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What is Therapeutic Gardening?
Therapeutic Gardening: theory and evidence
A summary of the main studies relevant to gardening therapy Word | pdf

Adapting gardening to specific needs
Adaptive Gardening™: Practical suggestions to make gardening accessible and interesting for all Word | pdf
Adaptive Tools Factsheet   Word | pdf
Dementia and Gardening   Word | pdf
No-Sweat Planting Guide - low maintenance ideas Word | pdf
Table Top Bed Design  Word 

NEW Outdoor Learning series
Outdoor Learning 1: Setting Up Your Site 
Outdoor Learning 2: Using Your Site
Outdoor Learning 3: Activities

 

Planning Activities - some suggestions 
Gardening Activity Suggestions Word |pdf
Planning Year-Round Garden Activities - Ideas and Resources   pdf

 Starting Small - ideal for those starting out, who tire easily or are put off by large tasks
Broad Beans
Collect & Process Leaves and Flowers
Container and Companion Planting Word | pdf
Creating Mandalas
Cress Sprouts in a Bag
DIY Seed Mats - make your own seed mats for easy planting pdf
Early Peas
Fairy Gardens 
Indoor Plants and Wellbeing Word | pdf
Nifty Spring Onions  watch video
Potatoes in a Bag
Quick Crops
Summer Flowering Favourites in a Planter
Square Foot Gardens
Houseplant leaf Care watch video
NEW Grow-a-Long Nasturtium Wigwam

 

 Winter Activities/Rainy day activities 

DIY Seed Mats - make your own seed mats for easy planting pdf
Easy Lanterns for Indoors or Outdoors
Garden Cane Wigwams
How to make paper Origami Seed Envelopes 
Jingle Bulbs -  easy indoor Autumn bulb planting for Christmas scent pdf
Kokedama
Poetry Inspired by Nature
Trellis' Terrarium Take - create a miniature garden in a jar

 

Feed garden birds this winter with
Cheery Cheerio Ring Bird Feeder
Cheesy Fruit Kebabs
Feathered Friend's Fat Pots

 

Trellis 'How to Grow' series - easy to follow, photo illustrated, step by step instructions

Broad Beans
Cress Sprouts in a Bag
Early Peas
Nifty Spring Onions
Potatoes in a Bag
Quick Crops
Summer Flowering Favourites in a Planter
Shrub Pruning Simplified

 

General Interest
A Beginners Guide to Selling Produce 
Basic Horticulture Courses in Scotland 
Case Study: Engaging Potential Volunteers