master gardener – the savor project

Coming home to food

Posted on August 13, 2021 by Dawnn Rabinovich Meiers, Psy.D.

I wrote the following article for the Canadian Horticultural Therapy Association’s summer newsletter, in anticipation of my presention on Day 1 of their upcoming annual conference – Branching Out: Nurturing Connections and Community, on September 16-18, 2021. This year’s online conference features topics ranging… Continue Reading “Coming home to food”

Category: Horticulture therapy and therapeutic horticulture, mind/body health, Mindful eatingTags: community, farmers markets, food, food heritage, health, healthy living, horticultural therapy, horticulture, master gardener, mindful eating, mindful living, mindfulness, nature, savoring, sow to savor, therapeutic horticulture, urban agriculture, urban gardens

Future horticultural therapy leaders?

Posted on June 23, 2020 by Dawnn Rabinovich Meiers, Psy.D.

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Check out the following video as well as a description of the H.E.A.L.T.H. (Healing Environments Ambassadors Learning Through Horticulture) program from a post on Instagram today by the Chicago Botanic Garden. This kind of program gives me hope about the direction that horticultural education,… Continue Reading “Future horticultural therapy leaders?”

Category: Horticulture therapy and therapeutic horticultureTags: food justice, food literacy, food sovereignty, horticultural therapy, master gardener, therapeutic gardens, urban gardens