When you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it's your world for the moment. I want to give that world to someone else."~Georgia O'Keefe
At MAHTN, We're Growing the Field of HT!
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The Mid-Atlantic Horticultural Therapy Network is a group of practicing and aspiring horticultural therapy practitioners who are avidly and actively dedicated to expanding acceptance of horticultural therapy as a recognized therapeutic and rehabilitative discipline.
Please enjoy exploring our site and
get in touch with us if you have questions or would like to learn more. |
UPCOMING
NETWORKING EVENT! 
NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital Sunday, October 27th, 2019 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM Click to learn more or to register. |
HT in the MediaScroll through the features below to observe expanding applications of HT programming. Expect to be inspired.
Watch them blossom: At N Street Village, homeless women
create floral art The Washington Post, Nov. 12, 2019 Healing nature of Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital's Horticultural Therapy Center
6ABC, Oct. 10, 2019 Get involved in
horticultural therapy gardencentermag.com June 5, 2019 Study shows gardening had therapeutic effects for
psychiatric patients MedicalExpress.com May 10, 2019 Oliver Sacks: The Healing
Power of Gardens New York Times, Apr. 18, 2019 Learning New Skills and Rehabilitating Old Skills
Mother Earth News, Apr. 16, 2019 Benefits of Gardening Activities
for Cognitive Function According to Measurement of Brain Nerve Growth Factor Levels International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Mar. 2019 Heal Me With Plants
The New York Times, Mar. 25, 2019 Green Wall in Therapeutic Conservatory, Not Just for “Show”
Greenroofs.com, Jan. 17, 2019 Survivors Of Intimate Partner Abuse Use Therapeutic Horticulture To Heal
WEKU-FM, Oct. 2, 2018 Gardening becomes healing with horticultural therapy
CNN; Aug. 3, 2018 The Green Road
TKF Foundation; Feb. 25, 2018 Magee's Horticultural Therapy Program
CBS3; Mar 6, 2013 Horticultural Therapy is Alive and Blooming NJN News Healthwatch Report; April 17, 2009 |
Thank You to MAHTN's Amazing 2019 Conference
Sponsors! 'Public Parks for EveryBODY: Horticultural Therapy in Public Spaces' Be a part of MAHTN's success by investing in the future of horticultural therapy.
HELP MAHTN GROW!
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The Rutgers Horticultural Therapy program offers academic options for an HT Certificate and an HT minor. Click here to download the current course schedule. For more information, please visit us at plantbiology.rutgers.edu/hort-therapy 
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