Therapeutic Horticulture part 1 on Real World Gardener

 GARDEN AS THERAPY Therapeutic Horticulture <ul><li>What makes a garden therapeutic? What is therapeutic gardening?</li> <li>Are these two things connected or are they separate?</li> </ul> <p>You would think that yes gardening is therapy, so doing a bit of gardening would amount to therapeutic horticulture but you would be wrong.</p> <ul><li>To understand therapeutic horticulture, you have to be across two areas:-health and well-being and horticulture. You can start from the health sector and then gain some qualifications in horticulture or vice versa..</li> <li>Therapeutic horticulture then means using gardening as an activity to improve people's health and well being through the use of plants . </li> <li> There are lots of courses that can assist you with training to be a therapeutic horticulturist.</li> <li>The next step is to gain some hours through volunteering with an organisation, eg aged care, through NDIS, and disability sector.</li> <li>It's also a good idea to join THA or Therapeutic Horticulture Australia <a href='https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/91150702456773281/953271308467467146'>https://tha.org.au</a>.</li> </ul> <a href='https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2F6QeSSMzFU/YVvwcEP9ZbI/AAAAAAAAk8s/RinyIIF6SmI4tJP-TFNPRA8K_qvyanzjgCLcBGAsYHQ/s800/IMG20181102095451%2B-%2BCopy.jpg'></a> photo M Cannon Let’s find out more I'm talking with Cath Manuel, therapeutic horticulture specialist  Cath Manuel is the founder of Soil to Supper website and a specialist in therapeutic horticulture and kitchen gardens. <a href='https://soiltosupper.com/'>https://soiltosupper.com</a> If you have any feedback email <a href='mailto:realworldgardener@gmail.com'>realworldgardener@gmail.com</a> or write in to 2RRR PO Box 644 Gladesville NSW 1675