These unique therapeutic gardens will
- Provide safe spaces for trauma recovery – including sensory plants, pathways, yoga and art expression walls
- Encourage social connections – a space for group work, joining together and providing healthy conversation topics about garden life and activities
- Provide vocational training – learning about plants, growing healthy vegetables, learning to cook with fresh vegetables, building garden structures and more
- Promote science education – educational experiences in outdoor classrooms to enhance the learning experience
- Provide spaces for community and family engagement
- Aid in suicide prevention
- Facilitate stress relief for staff – to reduce staff burnout and improve staff retention
Photo Credit: Zane Lee