What is Horticultural Therapy?

Horticultural Therapy is a professional discipline that utilizes the cultivation of plans, plant material, and gardening to improve a persons overall health and well being.

Therapeutic gardening can be traced back to antiquity. Beginning in the 1800s, hospital and rehabilitation facilities began implementing horticulture programs. Today, horticultural therapy is used successfully with people whose lives have been disrupted by physical, mental, and/or developmental challenges. In addition, horticultural therapy can be beneficial to a variety of participants to enhance social, psychological and physical functioning.