Healing Horticulture

22/04/2025

Just to let you all know that the next healing Horticulture course ( #16) starts next Wednesday 30th of April from 7pm – 9.30pm and runs once a week for 6 weeks. Healing Horticulture was conceived to help people who need a bit of TLC (tender loving care) and utilised to rally people together to grow a solid hedge at the top of their cliff (metaphorically and physically). During each of the following 6 weeks a new horticulture topic will be covered alongside a way to review and reflect personal mental health and wellbeing topics. If you are interested, or know someone who you think may benefit from this course, please to contact me on [email protected] for more information.

21/04/2024

Marlborough Weekly’s report.

“Helping people grow a hedgeat the top of their cliff”Healing mental health with Horticulture Mental illness is common and can severely impact on people’s lives. Recent NZ research found that: almost one-third of people in New Zealand have a personal experience of mental distress.Loneliness is...

15/04/2024

Are you ready to refresh yourself and your garden after the dry months? Get together with like minded folk and learn how to make the most of your garden this autumn.
Next 6 week course starting 1st May.

28/01/2024

"Cultivate Resilience: Grow Your Mental Strength Through Gardening!"

**"Embark on a Journey of Growth! Join our 6-Week Resilience Building Course in Blenheim 🌱✨"
* Unearth the power of gardening to enhance your well-being.
* Wednesday 07 February 2024. Then for the following 6 Wednesday evenings. Last night Wednesday 13 March 2024
* From 7 – 9.30 pm (includes supper)
* Held at Barnies, the old church on the corner of Alfred and Andrew Streets (next to the Nativity Church).
**Connect, share, and grow together.**

26/01/2024

"Cultivate Resilience: Grow Your Mental Strength Through Gardening!"

**"Embark on a Journey of Growth! Join our 6-Week Resilience Building Course in Blenheim 🌱✨"
* Unearth the power of gardening to enhance your well-being.
* Wednesday 07 February 2024. Then for the following 6 Wednesday evenings. Last night Wednesday 13 March 2024
* From 7 – 9.30 pm (includes supper)
* Held at Barnies, the old church on the corner of Alfred and Andrew Streets (next to the Nativity Church).
**Connect, share, and grow together.**

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14/10/2023

House & Garden magazine article on 'How Gardening Can Be Good For You'.

Science is validating what gardeners have known for hundreds of years. One of the largest studies to date on gardens and gardening, by the National Institute for Health Research, found that the benefits of gardening were similar to the difference in health between the wealthiest people and the poorest people in the country. It reduces stress, lowers blood pressure, promotes feelings of mastery, accomplishment and competence, higher levels of self-efficacy, self-esteem, and psychological well-being. Here, garden designer Lottie Delamain explores the links between gardening and our mental well-being, and how the natural world can be a refuge: https://www.houseandgarden.co.uk/article/gardening-for-mental-health

01/10/2023

The next 6-week course starts in Blenheim on Wednesday 11th of October till the 15th of November from 7pm till 9.30pm.

Do you like being grounded in the earth and being part of it's rhythms & seasons?
Would you like to be in a group that shares and provides support? Or if you want to understand gardening better and gain satisfaction from growing and providing for yourself & family.

Register with Don at https://www.healinghorticulture.org/course-registration

31/08/2023

🧑‍🌾 A wonderful film about gardening, books and friendship.

This Beautiful Fantastic | Now streaming

25/04/2023

How come we can find peace in nature?
Did you know this?
Lots more fascinating things to be discovered at a Healing Horticulture event.

This artist and entrepreneur invented a device that lets you listen to music created by plants. Keep your sound on for this one.

18/04/2023

A place to find companionship and support while learning skills for gardening. 6 week course.

29/01/2023

Seen on the tree walk in Rotorua recently.

29/01/2023

Aspire to having ‘green fingers’. Want to learn to make your own plants? Learn about the basics of growing and gardening while nurturing your spirit and feeding your soul in a supportive, caring group. 6 week course starts next Wednesday.