On 19 September 2026, we will be hosting the first Therapeutic Horticulture Conference in Hungary. Over the past two years, a number of training courses have been held in both Transylvania and Hungary, with the aim of raising awareness of, promoting and popularising therapeutic gardening across Europe. The next important stage in this process is …
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Diversity Foundation will start a Therapeutic Horticulture vocational training in Hungary in 2026. Aim of the Training The aim of the training is to introduce therapeutic horticulture to participants as a tool that supports their professional work, and to enable them to involve the individuals in their care in therapeutic gardening sessions. Therapeutic horticulture is …
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Therapeutic gardening has by now established itself as an independent scientific discipline, supported by an extensive body of professional literature. What we are most proud of is that its introduction in Hungary is also connected to our organization. Its professional significance is clearly demonstrated by the publication of the following article in Hungarian Psychological Review, …
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We received a request from the Boldog Gellért Psychiatric Hospital to organize a Therapeutic horticulture training. Twelve members of the hospital staff took part in the program, including nurses, rehabilitation therapists, mental health professionals, a gardener, as well as technical and administrative staff. The hospital’s garden, which has outstanding natural qualities, is currently being redesigned …
The Diversity Foundation organized the first non-subsidized Therapeutic Horticulture training in Hungary. The training ran from April to October 2025 in Gödöllő and was attended by thirteen participants, including special education teachers, gardeners, landscape architects, social workers, and an occupational therapist, all of whom delivered their final presentations. We believe that the participants mastered the …
It was an honor for the Hortus Medicus team members to meet Teresia Hazen, horticultural therapy expert from the USA in April 2025 in Wien. Teresia was officially invited by the University College of Agricultural and Environmental Education to give an online lecture for interested professionals and students. Hortus Medicus project members from Diversity Foundation and the …
After the closing of the Hortus Medicus project, our team will start a Therapeutic Horticulture vocational training in Hungary in 2025. The details are written below in Hungarian: A képzés célja, hogy a résztvevők a terápiás kertművelést, mint a szakmájukat támogató eszközt ismerjék meg, és segítségével a gondjukra bízott személyeket terápiás kertművelés foglalkozásokba vonják be. …
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On 31 January 2025, the final conference of the Hortus Medicus Erasmus+ project was organised by the Hungarian University of Agricultural and Life Sciences, with a large number of participants from various fields. The event explored the topic of therapeutic horticulture, which topic is quite new in Hungary, from a variety of approaches: from the …
Végéhez közeledik a három éven át tartó, terápiás kertművelés képzés tanmenetét és kézikönyvet kidolgozó, Hortus Medicus Erasmus+ nemzetközi projektünk. A záró rendezvényre invitálunk minden kertterápiás tevékenység iránt érdeklődőt, szociális és pedagógiai szakembereket, gazdálkodókat, tájépítészeket. A rendezvény ingyenes, de regisztrációhoz kötött. A rendezvényen maximum 65 főt tudunk fogadni. A terem limitált befogadóképessége miatt a jelentkezéseket a …
„Fókuszban a terápiás kertművelés” – HORTUS MEDICUS projekt záró rendezvénye Read More »
The Hortus Medicus team gathered for the fifth time in Vienna in October 2024. On the two and a half days meeting we discussed the experiences and feedback of pilot training in Transylvania and Hungary, the further developing of the e-learning materials and curriculum, and further cooperation opportunities to take the Therapeutic Horticulture training to …