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18 October, 2024 - 10:00 to 15:00
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27 September, 2024 - 09:30 to 15:00
Working in a garden setting and want to learn more about autism and how to support young people?
Already supporting people with autism and would like to explore how to provide gardening...
26 September, 2024 - 09:45 to 12:00
The Haven Garden was established 6 years ago in the midst of Queen Margaret Hospital in Dunfermline.
It's the creation of a community group (registered charity) run by an enthusiastic team...
4 September, 2024 - 11:15 to 1 September, 2025 - 11:15
Trellis, the leading therapeutic horticulture charity, is delighted to announce that Brian Cunningham has become its new Patron. Brian, who is Head Gardener at Scone Palace as well as being a... more
22 July, 2024 - 11:00 to 12:00
Therapeutic horticulture unites in Europe: Fiona Thackeray and Leila Alcalde take stock
Here from Fiona and Leila discuss bringing together people from around the world. For some time now,...
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10 July, 2024 - 09:00 to 12 July, 2024 - 16:00
Trellis CEO, Fiona Thackeray, will be presenting at the upcoming International People Plant Symposium in Reading from the 10th - 12th July.
18 June, 2024 - 10:00 to 18 July, 2024 - 12:00
Trellis Training & Standards Officer, Emma Martindale, presented at the BASW Conference at Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh.
4 June, 2024 - 10:00 to 5 June, 2024 - 15:00
Trellis Project Advisor, Joan Wilson, hosted a Simple Summer Basket Workshop at Ayrshire Cancer Support, users engage in a little bit of therapy - a little bit of gardening and a lot of chat.
29 May, 2024 - 10:00 to 16:00
Trellis attended the Essential Connections - Scottish Community Link Worker Network Annual Conference 2024 on the 29th May 2024.
20 May, 2024 - 09:00 to 22 May, 2024 - 16:00
A huge pleasure hosting Anna Maria Palsdottir of SLU university Sweden on a study tour of Scottish garden projects.
18 May, 2024 - 07:15 to 07:30
Trellis CEO, Fiona Thackeray, joined Mark and Helen on BBC Radio Scotland - Out of Doors to discuss and celebrate World Therapeutic Horticultural Day. Click here to have a listen:...
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17 May, 2024 - 11:30 to 17 May, 2025 - 11:30
Fiona was recently interviewed by Pro Landscaper magazine, and discussed. World Therapeutic Horticulture Day and the benefits of therapeutic horticulture. ...
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6 May, 2024 - 14:00 to 17:00
Thanks to the European project Hortus Medicus (https://hortusmedicus.eu/), at the Faculty of Agriculture in Milan we will talk about...
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9 April, 2024 - 10:00 to 12:00
Trellis Project Advisor, Joan Wilson, hosted a Seed Sowing workshop at Ayrshire Cancer Support in Kilmarnock.
The Centre is so welcoming with large window doors opening out to the courtyard...
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8 April, 2024 - 10:15
Greg Van Nuil, an Officer Instructor at HMP Dumfries has won a prestigious Butler Trust commendation for designing, and bringing to life, the prison’s ‘Wellbeing Garden’. Working with Trellis...
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8 April, 2024 - 09:00 to 12:30
Trellis CEO, Fiona Thackeray, presented at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU). Fiona spoke to students about everything Trellis.
Trellis Project Advisor, Joan Wilson,...
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22 February, 2024 - 09:00 to 10:00
Trellis Fieldworker, MT O'Donnell, was a guest on Mike the Gardners Podcast. She spoke about all things Trellis and garden for wellbeing along with gardening in the Scottish climate.
5 December, 2023 - 14:00 to 17:00
Trellis took part in the ‘Beautiful Scotland and It’s Your Neighbourhood ‘ annual seminar for community growing groups, see...
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5 December, 2023 - 10:00 to 16:00
Trellis are hosting 2 wreath making workshops scheduled with around10 staff, volunteers and service users booked in to each one. Following covid, the centre has not returned to its original high...
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29 November, 2023 - 10:00 to 16:00
Trellis hosted 2 sessions supporting staff to facilitate a Christmas decoration making workshop using fresh foliage engaging their prisoners in a bit of fresh air, being creative maintaining fine...
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24 November, 2023 - 09:00 to 25 November, 2023 - 16:00
22 November, 2023 - 10:00 to 16:00
Gathered around a lovely big table, Joan Trellis Project Advisor, demo’d making a fresh foliage Christmas table decoration using evergreen foliage readily available in gardens, or growing in...
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31 October, 2023 - 18:30
Trellis and Thrive have committed to working together to create the Professional Body for Social & Therapeutic Horticulture (STH).
To ensure that our work is informed and shaped by you...
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22 October, 2023 - 10:00
Fiona Thackeray, Trellis CEO and Emma Martindale, Trellis Training and Standards Officer presented at the AHTA Conference on the development of Social and Therapeutic Horticulture in the UK during...
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16 October, 2023 - 09:00
Fiona really enjoyed presenting a lecture to UHI students about the work of therapeutic horticulture groups and Trellis in Scotland. The students were very enthusiastic about this subject with...
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9 October, 2023 - 09:30
Trellis will present at the Propagating Green Therapies in the UK conference at Tuppeny Barn on Monday 9th October.
A national conference to be held at Tuppenny Barn getting everyone under...
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5 October, 2023 - 18:00
The 2023 Pearson Memorial Medal for outstanding service to the garden industry has been awarded to Stan Green, Director of Growforth Ltd, Chairman of Horticultural Trades Association (HTA)...
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14 September, 2023 - 13:00 to 16:00
Trellis is participating with other European speakers and sharing our experience with colleagues in Skane, Sweden to help them include gardens and gardening in prison settings. We presented to The...
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12 September, 2023 - 11:00 to 16:00
We attended the Flowers Grown in Scotland Open Day at Bowhouse, Fife. The day involved networking, a tour of Keeping the Plot and workshops discussing the industry of Flower Growing.
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22 August, 2023 - 18:00
Trellis and Thrive have committed to working together to create the Professional Body for Social & Therapeutic Horticulture (STH).
To ensure that our work is informed and shaped by you...
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16 August, 2023 - 09:00
Listen to the Scotland Grows Podcast with Stan Green, Managing Director of ...
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10 August, 2023 - 00:00
One of those days? When I can feel myself being pushed and pulled in every direction, when I feel the stress mounting, as we all do from a plethora of sources, I take some time...
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3 August, 2023 - 09:00
Listen to Trellis CEO, Fiona Thackeray, talk about plastic-free gardening on Scotland Grows Show. You can find it on every good podcast channel; just search for 'Scotland Grows Show'.
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28 July, 2023 - 09:00
Trellis spoke to the Garden Masterclass about all things Therapeutic Horticulture.
Thank you to Annie Guilfoyle & Noel Kingsbury for hosting us.
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6 July, 2023 - 09:30
HMP Dumfries hosted the official opening of their Wellbeing Garden on the 6th July in Partnership with Trellis. Congratulations to everyone at HMP Dumfries.
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2 June, 2023 - 10:00 to 3 June, 2023 - 16:00
The Trellis Team had a great time running the Plant Creche and Information stand at the 2023 Scone Palace Garden Fair.
29 May, 2023 - 14:00
Trellis CEO, Fiona Thackeray, is presenting at the Department of Horticulture and the Khortytska National Academy in Zaporozhye, Ukraine at 2pm UK time on the 29th May 2023..
24 May, 2023 - 15:00
In the last 12 months, we have made a real difference to the lives of thousands of people, enabling them to garden with the help of practitioners trained and supported by Trellis.
18 May, 2023 - 00:00
We took part in the global celebration of ‘World Therapeutic Horticulture Day’ on the 18th of May. The day is dedicated to highlighting the numerous therapeutic benefits of horticulture...
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14 May, 2023 - 09:00
Fiona Thackeray, CEO at Trellis, took part in the 17th International Garden Therapy event in Grunberg. Fiona was involved in the International Forum to exchange ideas and experiences.
1 May, 2023 - 10:00
Fiona Thackeray, Trellis CEO attended the Plant Market Biodiversity event, it was great to see you all!
28 April, 2023 - 14:00
Trellis CEO, Fiona Thackeray presented at the Prospects for the Development of Horticultural Therapy in Ukraine event as part of the celebration of the 100th anniversary of Bogdan Khmelnystky... more
21 April, 2023 - 10:00
We attended the Limekilns Primary School Community Garden launch. It was great to see everyone enjoying the garden and hearing about the sunflower and potato growing competitions. Congratulations...
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20 April, 2023 - 10:00
Staff and students from UHI Argyll & UHI Moray recently received a guest lecture from Fiona Thackeray, Head of Operations and Development at Trellis.