I'm so excited!!
Welcome to my brand spanking new store!
I'm so excited to introduce the garden activity signs to you! They were enthusiastically received by my garden program participants in a residential care home, and I hope you will find them useful and enjoyable for your garden visitors too.
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Drop by to see what's new on the blog. After 23 years as a horticultural therapist and educator I have lots to share about:
- nature appreciation for daily refreshment and for therapeutic benefit,
- planning and leading garden programs (like all the mistakes I made that you can avoid),
- collaborative design of therapeutic gardens and how to make them accessible for people with diverse abilities,
- and this more recent interest of mine: garden signage that encourages independent engagement with nature.
Glad you stopped by!
Shelagh Smith, HTR, MAEEC
Also in Shelagh's Thrive with Nature Blog
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Innovative healthcare organizations are offering garden and nature programming to reduce employee stress and burnout.
Five types of nature-based programming are described here, with examples from three countries.
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