HT Blogs

Tuesday, October 11 and Tuesday, Nov 1 from 11am – 1pm Preregistration required Come to the Children’s Garden to enjoy gardening activities in accessible raised planting beds. Harvest herbs and vegetables, make a flower bouquet, and pot up a plant to take home. This is a drop-in program designed for people with dementia and theirContinue reading “Fall Memory Programs at Brooklyn Botanic Garden”

Learn from horticultural therapist Joanne D’Auria (of HortAbility LLC) how the garden can foster multiple healing benefits for those experiencing and working in the garden. She delves into the history of horticulture therapy, the scientific evidence backing it up, how we can all benefit from it, and ways to incorporate practices in your garden forContinue reading “Healing in the Garden (Virtual Workshop)”

Pampering our plants at home Why do people love plants? Is it the flowers, the color or scent? Is it the shade and clean air trees provide? Or is it the miracle of their growth cycle that happens right before our eyes?  Or perhaps it’s the peace that we experience while walking through a gardenContinue reading “Bringing the Outdoors Inside”