Healing/Therapy/Ability Programs
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Horticultural Therapy
Horticultural therapy is the engagement of a client in horticultural activities facilitated by a trained therapist to achieve specific and documented treatment goals. Horticultural therapy programs can be found in a wide variety of healthcare, rehabilitative, and residential settings.
Types of Programs
Therapeutic Horticulture
Therapeutic Horticulture uses plants and plant-related activities to improve human well-being. This type of program may be found in a wide variety of healthcare, rehabilitative, and residential settings, and can include both active and passive activities for participants to benefit.
Social Horticulture
Social or Community Horticulture is a recreational activity related to plants and gardening. No treatment goals are defined, no therapist is present, and the focus is on social interaction and horticulture activities. A typical community garden or garden club is a good example of a social horticulture setting.
Vocational Horticulture
Vocational Horticulture programs provide training that enables individuals to work in the horticulture industry professionally, either independently or semi-independently. Vocational horticultural programs may be found in schools, residential facilities, rehabilitation facilities, or prisons among others.
Horticultural Therapy Programs in North Carolina
Henderson County
- Bullington Gardens, Hendersonville, NC – Programs for children, adults and seniors with special needs.
New Hanover County
- The Ability Garden, Wilmington, NC – for groups and individuals who have a variety of physical and sensory abilities.
Cumberland County
- Cape Fear Botanical Garden, Fayetteville NC – Offers programs to a number of different populations, including the Wounded Warrior project, working with wounded or transitioning veterans to develop horticulture skills that can develop into civilian work opportunities. Their produce supports Second Harvest Food Bank in Cumberland County.
Orange County
- NC Botanical Garden, Chapel Hill, NC – On-site programs for persons with dementia, depression, developmental disabilities, eating disorders, mental illness, or traumatic brain injury. Consultation and support services including accessible garden design, plant selection, activity analysis, and program planning. “Healing and Hope through Science” outreach program that serves hospitalized children. Annual training to persons who will assist in the implementation of therapeutic horticulture programs. Mentor hort therapy Interns.
- Transplanting Traditions, Chapel Hill, NC – Transplanting Traditions Community Farm provides agricultural and entrepreneurial education to limited resource refugee farmers at its 4-acre incubator site.
If your program is missing from this list, please email Therapeutic Horticulture Program Manager Amy Bruzzichesi with your information to be added.