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Creative Therapeutic Horticulture for Health and Care Professionals


Horticultural Therapy Courses

Our creative Therapeutic Horticulture Course for Health and Care Professionals is a practical study day using social horticulture and wellbeing frameworks  as a therapeutic medium.

 Day  Courses  run from 10:00 to 16:00. 

This  POP Gardens course will enable participants to:

  • Explore the use of horticulture as a meaningful socio-cultural occupation and gain valuable insights into the relationship between plants, people and places;
  • Learn how horticultural activities can be applied to NHS Wellbeing initiatives and how it has been an effective therapeutic medium over time;
  • Be introduced to a range of resources & tools for use with children and adults;
  • Practice tried and tested artistic & cultural plant related activities for use in group sessions or at the bedside;
  • Explore outcome measures and protocols;
  • Take home resources provided & used during the course. Further resources will also be available for purchase on the day.

The course is to be delivered by  Occupational therapist  Lynne Evans together with colleagues from other  health professions 

  1. A pre-course reading pack to be provided by e-mail;
  2. A4 paper hard copy of the presentation slides; presentation pack
  3. Take home items crafted during the course of the day;
  4. Access to downloadable activity ideas.

Our course can be tailored to suit the needs of many clinical and community settings .

     Highlights from POP Gardens  courses attendee feedback to date 

  • 100% of attendees would recommend POP Gardens courses to their colleagues;
  • 'This has been an amazing start to my Social & Therapeutic Horticulture journey. I will be keeping in touch' OT from a Brain Injury Unit;
  • 'I loved all the different little useful ideas on how to carry out seeding activity and how to make it interesting. I will be using it with children. Thank you. I feel very inspired'. OT at a Child and Adolescent Mental Health unit;
  • 'Really useful day for getting going with horticultural therapy with a whole range of settings. Thank you so much.' Neuro-Rehab Assistant;
  • 'You’ve done an amazing job. I’m so pleased I managed to get on your course.' OT from a Palliative Care Team;
  • 'I had no idea there were so many creative activities to use with planting seeds and plants. Thanks for a lovey day and please do create a WhatsApp group so that we may all share our ideas'.