If you had the radio playing on May 18th you may have heard a familiar voice, two of our Board members were interviewed by various hosts on the CBC to talk about the benefits of gardening for mental health and the profession of Horticultural Therapy.
These are fantastic short interviews you can share with colleagues, potential clients, family, friends… Anyone who needs an introduction to our profession!
Laura Young, events coordinator, spoke with Giacomo Panico on In Town and Out. She shares the story of how she started integrating nature into her addictions counselling, who we are at the CHTA, and science behind Horticultural Therapy. She also recounts some great professional experiences and examples of HT activities.
Our Chair Cheney Creamer did a total of 11 interviews, here are links to three of them and some brief notes on what came up in the discussion:
North by Northwest with Margaret Gallagher
- using the title of Horticultural Therapist
- how she got into horticultural therapy
- 5 domains of wellness
- putting the domains of wellness into practice
- gardening vs horticultural therapy
- simple indoor activity: paper pot planting
- tips for weekend gardeners to destress
All in a Weekend with Sonali Karnick
- forest bathing vs horticultural therapy
- biophilia vs hortophilia
- what are the mental health benefits of gardening
- what are some examples of HT in practice?
- tips for weekend gardeners to destress
- physical and mental benefits of being in nature
- how horticulture branches off of biophilia
- examples of things Cheney has noticed through her HT practice in long term care
We encourage you to listen and share these clips!
