90 Minute Lectures | October 18, 2024 | 2:45 PM - 4:15 PM
Lecture A | Therapeutic Horticulture Activities Database (THAD): Explore the New Resource, Build Your Therapeutic Goal Repertoire, and Share Your TH Activity
Description
Interactive session will expand your toolkit. Explore Therapeutic Horticulture Activities Database (THAD), build your therapeutic goal repertoire, share effective TH activities: group discussions, communication skills development and practice writing up a TH activity suitable for publication in THAD.
Speakers
Lesley L. Fleming
Lesley Fleming, MA, HTR has led the THAD initiative, orchestrating the collaborative project involving 5 regional HT networks as founding partners along with University of Florida Department of Environmental Horticulture hosting the website. She leads the Florida and Nova Scotia Horticulture for Health Networks, publishes 2 quarterly e-pubs, and writes extensively on issues in the profession.
Elizabeth (Leah) Diel, RLA, HTM
Elizabeth (Leah) Diehl, RLA, HTM is Director of Therapeutic Horticulture at Wilmot Botanical Gardens and Lecturer in the Environmental Horticulture Department at the University of Florida. She is a licensed landscape architect, master gardener, and professionally registered horticultural therapist. She manages and teaches an undergraduate certificate program in horticultural therapy at UF, conducts research, and runs therapeutic horticulture programming for diverse populations, where she coordinates clients, students, and volunteers. Her current research projects are exploring the effects of a structured therapeutic horticulture program on student stress and anxiety and also on individuals with Parkinson’s Disease and their care partners. Leah serves as a consultant and instructor with the National Parks Board and Ngee Ann Polytechnic, both in Singapore. She began her work in horticultural therapy in Chicago in 1993, and has given lectures, workshops, and trainings on horticultural therapy, healing gardens, and related topics throughout the U.S. and abroad.
Trish Hildinger, BS, HTR
Trish has a B.S. in Horticulture and is a registered horticultural therapist with the American Horticultural Therapy Association. In 2018 she started Horticultural Therapy Santa Cruz and co-founded the California Horticultural Therapy Network (CHTN). She served as a regional rep for Northern California from 2019-2024. Since 2022 she has worked with the Therapeutic Horticulture Activities Database (THAD), helping to expand therapeutic horticulture and horticultural therapy resources.She taught gardening to children, teachers, and community members for over 25 years both in Santa Cruz and through teacher workshops across the U.S.Today Trish’s practice is focused on working with people who have suffered strokes or other physical disabilities at the Stroke and Disability Learning Center located on the Cabrillo College Campus in Aptos, California.
Lecture B | Building our Emotional Soil: Tending Climate Anxiety and Eco-grief Through Group Therapeutic Horticulture
Description
Build your soil of resilience in the face of climate anxiety and ecological grief through group therapeutic horticulture. Join an eco-grief centered therapeutic horticulture activity then discuss implications, share stories.
Speakers
Bree Rose Stark
Bree Stark completed the University of Florida Certificate in Horticultural Therapy in 2022, with a 53-page independent study project on utilizing therapeutic horticulture for griefwork. Bree also helps teach the UF certificate courses alongside Leah Diehl, HTR and serves as program advisor & enrollment coordinator for the program. Bree has served on the Florida Horticulture for Health advisory board since its inception in 2021 and played a primary role in building and now maintaining their website. Bree is currently completing the remaining academic requirements to be a registered horticultural therapist in the Northwest Florida panhandle.
Lecture C | Creating Opportunities for Adolescents to Grow Through Horticultural Therapy in a Residential Setting and Introducing Therapeutic Horticulture to K-12 Counselors
Description
This presentation provides another view of engagement in horticultural therapy with adolescents. They are shown how to care for and create with nature and deepen their connection to it. Part of our program was shared with K-12 counselors through a workshop.
Speakers
Marisol Clark
Marisol Clark is an HTR at Skyland Trail, a residential mental health facility that serves adults and adolescents. She began her journey in connecting youth with nature while working as an environmental educator across the country, eventually moving to work in schools to build after-school programs, community gardens, and other social services. Marisol works with all populations but kids are her favorite due to their curiosity, willingness to try, and sassiness. Her love of the environment extends to home where she runs a 5-acre homestead/farm with her husband, son, dog, and many chickens. Marisol's non-plant hobbies include beach vacations, listening to podcasts, and finding good deals at thrift stores.
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