Growing with Gardening: A Twelve-month Guide for Therapy, Recreation, and Education

By Bibby Moore

Book Overview

Growing with Gardening offers step-by-step guidance in planning a year-round horticultural program for therapy, recreation, or education. Developed under the auspices of the North Carolina Botanical Garden, it features more than 250 activities, organized by month, ranging from designing a raised plant bed and building a wheelchair-accessible garden to constructing a plant press and creating crafts from natural plant materials. More than 200 illustrations complement the clear, concise text.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807818305
• ISBN13: 9780807818305
• Release Date: May 1989
• Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 3.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.0" x 1.0" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Growing with Gardening: A Twelve-month Guide for Therapy, Recreation, and Education

This book is still very relevant and helpful if you are interested in horticultural therapy.

Great Book for Garden Therapy

GROWING WITH GARDENING is an excellent book to use when working with a group for garden/horticulture therapy. I am an Activity Director in a nursing home and have found this book full of ideas and guidance with what types of plants to plant, how to use them in programs including crafts, when to plant, how to prune and propagate, as well as other projects related to gardening. The book has step by step instructions to build a wheelchair accessible planter and to make a simple flower press. There are lists of supplies related to budget and ways to adapt the program to various ages and abilities. I have found this book has provided me with a wealth of new ideas to expand my residents gardening experiences.