Instructor: Anne Meore

Anne Meore
 Anne Meore LMSW, HTR, is a licensed social worker in NY and a registered horticultural therapist with the American Horticultural Therapy Association since 2012. She is a faculty member at the New York Botanical Garden and serves as the Horticultural Therapy Program Coordinator for THRIVE (¬Therapeutic Horticulture & Rehabilitative Intervention for Veteran Engagement).

Anne is the Garden Projects Coordinator for Good Samaritan Hospital, a member of the Westchester Medical Health Network, Suffern, NY. Since 2011, she has been responsible for designing & managing therapeutic garden spaces & conducting Horticultural Therapy programming in the accessible and therapeutic, Garden of Hope at Good Samaritan Hospital, and other therapeutic spaces in the hospital system.

In addition to her work at NYBG, she is the owner of Planthropy LLC, which in 2022, designed and installed the G.R.O.W. Garden (Gardening for Resilience & Optimal Wellness), the first therapeutic garden on campus of the J. J. Peters VAMC in the Bronx, NY, where she provides therapeutic horticulture programs & garden education for Veterans & VA staff support.

http://www.planthropy.com

Classes by this instructor


Introduction to Therapeutic Horticulture

Explore the theoretical foundations and evidence-based research that supports using the people-plant relationship as a therapeutic tool to improve health and well-being. Engage in hands-on activities to discover the beneficial cognitive, physical, psychological, and social-emotional impacts associated with working with more...
273THP301O 01/05 Tu 4:00pm-6:30pm Meore
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