• 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

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