The Soil to Supper Therapeutic Gardening Program is a unique initiative that offers participants the opportunity to improve emotional wellness and physical health, learn new skills, develop confidence and enhance social connection through garden-based activities and growing fresh food.
The gardening program guides and supports participants to follow gardening methods in a safe setting to enhance overall health and wellbeing. This includes fun garden-based activities with simple techniques, information and guidance to learn skills, grow fresh food and enhance health within the participant’s home garden or a community organisation.
Activities include discovering dirt, planting seedlings and shrubs, homegrown foods, growing new plants, composting, nature art, harvesting and cooking, plus loads more! These are suitable for all abilities from the beginner gardener to seasoned green thumb and are customised to suit the need of individuals.
One-on-one or group sessions are available from 2 to 3 hours, either weekly or fortnightly, and include a range of activities that are scheduled to suit participant’s aims for wellbeing and to provide outcomes for their NDIS plan or for the goals for organisations.
The current NDIS Pricing Arrangements line items are followed for the program and charged at the appropriate hourly rate plus provider travel to participant’s home.
For organisations, please contact me to discuss your needs for group programs and in-home care clients.
For more information and bookings please contact me HERE.
The benefits of Cath Manuel’s therapeutic gardening groups can be seen on the faces of our residents who attend her weekly sessions in our Memory Support Unit.
Living with dementia can make daily activities challenging and frustrating, so it is beautiful to watch the group laughing and interacting together, reminiscing about gardens they have tended to in the past. For many of them, the feel of the soil between their fingers has unlocked gardening skills that have remained hidden in recent years.
To have seedlings to care for and gardens to water has provided a purpose for them again. The feedback from staff and relatives has been incredibly positive.