HTI Director's Note Program Profile: Denver Urban Gardens: An Organization's Development of a Therapeutic Garden Program Tips for Practice: Seeds of Change Supporting those with Substance Use Disorders Mental Illness & Chronic Homelessness The post 2025 Winter Newsletter appeared first on Horticultural Therapy Institute ..read more

On June 1, 2024, the American Horticultural Therapy Association (AHTA) began accepting applications for a new professional credential-therapeutic horticulture practitioner, THP.  Since the establishment of THP there has been some confusion and misunderstanding surrounding the innovation of a new professional designation. This month’s blog will endeavor to explain, in detail, what the THP credential involves,… The post A New Professional Credential Option: Therapeutic Horticulture Practitioner-THP appeared first on Horticultural Therapy Institute ..read more

This article can be read in Mandarin here. Horticultural Therapy Development in Taiwan Over the past 20 years, horticultural therapy has flourished in Taiwan. Many people are interested in using plants to promote their own or others’ health, which is why many organizations are providing horticultural therapist certification. These organizations or institutions independently teach horticultural therapy… The post 2024 International Symposium on Horticultural Therapy in Taiwan appeared first on Horticultural Therapy Institute ..read more

This article was originally written in Spanish and can be viewed here. This is the third and final post in a series of three in which HTI regular contributors shared indications that nature-based interventions are getting increasing recognition and traction in their part of the world. Peru Daniela Silva-Rodriguez Bonazzi, HTI’s former student, began raising awareness… The post Reasons to Hope: Signs of Recognition for Nature-Based Interventions: Latin America (Part III) appeared first on Horticultural Therapy Institute ..read more

Part II/Colleen Griffin, HTR This is the second post in a series of three in which HTI regular contributors will share indications that nature-based interventions are getting increasing recognition and traction in their part of the world.                     The Benefits of Nature-Based Interventions are Coming into Focus within the Healthcare, Education and Community Wellness Programs Across… The post Reasons to Hope: Signs of Recognition for Nature-Based Interventions (Part II) appeared first ..read more

Part I/Isabelle Boucq This is the first post in a series of three in which HTI regular contributors will share indications that nature-based interventions are getting increasing recognition and traction in their part of the world. Let’s begin this journey in France. Let me start by introducing Barbara Frederickson who might seem miles away from… The post Reasons to Hope: Signs of Recognition for Nature-Based Interventions appeared first on Horticultural Therapy Institute ..read more

HTI Director's Note Program Profile: Planting Seeds & Growing Wisdom - My Therapeutic Horticulture Practioner Journey Tips For Practice: Growing Green Futures - Working with Teens HTI Kudos The post 2024 Fall Newsletter appeared first on Horticultural Therapy Institute ..read more

This article was originally written in French and can be viewed here. What better time to introduce you to Damien Newman, a major figure in social and therapeutic therapy (STH) in the UK? Damien Newman is Training, Education and Consultancy Manager at Thrive, the British association which has been providing “gardening to bring about positive changes in the lives of people living with disabilities or ill health, or who are isolated, disadvantaged or vulnerable” since 1979. In addition, together with Rebecca Haller, HTI’s own director and Sin-Ae Park (Chair of the International People Plant Cou ..read more

Making Connections Editor: Christine Capra Program Manager, HT Institute 2024 Summer Newsletter Horticultural Therapy is making an impact on people’s lives. Read more about how it’s happening. HTI Director’s Note: New Credential Offered by AHTA By Rebecca Haller, HTM Have you finished your horticultural therapy courses and want to apply your training in the field right away? Do you wish to earn HTR status, yet see that as a rather long-term project? Well, while you are working on that, you could soon apply for a credential as a Therapeutic Horticulture Practitioner (HTP). To qualify, you nee ..read more

This article was originally written in Spanish and can be viewed here. By Tamara Amsing Tamara Amsing, trained by the Instituto de Horticutura Terapéutica y Social (IHTS) in Peru implemented a horticultural therapy program which complements the psychotherapeutic support offered to child and adolescent survivors of trauma.                                    Daniela Silva-Rodriguez, director of IHTS and HTI blog contributor Psyc ..read more