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Hilda Krus is the Senior Director of Therapeutic Horticulture and Workforce Training with the Horticultural Society of New York. She builds curriculum and oversees therapeutic horticulture programming at the Hort's TH sites in supportive housing, older adult centers, correctional facilities and internal workforce training HORTNYC, and ensures that all work at The Hort includes people-to-plant elements. Hilda trains and supervises Horticultural Therapy students as well as Interns from related fields. Hilda is a registered Horticultural Therapist (HTR) and Social Worker (MSW, University of Essen, Germany). She has served on the board of the American Horticultural Therapy Association (AHTA) and enjoys exchanging and learning at local, national and international HT conferences. Hilda teaches "Therapeutic Horticulture for Mental Health" at the NYBG. Hilda is a life long passionate gardener and her earliest happy memories take her back to her parents' garden.
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