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 …
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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 …
At the end of May, our international team gathered in Odorheiu Secuiesc in the framework of the Hortus Medicus Erasmus+ project at our Transylvanian partner, the Quality of Life Foundation. We shared the experiences of the Therapeutic Horticulture pilot training modules in Transylvania and Hungary so far, and also the experiences of the pilot garden …
The 2nd focus group meeting in Hungary was held in Gödöllő in March 2024. The focus group included 12 stakeholders: teachers of children with special needs, farmers, social workers, landscape architects, students and members of the Hortus Medicus consortium. After a short presentation of the project we turned to the main topic of the meeting, …
Recently, we took part in the 3rd international meeting in Vienna. We were hosted by our Austrian partner, the Hochschule für Agrar- und Umweltpedagogik. Our topics were the almost finished curriculum for the future training and thanks to the personal meeting, we were also able to make good progress with the chapters of the therapeutical …
The 1st focus group meeting in Hungary was held in Jászfényszaru on January 31st 2023. The diverse focus group involved 17 members (researchers, organic farmers, consultants, teachers and members of the Hortus Medicus consortium). At this event potential and practising organic farmers were gathered mainly from Hungary but partly from abroad. The method applied during …
In October 2022 the Hortus Medicus project team participated at the 2nd international meeting in Milan. We are developing now the curriculum for the therapeutical horticulture course, and we have also started writing the therapeutical horticulture handbook, that as we hope, fills a gap in Hungary. Our University of Milan also organized us a garden …
Our teams from Austria, Italy and Transylvania got together for the first kick-off meeting of a 3-year international project, called “Hortus Medicus”. We are aiming to spread the recognition and the use of horticultural therapy in Hungary and Romania while enriching existing horticultural therapy curricula in Austria and in Italy. Within the framework of the …