CANCELED: Horticultural Therapy uses the cultivation of plants and plant-related programs to heal, rehabilitate and improve the overall well-being of the population it serves. Often referred to as “the new health care tool,” horticultural therapy is effective in achieving therapeutic, rehabilitative and vocational outcomes. Registered Horticultural Therapist and licensed social worker, Anne Meore will lead participants through experiential activities that will deepen the participant’s understanding of this therapeutic modality and enhance perspective on the benefits of our relationship with plants and the natural environment.

Anne Meore LMSW, HTR, is a Registered Horticultural Therapist with the American Horticultural Therapy Association, and is the owner of Planthropy LLC, serving populations with special needs through horticulture therapy programming and therapeutic garden design. She is the program advisor and a faculty member in the Horticultural Therapy Certificate Program in the School of Horticulture at New York Botanical Garden, and is the Horticultural Therapy Program Coordinator for THRIVE @ NYBG-a collaborative therapeutic horticulture program serving Veterans from the J.J.Peters VA Medical Center’s Resilience and Wellness Center. She holds an advanced degree in guidance counseling and social work, a license in social work and a certificate in horticultural therapy from the New York Botanical Garden.