March 2009 Horticultural Therapy Society of New South Wales Newsletter

March 2009 Issue 80 Cultivate NSW Healthy Gardening Book now for workshops during Senior’s Week March 2009 Places still available Tuesday 17 and Friday 20 March Contact the Telopea Centre 9448 6392 Inside this issue: The Thymely Gardener 2 Maintaining your... More

March 2009 Issue 80 Cultivate NSW Healthy Gardening Book now for workshops during Senior’s Week March 2009 Places still available Tuesday 17 and Friday 20 March Contact the Telopea Centre 9448 6392 Inside this issue: The Thymely Gardener 2 Maintaining your therapy garden 2 Maintaining your therapy garden (cont) 3 Don’t spend your money on plants! 3 Library 4 Quote of the month 4 HorticulturalTherapy Society of NSW Cultivate NSW successfully applied for a 2009 Seniors Week Grant, from the NSW Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care (DADHC). The grant has enabled the Society to host workshops during Seniors Week in March 2009, to promote Healthy Gardening for older people. The workshops have been designed incorporating gardening methods for reduced physical strength or capacity, the use of modified tools and garden design. What modifications to a garden may enable the joy of gardening to continue in later life? The workshops will be held during the NSW Seniors Week in March. P Less