Here are some resources to support your therapeutic horticulture practice:
The science supporting Therapeutic Horticulture:- Kaplan’s Attention Restoration Theory
- Roger Ulrich study, View Through a Window
- Dirt Has a Microbiome: Article
Benefits of Therapeutic Horticulture:
Recommended Books: (links to Bookshop.org, supporting independent booksellers)
- Haller and Capra: The Profession and Practice of Horticultural Therapy
- Haller and Capra: Horticultural Therapy Methods
- Stuart-Smith, Sue: The Well-Gardened Mind
- Moore, Bibby: Growing With Gardening
- Lewis, Charles: Green Nature/Human Nature
- Kimmerer, Robin Wall: Braiding Sweetgrass
- Keller, Erik: A Therapist’s Garden
- Jeffries, Sue: Designing, Planting, and Using a Therapeutic Garden
- Rose, Stephanie: Garden Made
Activities Resource:
Explore therapeutic horticulture programs here in North Carolina:
North Carolina Programs
Other State and Regional Programs
- Florida Horticulture For Health Network
- Northeast Horticultural Therapy Network
- University of Maryland Therapeutic Horticulture Resources
- Mid-Atlantic Horticultural Therapy Network
- California Horticultural Therapy Network
- Michigan Horticultural Therapy Association
National and International Programs
- American Horticultural Therapy Association
- Canadian Horticultural Therapy Association
- Thrive: United Kingdom
- Therapeutic Horticulture Australia
