What makes horticultural therapy unique is that it uses living material, requiring nurturing and care, in programs. The maturation and lifecycle of plants provide plenty of horticultural tasks and related activities to stimulate thought, exercise the body and encourage an awareness of the living, external environment. A therapeutic relationship and rapport can be built by working through individual or group projects. This rapport can be built by demonstrating sincerity and a sense of caring.
Mitchell L. Hewson, HTM.
 
Do not miss our new Interior Garden on Wheels which will allow your residents that can no longer work on an outdoor garden to still be able to do their favourite activity.