Spring’s bounty is at our fingertips as the seasonal cycles of nature awaken, and we seek to get our hands in the dirt and soak up the longer days of sunlight. The official start of spring is March 20 ...

Director of the Ability Garden and the New Hanover County Extension Therapeutic Horticulture Agent Horticultural therapy, ecotherapy, Park Rx, biophilia, community gardens, forest bathing, hortophilia ...

There’s no doubt that starting a garden has recently become a popular hobby. Many people shut inside their homes are simply looking to fill their time, while others are hoping to grow their own food ...

If you fall in the active aging category, you’re more likely to be dealing with the deaths of more friends and loved. Just because this can be anticipated doesn’t make it any easier. Whether it’s a ...

Survivors of traumatic brain injury at Supportive Living residential community find purpose in nurturing and caring for flowers, which are then arranged and distributed anonymously to community ...

Ten years ago, a thriving, half-acre urban farm replaced an asphalt parking lot at Bee and President streets. Now, the Medical University of South Carolina Urban Farm continues to thrive despite ...

Horticultural Therapy Week was celebrated Tuesday at Fernbrook Farms in Chesterfield in partnership with Final Touch Plantscaping. Recognizing this proven practice of using therapeutic benefits of ...

In any garden, you’ll find a microcosm of order and chaos, new growth and withered disease, companion plants and parasites, abundance and drought, crowding and isolation, pollination and death. This ...

There is an entire field called horticultural therapy that delves into how working with plants can help us heal. Many of us know that spending time outside in the fresh air makes us feel better, but ...