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Upcoming events:
2010 Therapeutic Garden Design Team Workshop
Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital & Good Samaritan Hospital
Stenzel Healing Garden
Portland, Oregan
Monday, March 22, 2010 or Monday, October 4, 2010
9:00 am- 4:00 pm
A workshop to study and implement therapeutic garden characteristics, design elements, roles of the design team, facility team composition, therapeutic activities, garden care, and evaluation to support activity programs and rehabilitation therapies.
- Participate in design workshop activities.
- Begin the process to start planning a therapeutic garden for your site.
- Outline a timeline for garden design, fundraising and construction for gardens in health and human services.
- Bring your questions, pictures of the area you are considering and measurements, if you have them!
Target Audience: Therapists, designers, managers, activity professionals, volunteers, social workers, nurses, leaders, volunteers, students and facility staff.
For more information, contact Teresia Hazen at 503-413-6507, or thazen@lhs.org.
Gardens in Senior Living Seminar
Friday, April 23, 2010, 9am-5pm
Presented by Friends of the Portland Memory Garden at Legacy Health Systems Good Samaritan Hospital
Portland, OR
Day-long seminar on research, design, programming, and maintenance
- Learn about the benefits of how gardens and gardening programs serve senior citizens
- Hear current research that supports gardens in senior care services
- Learn about garden design elements, maintenance and administration
- Understand year-round indoor and outdoor gardening program for in-home and senior facilities
- Meet others who are in the field of horticulture, senior care, and activities
For registration info contact Patty Cassidy at 503 239-9174 or
cassidypg@comcast.net
Healthcare Garden Design – Certificate of Merit Program
Chicago Botanic Garden
Glencoe, IL
8 day program, May, 2010 (check website for exact dates)
Website: www.chicagobotanic.org/certificate/hgd
“Healthcare garden design is an emerging area of specialization in which several professions converge to create environments of care. In this professional development program, attendees will discover the many ways gardens provide verifiable health benefits for their patients, staff and visitors. The multi-disciplinary program introduces the latest research in healthcare garden design, demonstrating the benefits of healthcare gardens while providing participants with the expertise, knowledge and tools to effectively design, manage and evaluate such gardens. These garden environments of care maximize the effectiveness of clinical treatments for illness and disabilities, and create passive garden experiences that significantly reduce staff stress and absenteeism, improve patient health, increase client satisfaction and strengthen the bottom line.”
Contact: Amelia Simmons-Hurt
Manager, Certificate Programs
Ph: 847.835.8293
Fax: 847.835.6865
email: school@chicagobotanic.org
