horticultural therapy – A New Vision for Mental Health

RHS Bridgewater: Europe’s ‘biggest horticultural project’ opens

Author: Editorial 26th May 2021 0 Comments

In part concerning therapeutic gardening and social prescribing, the BBC reports : “The first Royal Horticultural Society garden in an urban area has welcomed its first visitors, completing what the charity has billed as Europe’s “biggest hands-on horticultural project”. The 154-acre…
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The Well Gardened Mind

Author: Editorial 15th August 2019 0 Comments

This book – subtitled “The Human Brain and the Transformative Power of Nature – has been written by Sue Stuart-Smith. The publishers say that it: “… is about how the garden is a vital place of escape for the brain, and…
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Eden on Prescription

Author: Editorial 13th May 2019 0 Comments

The Eden Project in Cornwall (UK) is nestled in a huge crater, where massive Biomes house the largest rainforest in captivity. Those running the project say that they: “… are making use of our beautiful site and the skills in our team…
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Bromley-by-Bow Centre and the future of mental health treatment

Author: Editorial 2nd March 2018 0 Comments

An article in The Guardian Newspaper (by Kate Lyons, July 29th 2016) about the future of mental health treatment included the following about the Bromley-by-Bow Centre in London: “Five minutes’ walk from a tube station in east London, past an abandoned block of flats with broken windows,…
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Horticultural therapy: ‘Gardening makes us feel renewed inside’

Author: Editorial 31st January 2018 0 Comments

Why does coaxing seeds into growth or a fierce pruning session refresh the spirits so? In this article in The Daily Telegraph , Sue Stuart-Smith, psychiatrist and psychotherapist, examines the value of gardening as therapy: “Most gardeners would prefer to be busy in the garden,…
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