This plea for help came yesterday from The Therapy Garden, in Normandy, near Guildford. Please do what you can to help. “We are facing an unprecedented funding crisis which is putting the future of The Therapy Garden in jeopardy We receive no statutory funding and rely on the generosity of others for over half ourContinue reading “Save The Therapy Garden”
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Therapeutic Gardening
Journalist Leah Clarkson wrote this piece for Perspective; the Brewin Dolphin investment magazine, and I was delighted to be interviewed for it. The momentum is gathering…. https://online.fliphtml5.com/avbq/eszi/#p=25
London Landscapes Blog June 2022
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Gardening4Health – a GP’s Perspective
I’m really please to be asked to do a talk for the London Gardens Trust as part of the Chelsea Fringe on 25th May. The talk will be focussing on my experience as a gardener, a garden designer in healing gardens, the science behind Green therapies, and the development of therapeutic horticulture in the UK;Continue reading “Gardening4Health – a GP’s Perspective”
NGS and QNI Launch 12 new Community Nursing projects across England
The most recent QNI Community Nursing Innovation Projects have begun across England. The group of 12 projects are a diverse group representing two separate but connected themes – Gardens and Health, supported by The National Garden Scheme, and Personalised Care, supported by NHS England and Improvement. The Gardens and Health Projects are known as the NGSContinue reading “NGS and QNI Launch 12 new Community Nursing projects across England”
RHS Health and Horticulture Conference
Message me via the Contact page or my instagram @richardclaxtongardens if you’re interested in attending, and I can forward your details to the organisers.
National Garden Scheme relaunch Community Gardens Award programme
The National Garden Scheme has re-opened applications for its popular Community Gardens Award programme after a year’s break caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. These grants provide funding to amateur gardeners from community groups in England and Wales to create a garden or similar project (such as an allotment) with a horticultural focus for the benefit of the local community or charitable group. The aim should be to bring aContinue reading “National Garden Scheme relaunch Community Gardens Award programme “
BMJ Award
Over the moon to see the Gardening4health website and directory shortlisted for this BMJ award. Looking at the other finalists I suspect I have very little chance of success. However, the real win will be in the wider publicity for Social and Therapeutic Horticulture through the awards process, especially in the Medical and Social PrescribingContinue reading “BMJ Award”
Excellent day of talks today – See below for the flier.
I think if you miss the event the SGD will let you see it retrospectively on recorded formats.
The Gardening4Health Directory
It’s slow progress – but I’m really pleased that the Gardening4Health directory is growing and with ongoing contributions from all around the country – beginning to take shape. Publicity through Instagram, the Medical and Horticultural press, and word of mouth is certainly helping As in Tier 4 at the start of the third UK lockdownContinue reading “The Gardening4Health Directory”