Digging Deeper – The Goals and Growth of Horticultural Therapy
2023 CONFERENCE & AGM
About The Conference
Conference Timing:
This year, our conference is taking place from October 19–21, 2023.Traditionally, the conference has taken place in mid-September. But after the 2022 conference, we surveyed our members to see if there was a better time of the year for the conference to take place. We heard you! Which is why the conference is taking place in October this year.
Conference Pricing:
We have increased the price of the conference to $300 per personThe cost of our conference has been the same for the past decade. Since moving our annual conference to an online platform, we have been able to significantly increase the length of the conference and greatly diversify the content and speakers that are presented.Due to the extra work and time that the conference takes for us to host, we decided to increase the cost of the conference.In order to try to mitigate the increased cost, and to get everyone excited for the 2023 conference, this year we are introducing “early bird pricing” to offer a discount to people who register early for the
Schedule
DAY 1
Thursday, October 19th, 2023
12:00pm – 12:25pm
Conference Welcome
12:30pm – 1:45pm
Presenter: Jay Rice
All My Relations: Respectful Awareness in Horticultural Therapy
1:45pm – 1:55pm
Break
2:55pm – 3:00pm
Day 1 Closing Remarks
DAY 2
Friday, October 20th, 2023
9:00am – 10:15am
Annual General Meeting
10:15am – 10:25am
Break
10:30am – 11:15am
Presenter: Bianca van der Stoel
Adaptations for HT/ TH Programming:
Supporting Strengths-Based Practice
11:20am – 11:30am
Break
11:30am – 12:15pm
Presenter: Damien Newman
The Importance of Balancing the
Different Mechanisms in Social and
Therapeutic Horticulture That Support
Outcomes
12:15pm – 12:45pm
Lunch
12:50pm – 1:20pm
Presenter: Zuzana Polackova
HT & TH with Female Survivors of
Human Trafficking
1:25pm – 1:35pm
Presenter: Laura Young
Reconnect with the Five Senses: a
Guided Grounding Exercise
1:50pm – 2:35pm
Presenter: Isabelle Boucq
Horticultural Therapy in France in 2023
: Digging deeper
2:55pm – 3:00pm
Day 2 Closing Remarks
DAY 3
Saturday, October 21st, 2023
9:00am – 10:00am
Presenter: Mark Christie
Digging Deep – Impacts of Gardening,
Horticulture and Conservation
Activities: Research Evidence from
Five Ethnographic Studies
10:15am – 11:00am
Presenter: Cheney Creamer
Sacred and Stigmatized Plant Masters
and Medicines in Horticultural
Therapy.
11:00am – 11:10am
Break
11:15am – 12:00pm
Presentation: Interview with Author Sue Jeffries
Designing, Planting and Using a
Therapeutic Garden – Creating Spaces
for Successful Delivery
12:00pm – 12:30pm
Lunch
12:30pm – 1:00pm
Presenter: Shelagh Smith
Search for Research: How to Use
Google Scholar to Support Your
Garden & Nature Programming.
1:05pm – 1:50 pm
Presenter: Donna Kerr
Growing Through Resistance – Using
Motivational Interviewing Skills for
Horticultural Therapy
1:50pm – 2:00pm
Break
2:05pm – 2:50pm
Presenter: Tamaura Proctor
Homewood Health Centre-
Horticultural Therapy Department
Outcome Study.
2:55pm – 3:00pm
Final Closing Remarks
