SAVE THE DATE!

Posted on Jul 8, 2023 Tagged #gardening4health, #gardeningforhealth, #greentherapy, #mentalhealth, #nhs, #socialandtherapeutichorticulture, #socialprescribing, #wellbeing, @gardenmasterclass, @tuppennybarn1 Comment

Propagating Green Therapies in the UK – Joining the Dots

A one-day conference on making green therapies available to all

To be held at Tuppenny Barn, near Chichester PO10 8EZ

Monday 9^th October 2023 9.30am – 5 pm

A joint venture from Gardening4Health, Garden Masterclass, and Tuppenny Barn

Booking details and Programme to follow

Garden Masterclass

Posted on Apr 13, 2023 Tagged #gardening4health, #gardeningforhealth, #gardeningismytherapy, #gardenmasterclass, #greentherapy, #mentalhealth, #nhs, #socialandtherapeutichorticulture, #socialprescribing, #wellbeing, @gardenmasterclassLeave a comment

I’m delighted to have been asked to join Annie Guilfoyle and Noel Kingsbury for their Thursday evening chat this evening – 6pm

https://www.gardenmasterclass.org/diary

“This week we talk to Richard Claxton a General (medical) Practitioner who does social prescribing and campaigns for gardening as therapy. He has created an NHS Garden Therapy project in Tonbridge and is a Tustee for the charity Greenfingers. He has also created a website https://gardening4health.co.uk

On Thursday use our usual log-in: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83781125288

And it’ll be up on our You Tube Channel after that.

This is a pro bono broadcast for the global garden community – we appreciate donations – please see www.gardenmasterclass.org/home-page/tgc“

A Therapy Garden for Tonbridge

Posted on Jan 24, 2023Jan 24, 2023 Tagged #communitygarden, #gardening4health, #gardeningforhealth, #gardeningismytherapy, #greentherapy, #mentalhealth, #nhs, #primarycare, #socialandtherapeutichorticulture, #socialprescribing, #vitaming, #wellbeing1 Comment

Indulge me for a moment – this is a big moment for me!

I’m now happy to announce that this week we are taking our first “Gardeners” onto a programme for Gardening Therapy in our new NHS Project in Tonbridge.

Green therapies on the NHS as a core part of Community Primary care. Hoping to make a pilot scheme that can be rolled out across the country.

Therapeutic Gardening

Posted on Jul 17, 2022 Tagged #brewindolphin, #gardening4health, #gardeningforhealth, #gardeningismytherapy, #greentherapy, #investment, #mentalhealth, #nhs, #socialandtherapeutichorticulture, #socialprescribing, #wellbeing, @brewin_dolphinLeave a comment

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

Gardening4Health – a GP’s Perspective

Posted on Apr 18, 2022Apr 18, 2022 Tagged #chelsea, #chelsea fringe, #communityhealthcare, #gardendesign, #gardening4health, #gardeningforhealth, #gardeningismytherapy, #generalpractice, #healinggardens, #londongardenstrust, #mentalhealth, #nhs, #primarycare, #rhschelsea, #sloanesquare, #socialandtherapeutichorticulture, #socialprescribing, #wellbeing, @cihort, @nationalgardenscheme, @societyofgardendesigners, @the_rhsLeave a comment

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; past, present and future.

The venue is at Francis Holland School, 39 Graham Terrace, Sloane Square, London, SW1W 8JF and

starts at 6pm. Drinks and nibbles from 5.30pm.

If you’re unable to attend in person there is the facility to attend live or later via zoom. I believe this is on the same booking pathway – link below.

https://chelseafringe.com/event/gardening4health-a-gps-perspective-2022/

NGS and QNI Launch 12 new Community Nursing projects across England

Posted on Apr 4, 2022Apr 4, 2022 Tagged #care, #communitygarden, #communitynursing, #districtnurse, #gardening4health, #gardeningforhealth, #gardeningismytherapy, #mentalhealth, #nhs, #nurse, #nursing, #personalisedcare, #primarycare, #socialandtherapeutichorticulture, #socialprescribing, #wellbeing, @nationalgardenscheme, @theqniLeave a comment

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 NGS Elsie Wagg (Innovation) Scholarships.

The 12 nurse-led projects all aim, in different ways, to improve the health of a community or group of people in a particular location, using innovative approaches. All the projects benefit from a year of support by the QNI’s Innovation Team, and financial support to enable them to put their projects into action. Learning from the projects will help inform future developments in community healthcare.

The QNI is now seeking expressions of interest from healthcare organisations that would like to support innovation projects in the community this year, led by their Community Nurses.

If you are a Nurse or an employer, please contact them to discuss your ideas and find out how they can help you deliver an exciting new project to improve patient care.

The closing date for applications is 29 April 2022.