Today's liveblog was cut VERY short by technical problems and some of this is from memory...The 2008 Landscape Industry Lecture
Taking Stock: The True Value of Horticultural Therapy
by Joel Flagler
Flagler has been at Rutgers for 21 years - he is a Cook grad and got his masters at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies.
The only ag extension agent with a teaching appointment - Rutgers is one of four Universities in USA that offer a degree in horticultural therapy
Our language is filled with many horticultural references – a reflection of how we integrate values into the dialogue.
Horticultural therapy is used in at least 3 different ways:
* Vocational
* Therapetic
* Social
There are myriad benefits including building self-esteem, enhanced motor skills, psycho-emotional healing, job skills, etc.
An exciting example in Bergen County is Health Barn USA. He promises we'll hear more about it soon.
(The above photo shows people shopping for some happy healthy improvements at Ag Field Day)
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