Welcome to the Summer issue of Growth Point. We hope you will find all the articles of interest. To read each article please click on the pictures.
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We really welcome articles from people on the benefits of STH and Green Care - sharing our work in this way leads to greater understanding and best practices.
The Issue: Sensory gardens. The importance of sensory gardens in the workplace was discussed at a seminar as part of Green Sky Thinking Week in April 2016.
Report: We look at the Kings Fund Report on Gardens And Health: Implications for policy and practice, commissioned by the National Gardens Scheme (NGS).
Great Gardens: Bridgwater College in Somerset is pleased to announce the launch of a new mental health gardening project, Seed of Hope, a not-for-profit, social and therapeutic gardening project for people with mental health problems.
Report: An Exploration of the Evidence System of UK Mental Health Charities by Leonora Buckland and Caroline Fiennes.
In Practice: Promoting sustainability through STH at Cheswold Park Hospital, Doncaster.
First Person: Meet Clare Farley who has discovered her 'dream job'.
Research: Biomechanical Modelling of Gardening Tasks
The Issue: Health and Horticulture: Thrive CEO Kathryn Rossiter spoke at the The Ornamental Horticulture Roundtable conference in July 2016 to promote health and wellbeing – listen to audio recordings of the main speakers' sessions.
*Thrive is registered in the UK as The Society of Horticultural Therapy. Thrive is a registered charity number 277570 and a limited company, number 1415700.
