Portland Community College | Portland, Oregon

This is the second course of a 6 course, 13-credit sequence in therapeutic horticulture required by the Therapeutic Horticulture and Horticultural Therapy Certificates of Completion.

• Design wellness activities and therapeutic horticulture gardens and programs for special needs populations in retirement and long term care communities, vocational and medical rehabilitation facilities, and developmental disabilities settings.

• Develop year-round programs, budgets, and maintenance plans, incorporating appropriate indoor, outdoor, and seasonal adaptations, strategies, and techniques.

• Maintain professional and ethical standards of practice, based on available research and resources.

Course is conducted in a hospital setting, including contact with the therapeutic horticulture program and garden. Includes a combination of reading, lecture, discussion, observation and practice in the program and garden.

Students will demonstrate they have met the learning outcomes through various means, including completion of study guides, written and oral examination, plant identification and resource location guides, and program plans incorporating strategies appropriate to various populations, settings, and seasons.

Therapeutic horticulture and gardens
Programming for special populations
Therapeutic horticulture adaptions, strategies and techniques
Indoor and outdoor programming
Year-round garden planning and maintenance
Vocational, rehabilitative, pediatric and geriatric programs and services
Professional resources
Professional ethics