The Mid-Atlantic Horticultural Therapy Network of the American Horticultural Therapy Association was an exhibitor at the 2010 Philadelphia Flower Show for the first time.  The Show is the largest indoor flower show in the world with attendance of over 250,000 people. The horticultural therapy exhibit presented many of the ways in which HT is presented to the various populations served.  There were raised planters, adaptive tools, sensory plants and many other aspects of the profession for people to experience.

Comments offered by many of the people stopping by the exhibit were extremely encouraging.  People talked about how they were positively affected by their involvement with horticultural therapy while they were in hospital and other instances.  They talked about how it had positively impacted family members in a variety of settings.  The exhibit even received several awards for display and presentation.

Horticultural therapy exhibt at the Philadelphia Flower Show

You can read more about horticultural therapy exhibit and the Flower Show at:

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/local/20100228_Flower_Show_ticket_is_passport_to_world.html?viewAll=y