Measurement and Evaluation

As a recognised rehab integration, Horticultural Therapy is part of the holistic range of interventions available at DMRC Stanford Hall for injured serving personnel.

Professor Zoe Morrison conducts annual service evaluations in conjunction with the Occupational Therapists who refer their patients to Horticultural Therapy and we collect anecdotal evidence from patients at the end of each admission as part of their treatment plan.

We are grateful to everyone who is helping to build the evidence base for Horticultural Therapy as a treatment intervention for injured serving personnel.

Florida Horticulture

HighGround Program in UK Gives Life Beyond the Military – Outdoors

Florida Horticulture for Health Network
Bree Stark, BS
Summer 2022 Volume 2 Issue 3
Please see page 12

25 Incredible Benefits of Gardening.

Happy DIY Home
Published: September 14, 2020 by HappyDIYHome Staff

What is the evidence for the impact of gardens and gardening on health and well-being: a scoping review and evidence-based logic model to guide healthcare strategy decision making on the use of gardening approaches as a social prescription.

BMJ Open 2020.
Michelle Howarth, Alison Brettle, Michael Hardman, Michelle Maden.

Gardens and Coronavirus 2020

The importance of gardens and outdoor spaces during lockdown.
National Garden Scheme.

Design of evidence-based gardens and garden therapy for neurodisability in Scandinavia: data from 14 sites.

Neurodegenerative Disease Management..

The economic impact of ornamental horticulture and landscape in the UK.

Oxford Economics
A report for the ornamental horticulture round table group.

The therapeutic benefits of horticulture in a mental health service.

British Journal of Occupational Therapy.
Sue Parkinson, Claire Lowe and Therese Vecsey.

Gardening as an occupation: a critical review.

British Journal of Occupational Therapy.
Michelle York and Tania Wiseman.

The effects of social and therapeutic horticulture on aspects of social behaviour.

British Journal of Occupational Therapy.
Authors: Joe Sempik, Cathy Rickhuss and Alex Beeston.

Social prescribing: a 'natural' community-based solution.

British Journal of Community Nursing.
Authors: Michelle Howarth, Alistair Griffiths, Anna da Silva, Richard Green.

The Walled Garden at Headley Court.

Major Peter Le Feuvre
Please see pages 12 – 15.

Gardens and Health. Implications for policy and practice.

The Kings Fund.
Author: David Buck
Commissioned by the National Gardens Scheme.

Nature Engagement to Foster Resilience in Military Communities

Marianne E Krasny1, Katherine Hess Pace, Keith G Tidball, and Kenneth Helphand

A review of nature-based interventions for mental health care

BRAGG, R., ATKINS, G. 2016. A review of nature-based interventions for mental health. Natural England Commissioned Reports, Number204.