Chicago Botanic Garden
PHOTO: Tending nasturtium -- an edible flower -- in the Buehler Enabling Garden.

Horticultural Therapy Services are generously supported
by an endowment created by the Buehler Family Foundation
and a grant from the Grant Healthcare Foundation.

Additional support is provided by the Albers/Kuhn Family Foundation, Blowitz-Ridgeway Foundation, and the Edmond
and Alice Opler Foundation, as well as endowments created
by the Julien H. and Bertha M. Collins Fund, Kenilworth
Garden Club, and the Estate of Florentz Rantz.

 

Education

Horticultural Therapy Services

Plants help provide healing, well-being, physical growth, and emotional strength.

The Chicago Botanic Garden is pleased to offer your agency several programs that deliver the therapeutic benefits of gardening activities and plant-rich environments to those in your care.

HORTICULTURAL THERAPY TRAINING PROGRAM

The on-site Horticultural Therapy Training Program brings to your agency the tools, equipment, and resources necessary for your staff to gain the confidence and skills they’ll need to sustain a horticultural therapy program on their own.

LIFE ENRICHMENT YEARLONG PROGRAM

The Gardening for Life Enrichment Yearlong Program brings the benefits of monthly plant-based activities led by Garden staff to groups of up to 15 participants.

LIFE ENRICHMENT DAILY PROGRAM

Finally, at the award-winning, fully accessible Buehler Enabling Garden, the horticultural therapy staff offers Gardening for Life Enrichment Daily Program, engaging visitors of all abilities in sensory activities.