2018 Healing Gardens Conference Sept. 18, 2018
What is horticultural therapy? Take a look at this overview, then make use of the resources below.
News
Legacy's Therapeutic Gardens program has been awarded a planning grant from National Open Spaces Sacred Places in Annapolis, Maryland. Watch our progress here.
What is horticultural therapy? Take a look at this overview, then make use of the resources below.
News
Legacy's Therapeutic Gardens program has been awarded a planning grant from National Open Spaces Sacred Places in Annapolis, Maryland. Watch our progress here.
Legacy Health–PCC Therapeutic Horticulture professional training
Conference handouts
These are
handouts from conference presentations by Legacy horticultural therapist Teresia Hazen. You may download and print them for your use.
Garden photos
These
photographs of Legacy gardens may be used free of charge in educational presentations. Please credit Legacy Health.
Legacy's teaching program
Legacy is the only U.S. health care organization to offer the AHTA Core Curriculum HT-specific coursework to prepare horticultural students for:
- Nursing homes
- Assisted living
- Residential care
- Day care
- Recreation programs
- Vocational horticulture programs
- Other health and human service settings
For more information on the core curriculum or horticultural therapy, please contact
Teresia Hazen at 503-413-6507. More about Teresia Hazen
here.
Resources
Following are resources to assist with horticulture therapy:
- Cooper Marcus, C. & N. Sachs. Eds. (2013). Therapeutic Landscapes: An evidence-based approach to Designing Healing Gardens and Restorative Outdoor Spaces. John Wiley and Sons.
- Pollock, A., & M. Marshall. Eds. (2012). Designing Outdoor Spaces for People with Dementia. Hammond Care Press.
