Michigan Horticultural Therapy Association’s goal is to promote and encourage interest in the development of horticultural and related activities as a therapeutic and rehabilitative medium throughout Michigan and the Great Lakes Region.\u00a0
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What is Horticultural Therapy?
Horticultural Therapy is the participation in horticultural activities facilitated by a registered horticultural therapist to achieve specific goals within an established treatment, rehabilitation, or vocational plan. Horticultural Therapy is an active process which occurs in the context of an established treatment plan, where the process itself is considered the therapeutic activity rather than the end product.
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Who is Alice Burlingame?
In 1951, Detroit native and psychiatric social worker Alice Burlingame started a horticultural program at the Pontiac Michigan State Hospital. Ms. Burlingame discovered horticultural therapy had strong positive effects on people with disabilities and older adults. She concluded horticultural therapy needed to become “a separate and distinct profession.”
A year later, Burlingame and Dr. Donald Watson held a week-long workshop at Michigan State University (MSU). The workshop was successful and soon MSU became the first university to offer classes in horticultural therapy. In 1955, the first Master of Science in Horticultural Therapy was awarded to occupational therapist Genevieve Jones.
Alice Burlingame and Dr. Watson later published the first textbook in horticultural therapy called Therapy Through Horticulture.
When gardeners garden, it is not just plants that grow, but the gardeners themselves.
~ Ken Druse
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