GARDEN AS THERAPY Therapeutic Horticulture What makes a garden therapeutic? What is therapeutic gardening? Are these two things connected or are they separate? You would think that yes gardening is therapy, so doing a bit of gardening would amount to therapeutic horticulture but you would be wrong. To understand therapeutic horticulture, you have to be across two areas:-health and well-being and horticulture. You can start from the health sector and then gain some qualifications in horticulture or vice versa.. Therapeutic horticulture then means using gardening as an activity to improve people's health and well being through the use of plants .   There are lots of courses that can assist you with training to be a therapeutic horticulturist. The next step is to gain some hours through volunteering with an organisation, eg aged care, through NDIS, and disability sector. It's also a good idea to join THA or Therapeutic Horticulture Australia https://tha.org.au. photo M Cannon Let’s find out more I'm talking with Cath Manuel, therapeutic horticulture specialist  Cath Manuel is the founder of Soil to Supper website and a specialist in therapeutic horticulture and kitchen gardens. https://soiltosupper.com If you have any feedback email [email protected] or write in to 2RRR PO Box 644 Gladesville NSW 1675