Back to Our Roots: The Ability Garden plants seeds of hope

Emily Rea for Encore Exchange writes an article showcasing The Ability Garden at the New Hanover County Arboretum.

The Arboretum is not just beautiful gardens that showcase a variety of native plants, but also home to the Ability Garden, a program that encourages and promotes successful gardening for people with a variety of physical and sensory disabilities. It is here that gardening is used and believed to be essential to the concept of quality of life for all ages and abilities of individuals.

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THE ABILITY GARDEN
New Hanover County Arboretum
6206 Oleander Drive
http://www.gardeningnhc.org/

Canadian Horticultural Therapy Association (CHTA) annual conference,"Good for the Soil, Good for the Soul"

Guelph - The 2009 CHTA conference, "Good for the Soil, Good for the Soul", highlights ways in which horticultural therapy (HT) and therapeutic horticulture (TH) nurture both the earth and ourselves. This is a wonderful opportunity to learn more about organic gardening techniques and to dig deeply into the connections with nature that make HT and TH programs so effective.

The CHTA is delighted to welcome Marjorie Harris as the keynote speaker on Saturday, September 19th. One of Canada's best known garden writers, Marjorie has written 15 gardening books, including The Healing Garden and Pocket Gardening. Her latest book is a reissue of Ecological Gardening: Your Path to a Healthy Garden.

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