Chicago Botanic Garden
Education

Horticultural Therapy Services

The Chicago Botanic Garden's Horticultural Therapy Services acts as a national clearinghouse for information about the therapeutic uses of horticulture. This includes information about enabling gardening, adaptive tools and horticultural therapy books. Where noted, select resources are available for order below.

 

Click here to order onlineReissued due to popular demand:

Health Through Horticulture
Indoor Gardening Activity Plans

The content of this indoor gardening guide for therapeutic outcomes remains unchanged from the 2009 edition, but the format is all new: a conveniently-sized, soft cover 8" x 10" manual. Resources have been updated, and the price has been reduced!

Please order from www.createspace.com/3682795 for prompt, direct delivery.

 

CHICAGO BOTANIC GARDEN RESOURCES

Garden for Life Publications.
The following Garden for Life publications can be ordered through the Horticultural Therapy Department. Click here for a PDF order form to mail with your payment information.

PHOTO: Garden for Life
  • Designing Your Home Enabling Garden
  • Horticultural Therapy: Helping People Grow
  • Vertical Gardening
  • Barrier-Free Gardening in Containers
  • Healthy Habits for Gardening
  • Raised Bed Gardening
  • Sensational Plants
  • Horticultural Therapy Resources
  • Enabling Tool Resources
  • Paving Alternatives for the Accessible Garden
  • Universal Design
  • Health Through Horticulture: A Guide for Using the Outdoor Garden for Therapeutic Outcomes

ASSOCIATIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS

American Horticultural Therapy Association (AHTA)
150 South Warner Road, Suite 156
King of Prussia, PA 19406
(484) 654-0357

American Community Gardening Association
1777 E. Broad St.
Columbus, OH, 43203-2040
(877) 275-2242

Canadian Horticultural Therapy Association
100 Westmount Rd.
Guelph, Ontario CA N1H5H8

National Gardening Association
1100 Dorset St.
South Burlington, VT 05403
(802) 863-5251

BOOKS

Adil, Janeen R. Accessible Gardening for People with Physical Disabilities: A Guide to Methods, Tools and Plants. Bethesda, Md.: Woodbine House, 1994.

Flagler, Joel and Raymond P. Poincelot, eds. People-Plant Relationships: Setting Research Priorities. New York: Food Products Press, 1994.

Marcus, Clare Cooper and Marni Barnes. Gardens in Healthcare Facilities: Uses, Therapeutic Benefits, and Design Recommendations. Martinez, Calif.: Center for Health Design, 1995.

Moore, B. Growing with Gardening: A Twelve-Month Guide for Therapy, Recreation, and Education. Chapel Hill, N. C.: University of North Carolina Press, 1989.

Raised Bed Gardening: A Resource Manual for Patients, Families and Professionals. Englewood, Colo.: Craig Hospital, 1988.

Relf, Diane, ed. The Role of Horticulture in Human Well-Being and Social Development. Portland, Ore.: Timber Press, 1992.

Rothert, Gene. The Enabling Garden: Creating Barrier-Free Gardens. Dallas: Taylor Publishing Co., 1994.

Simson, Sharon P. and Martha Straus, eds. Horticulture as Therapy: Principles and Practices. New York: Haworth Press, Inc., 1998.

Stine, Sharon. Landscapes for Learning. New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1997.

Wells, Suzanne E. with American Horticultural Therapy Association and Friends Organization, eds. Horticultural Therapy and the Older Adult Population. New York: Haworth Press, Inc., 1997.

Woy, Joann. Accessible Gardening: Tips and Techniques for Seniors and the Disabled. Mechanicsburg, Pa.: Stackpole Books, 1997.

Yeomans, Kathleen. The Able Gardener: Overcoming Barriers of Age and Physical Limitations. Pownal, Vt.: Storey Communications, 1992.

MAGAZINE AND PERIODICALS

Journal of Therapeutic Horticulture, American Horticulture Therapy Association,
Elizabeth R. Messer Diehl, ASLA, HTM
Editor-in-Chief
journal@ahta.org

Thrive
The Geoffrey Udall Centre, Beech Hill
Reading, England RG7 2AT
0118-988-5688