squire eloquently and exhaustively addresses aspects of gardening for the senses, from color and sound to fragrance and touch. As he deftly combines historical perspectives with practical considerations, Squire also provides a visual feast of alluring color photos and archival paintings and illustrations...read more

Product Description: These proceedings contain the presentations from a landmark joint conference between AHTA and PPC, the two leading organizations promoting research, teaching, and practice in horticultural therapy. In this contributed volume, the top names in horticultural therapy address universal design of outdoor spaces and their therapeutic applications, the theme of the conference...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: It s easy. It s quick. It s drug free. It s right for everyone. Combining cutting-edge medical research and the best-kept gardening secrets, Dr. Eva Shaw s Shovel It: Nature s Health Plan can save your life. Shovel It: Nature s Health Plan is one of the most illuminating books I have read on the therapeutic effects of gardening, writes Washington Post reviewer Joel M...read more

Product Description: The enduring and universal metaphor of the garden is a simple yet profound tool for counteracting the numbing effects of modern life. Creating Eden is Marilyn Barrett's evocative meditation on gardening as a tool for self-exploration and natural healing...read more

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Product Description: Design landscapes that heal? Here's how! Here are the principles and strategies you need to plan, design and build therapeutic gardens and other outdoor landscaped areas in hospitals, healthcare facilities and assisted-living environments...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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Product Description: Promotes the power of plants to heal, soothe and stimulate. For many, the therapy of gardening is as much a retreat from the stresses of everyday life as an enjoyable pastime. This book shows the reader how to create a botanic garden specially tailored to the needs of health and happiness...read more

Product Description: 1994, trade paperback edition, Elliott & Clark, Washington, DC, 144 pages. Cartoons throughout. The author offers a plan that says you can return to nature through gardening and kiss stress goodbye. Plants are the answer to life fulfilmment, and he proves it here with a holistic approach to stress reduction...read more

Offers guidance in planning a year-round horticultural program, with activities organized by month, plus program development and evaluation guidelines and a teacher's guide to gardening skills

Product Description: Book by Rothert, Eugene A.

Product Description: Book by Daubert, James R., Rothert, Eugene A.