Horticultural Therapy uses the cultivation of plants and plant-related programs to heal, rehabilitate and improve the overall well being of the population it serves. Often referred to as “the new health care tool”, horticultural therapy is effective in achieving therapeutic, rehabilitative and vocational outcomes. Registered Horticultural Therapist Anne Meore will lead Berkshire Botanical Garden participants through experiential activities that will deepen the participant’s understanding of this therapeutic modality and enhance perspective on the benefits of our relationship with plants and the natural environment. The class is scheduled for September 19 from 10 – 2:30 at the Garden in West Stockbridge, and as with all in person classes during the current pandemic, please reconfirm during the week preceding the class to be sure the class has not been moved online. $75 for BBG members, $90 for nonmembers. Register at https://www.berkshirebotanical.org/events/horticultural-therapy-people-plant-partnership
Anne Meore LMSW, HTR, is a Registered Horticultural Therapist with the American Horticultural Therapy Association and is the owner of Planthropy LLC, serving populations with special needs through horticulture therapy programming and therapeutic garden design for area hospitals and rehabilitation programs. She is the program advisor and a faculty member in the Horticultural Therapy Certificate Program in the School of Horticulture at New York Botanical Garden, has been an instructor in the Edible Academy since 2011, and serves as an adjunct faculty member in the Biology Department at Manhattanville College, teaching Therapeutic Horticulture. She holds an advanced degree in guidance counseling and social work, a license in social work and a certificate in horticultural therapy from the NY Botanical Gardens.
