2019 AHTA Conference Schedule

Horticultural Therapy: Digging in Together
October 4-5, 2019, Pre-tours October 3
DoubleTree Grand Rapids Airport Hotel
Grand Rapids, Michigan

Wednesday, October 2
8:30 am - 4:00 pm	Board Meeting
4:00 pm - 8:00 pm	Registration Open
Thursday, October 3
7:00 am - 7:00 pm	Registration Open
9:00 am - 5:00 pm	Offsite Pre-tours: Pre-tour #1 - Frederik Meijer Gardens \| Mast Young Greenhouses \| River Walk Experience Pre-tour #2 - Blandford Nature Center \| Benjamin's Hope \| Lake Michigan Experience
9:00 am - 3:00 pm	AHTA Internship Supervisor's Workshop
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm	Silent Auction Opens Join us for a bit of silent fun! Throughout the conference, we will have several items available for you to bid on for the Silent Auction. This is a great way to buy your souvenirs from the conference and help further support AHTA. We accept credit card and check payments only for these items.
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm	Birds of a Feather Networking Session Join us for a meet-up networking session and meet fellow attendees of similar interests in horticultural therapy.

Friday, October 4
7:00 am - 7:00 pm	Registration Open
7:30 am - 8:15 am	Breakfast
8:15 am - 8:45 am	Announcements/Introductions
7:30 am - 6:00 pm	AHTA Silent Auction
7:30 am - 6:00 pm	Exhibitors
8:45 am - 10:00 am	G eneral Session - Keynote Steven Wells
10:00 am - 10:15 am	Break
10:15 am - 11:15 am	Come Meet the Family: A Look at Interesting and Useful Plants for HT Programs Matthew J. Wichrowski	Social Work and Horticulture Therapy: Exploring an Example of Partnership Dr. Sarah Ann Himmelheber; John H. Murphy	Cultural Connectivity through Horticultural Therapy Activities Binxia Xue; Tongyu Li; Libba Shortridge
11:15 pm - 11:30 am	Break
11:30 am - 12:15 pm	Annual Business Meeting
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm	Lunch with Speaker - President of Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park - David Hooker Welcome on behalf of Frederik Meijer Gardens
1:30 pm - 2:00 pm	Shuttle to Frederik Meijer Gardens
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm	Free Time to Visit Garden
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm	Therapeutic Garden Design and Programming Workshop Brian Bainnson; Melissa Bierman	Horticultural Community Restitution Programmes for Mentally Ill Offenders Richard Eltringham	Learning to Read Research Critically Barb Kreski
4:00 pm - 4:30 pm	Free Time to Visit Garden
4:30 pm - 5:00 pm	Shuttle to Hotel
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm	Reception
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm	Award Dinner Join us to celebrate! Attire is business casual.

Saturday, October 5
7:00 am - 6:00 pm	Registration Open
7:30 am - 8:15 am	Breakfast
10:00 am	AHTA Silent Auction Closes
7:30 am - 5:00 pm	Exhibitors
8:15 am - 8:45 am	Introductions/Announcements
8:45 am - 9:45 am	General Session - Plenary Levi Gardener
9:45 am - 10:00 am	Break
10:00 am - 11:00 am	Therapeutic Horticulture for Patients with Chronic Hemodialysis Elizabeth R.M. Diehl	The Benefits of Horticultural Therapy Programs for the Community and Residential Elderly in Hong Kong Emily Tin Yuk Shum; June Kit Ming Lau	Boots 2 Roots PDX: Veteran Therapeutic Horticulture and Urban Agricultural Training Scott Hoffman
11:00 am - 11:15 am	Break
11:15 am - 12:15 pm	Cultivating the Soul: Gardening on a Psychiatric Inpatient Unit Ariel Schneider; Nancy Wicks; Susan Clinton	Constant Refinement: A Collaborative Approach to Mental Health Interventions Jonathan Irish	Charles Lewis Award Winner: Effects of Horticulture on Frail and Prefrail Nursing Home Residents: A Randomized Controlled Trial Dr. Claudia K.Y. Lai; Connie Fung Yuen Yee;
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm - 2:00 pm	Shuttle to Frederik Meijer Gardens
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm	Free Time to Visit Garden
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm	The Cyclical Gardening Technique: Mindfulness, Nature-connectedness and Empowerment Dr. LaKisha C. Hudson	Journey to Well-being: A Nature-based Practice using Japanese Gardens Rachel Deffenbaugh; Jeanne Carbone	Creating with Nature by the Michigan Horticultural Therapy Association Cathy Flinton and Mary Machon
4:15 pm - 4:30 pm	Closing Remarks
4:30 pm - 5:00 pm	Buses Back to Hotel