Welcome to the Autumn 2017 issue of Growth Point. We hope you will find all the articles of interest. To read the articles click on the pictures.
Your Winter issue will be out in January. If there is something you'd like to see, or you would like to contribute take a look at the guidelines on writing and email us your article, with pictures.
We really welcome articles and opinion pieces - sharing our work in this way leads to greater understanding and best practices.
Alyson Chorley
News: Our online courses are proving a hit and in the first month almost 200 people took a course.
News: A new sensory garden for dementia patients at Worcestershire Royal Hospital has officially opened.
Great Gardens:TWIGS project in Swindon goes from strength to strength.
The issue: Royal Horticultural Society establishes link between dense garden plantings and abundance of invertebrate wildlife. Read more.
Congratulations to Clare Farley who won this book. You can still buy it here and with the discount code WN435 get a 25% discount.and free delivery.
Great Gardens: Neil Wilcox visits Core Landscapes, a Meanwhile Garden, in Whitechapel a haven of peace and tranquility in the city. Read more
In Practice: How garden design and therapeutic horticulture can help mental health.
GREAT GARDENS: This story was in The Guardian recently and showed seven of the UK's healing hospital gardens. We hope to bring you an in-depth article about Horatio's Garden in a future issue. Read the article.
*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.
