Today we have added the 500th garden to the Gardening4Health Directory, which is quite a landmark! The latest project is https://www.thelisteningspace.uk/ – a project based around a community garden located in a GP surgery in Kentish Town, North London. There’s lots going on here – over and above the garden – all for the wellbeingContinue reading “500 Gardens!”
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How we have used NHS Monies to pay for Garden Therapy in Tonbridge
Since I spoke at the Propagating Green Therapies Conference in October about, amongst other things, how we have employed Garden Therapy Workers in Tonbridge, I’ve been contacted several times about how this works. So, to help others who may want to follow this model I thought it would be helpful to create a summary documentContinue reading “How we have used NHS Monies to pay for Garden Therapy in Tonbridge”
A Therapy Garden for Tonbridge
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 toContinue reading “A Therapy Garden for Tonbridge”
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”