{"id":44807,"date":"2024-02-05T15:50:54","date_gmt":"2024-02-05T15:50:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greensideup.ie\/?p=44807"},"modified":"2024-02-05T18:29:53","modified_gmt":"2024-02-05T18:29:53","slug":"therapeutic-horticulture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greensideup.ie\/therapeutic-horticulture\/","title":{"rendered":"Therapeutic Horticulture Featured on Virgin Media TV"},"content":{"rendered":"

Therapeutic Horticulture Featured on Virgin Media TV<\/h2>\n

If you’ve ever wondered what therapeutic horticulture might look like in Ireland, or abroad if you have a VPN, you’ll be able to see highlights during a one off segment on Virgin Media TV.<\/p>\n

Last summer I had the opportunity to work with Mind the Gap films<\/a> on the TV series Second Chances with Rebecca Tallon De Havilland. I was introduced to Joe in An Gaird\u00edn Beo Community Garden<\/a>, the location I chose for the filming due to it’s incredibly calming therapeutic gardening area.<\/p>\n

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After the introductions, Joe and I had an opportunity to walk along the pathway designed by Trish Darcy, which I created with an Education Training Board (ETB) community education group during the pandemic. The barefoot, sensory path meanders across the entire stretch of the therapeutic garden, changing from larger pebbles to smaller as it weaves and winds, the intersections planted with creeping thyme for the added sensory element.<\/p>\n

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The path provides us with an opportunity to reflect upon our lives, how they change and move and don’t stand still. As you walk along this path, it leads you around the heritage orchard and past the limestone carvings created by Bob Frazier who recently retired from the Delta Centre<\/a>.<\/p>\n

At the end, the walkway forks, providing choices in direction, again, reflecting our lives; which one will we take? We turned to the left, and walked to a beautiful Yin Yan mosaic with a wooden chair, both having been created by ETB community groups, providing an opportunity to stop for some quiet reflection.<\/p>\n

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