Therapeutic Garden Spaces and Programming for Productive Aging

This webinar will inform participants what horticultural therapy is and what professionals can do to enhance adaptive gardening, social support, safety, and supportive environments to foster healthy lifestyles. [...]

Intended audience: Anyone interested in therapeutic garden design, programming for therapeutic indoor and outdoor spaces, and how to get different disciplines involved in therapeutic space planning.

Presenters:

Melissa Bierman, MS, MHT, HTR

Melissa Bierman is a Horticulturist as well as a Registered Horticultural Therapist. For the past 21 years, she has worked in healthcare facilities to create, maintain, and install therapeutic landscapes. Melissa is the manager of the therapy team at Unity Center for Behavioral Health. She also teaches the six core classes required to become a therapeutic horticulture activity specialist at Portland Community College.

Brian Bainnson, BFA, BLA

Brian Bainnson is a Landscape Architect with over 30 years experience in project planning and design on a wide range of institutional, commercial, governmental, recreational, and residential projects. In 1998, he led the Portland Memory Garden design team, developing an award-winning therapeutic garden for people with dementia, their families, and caregivers. Brian has since then designed many therapeutic gardens around the U.S., including gardens for Wounded Warriors at Walter Reed National Medical Center and Ft. Belvoir Medical Center. Most recently, he has been helping develop several therapeutic landscapes for Legacy Health System including gardens for the Oregon Burn Center, Legacy RIO, and the Legacy Trauma Center. All of these gardens are used for active patient therapy as well as restorative places for patients, families, and caregivers.

 Registration Fee

• OGA members: Free!
• Non-members: $10
• Non-member students/seniors and registrants with limited financial means: $5

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OGA is a non-profit organization run by volunteers. Events and donations are our main sources of income to fund our educational and networking programs.

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