Posted in Horticultural Therapy on Nov 15th, 2009 No Comments »
My fall season started while at the Ignatius Jesuit Centre of Guelph, first coordinating a five day horticultural therapy practical training, directly followed by the Canadian Horticultural Therapy Association conference and annual general meeting. Magnificent golden days enriched this flurry of activity.
The Home Farm Horticultural Therapy Practical Training was hosted at the Julien Project, a [...]
Posted in Community Gardening, Horticultural Therapy, In & Around the Neighbourhood on Aug 12th, 2009 No Comments »
I recently had the opportunity to visit the South Riverdale Community Health Centre rooftop garden which includes a number of raised beds and recycled containers growing a variety of vegetables and herbs. There is even a view of the CN Tower! The Garden Club was busy seed saving, harvesting and preparing a beautiful fresh salad [...]
Posted in Healing & Enabling Gardens, Horticultural Therapy, News on Jun 25th, 2009 No Comments »
Malton Village long term care facility opens a new sustainable garden. The garden is part of a larger horticultural therapy program delivered by Horticultural Therapist, Tracy Ruffini. View the media release: A State of the Art Garden Opens at Malton Village
Posted in Horticultural Therapy on Mar 25th, 2009 No Comments »
As a new Home Farm Associate, I am pleased to announce that March marked the official launch of the Home Farm Horticultural Therapy Certificate Live On Line. We successfully offered the first module, “What is Horticultural Therapy” over three days with students from across Canada and even a southern neighbor participating. The program takes place [...]
Posted in Horticultural Therapy on Feb 27th, 2009 No Comments »
Canada AM today featured horticultural therapy programming at Providence Farm as part of a week series focusing on alternative sources of rehabilitation. It was great to see so many of my friends from the greenhouse and that preparations are underway for the spring hanging baskets.
Posted in Horticultural Therapy on Nov 25th, 2008 No Comments »
Last week I had a chance to job shadow Tracy Ruffini for the day, a Horticultural Therapist, at Malton Village, a long term care facility operated by the Region of Peel in Mississauga. I observed Tracy in action delivering horticultural activities to residents, which included preparing large outdoor winter arrangements to welcome visitors and potting [...]
Posted in Horticultural Therapy, News on Sep 26th, 2008 No Comments »
Congratulations to everyone involved in making the Canadian Horticultural Therapy Association (CHTA) Annual Conference happen! It was hugely successful, an impressive showcase of horticultural therapy activities in Alberta and a major accomplishment to have the conference outside Ontario for the first time. The event was very professionally hosted by the Calgary Zoo and Botanical Gardens [...]
Posted in Children & Youth, Horticultural Therapy, News on Sep 26th, 2008 No Comments »
As of August, the Alberta Children’s Hospital has hired my fellow classmate, from the Home Farm Horticultural Therapy Certificate, Rebecca Feasby, as a horticultural therapist. Rebecca is currently working with the Impatient Group Program, Nephrology Clinic and the Dr. Gordon Townsend School on site. The work is part of a larger Therapeutic Arts Program that [...]
Posted in Horticultural Therapy on Sep 1st, 2008 No Comments »
I was just beaming when I received an email update and photo last week from a friend and outstanding volunteer at Providence Farm, who has graciously taken over the coaching role of the running club since the completion of my internship. The news came that the runners had made it to the first lookout point [...]
Posted in Horticultural Therapy on Jul 31st, 2008 No Comments »
I started January on the farm picking lettuce and I’m finishing with a newly transplanted crop under way.
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