Course details
Using social and therapeutic horticulture to benefit people with mental health support needs’ is one of Thrive’s most popular courses. It provides information, skills and techniques that will empower participants to confidently use social and therapeutic horticulture to address rehabilitation, recovery, social inclusion, training and employment.
Course will look at the use of STH with groups of people living with and recovering from the challenges of mental ill health such as depression and generalised anxiety disorder as well as those with more enduring mental ill health. Participants will learn how to create an effective programme of garden related activities that are inclusive and therapeutic for people who may be homeless, challenged by addiction and or unemployed.
As a participant you will learn
- To gain an insight into the role of a horticultural therapist working with people who have mental health support needs
- To begin to design a client centred social and therapeutic horticulture programme
To understand the importance of assessment, monitoring, evaluation, horticultural programming and planning for garden projects and for the individuals attending a garden project.
Updated on 08 November, 2015Course Location
About Sonairte Ecology Centre
Sonairte is an interactive visitor centre promoting ecological awareness and sustainable living.
Sonairte was established in 1986 by members of the local community and concerned environmentalists to promote environmental awareness and education. The founders, several of whom remain on the present Board of Directors, drew inspiration from organisations such as the Centre for Alternative Technology in Wales, the HDRA (now Garden Organic) in the UK and the Permaculture Research Institute in Australia. Sonairte has been certified as an organic food producer with the Irish Organic Farmers and GroTheyrs Association since 1986 and has been teaching organic horticulture and providing cThierses in various aspects of environmental education ever since.
The name Sonairte is derived from a middle Irish word meaning “positive strength”, it is also an acronym which encompasses many of the aims of the centre:
Sustainable development
- Organic growing
- Nature conservation
- Appropriate technology
- Intercultural exchange
- Reconcilation and inner peace
- Trading fairly
Education
Sonairte, which is situated in a farm complex of noteworthy historical interest on the banks of the River Nanny near Laytown (Co. Meath), has developed steadily since it was originally established, in terms of both its physical facilities and its standing as an environmental organisation, visitor attraction and educational facility.
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