“Many of us have a friend or relative whose company we appreciate or find congenial, who then responds with unexpected aid or depth of compassion in a crisis. Gardens are like that: comfortable companions whose capacities lie dormant, awaiting a crisis to release their potential.” –Kenneth Helphand, “Defiant Gardens: Making Gardens in Wartime”
“What can we build instead?” -Mariame Kaba
HT projects and experience:
- Certified through the New York Botanic Gardens Horticultural Therapy program
- Horticultural Society of New York’s GreenHouse Program instructor and horticultural therapist
- Digital therapeutic horticulture curriculum design for youth incarcerated in juvenile detention in NYC
- Solitary Gardens program manager working with individuals incarcerated in solitary confinement, Louisiana
- Floral Therapy at Chesterfield County Jail (current!)
Becca Amos 