“If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.” Maya Angelou Our first trauma-focused garden is scheduled to be installed during the summer of 2019 at Cumberland Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Fayetteville, NC. It is more than a…
Sensory Gardens to Promote Healing at Juvenile Facilities
This article was originally published on January 8, 2018 by Diana Kees. According to the 18th century English poet Alfred Austin, “To nurture a garden is to feed not just the body, but the soul.” Dr. Natasha Donnelly, assistant manager of Juvenile Health Services, is…
Introducing our First Trauma Focused Therapeutic Garden
“What should young people do with their lives today? Many things, obviously. But the most daring thing is to create stable communities in which the terrible disease of loneliness can be cured.” ― Kurt Vonnegut Cumberland Youth Development Center Our first trauma-focused garden is scheduled to…
Restorative and Healing Powers of Nature and Gardens
By Oliver Sacks Dr. Sacks was a neurologist and author. He died in 2015. This is an excerpt from “Everything in Its Place,” a posthumous collection of writings by Dr. Sacks. “I have lived in New York City for 50 years, and living here is…
Ist Annual “Art Expression in the Garden” fundraiser was held April 21
This magical event was themed around using nature and artistry to navigate the labyrinth of life. Held on 21st April at 4pm in the beautiful gardens of the JC Raulston Arboretum in Raleigh. This project will fund the building of gardens designed around trauma recovery…
Do you know how many Juveniles are committed to Youth Development Centers
On any given day in North Carolina, you can find up to 438 juveniles committed to a Youth Development Center (average stay one year), or in a Detention Center in NC, (https://files.nc.gov/ncdps/documents/files/JJAnnualReport17_FINALspread.pdf). In addition, there were 25,148 admissions to community programs during the fiscal year…
Art Expression in the Garden Fundraiser Aims
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…
Art Expression in the Garden Event Sponsors and Supporters
We are grateful to the support of our event sponsors and supporters who made our first garden fundraiser a success on April 21, 2018, at the JC Raulston Arboretum! Field of Blue Irises Sponsors Dr. Lucille Keenan Betsy Rhodes NC Guardian Ad Litem Hummingbird Sponsor…