Connecting with the Land at the Canadian Horticultural Therapy Association’s Annual Conference

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Author: Josie Di Felice

Posted: August 27, 2018

The Canadian Horticultural Therapy Association (CHTA) and Willow Springs Creative Centre invite you to Connecting with the Land: Wellness through the Boreal Forest, this year’s CHTA conference celebrating and promoting horticultural therapy and therapeutic gardening on September 20-21 in Thunder Bay.

The annual conference offers dynamic workshops and presentations, hands-on projects, networking opportunities, and will be of interest to those studying or working in the area of:

Recreational Therapy
Inclusive Outdoor Recreation
Community Gardening
Nursing
Addictions
Long-Term Care
Corrections
Developmental Services
Child & Youth Services
Social Work
Therapeutic Gardening and more

Workshop topics will include: opportunities to bring horticultural therapy into grief & dying, therapeutic gardening in the correctional system, self-care boreal teas & body products, methods for engaging all people in nature, what the boreal forest can teach us (boreal walk with an elder).

For more information and to register, visit CHTA.CA.