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Category: Outreach

Watch: Therapeutic Horticulture: A Gateway to Healing & Connection with the Natural World

Posted on June 26, 2023 (June 26, 2023) by Emily Oglesby
Screenshot from the recording of the Therapeutic Horticulture Lunchbox Talk. Includes photos of therapeutic horticulture participants working with plants and the definition of TH: the facilitated use of plants and nature-based activities to work towards goals of personal health and well-being.

What is therapeutic horticulture? Who practices it, and whom does it serve? NCBG Therapeutic Horticulture program manager Emilee Weaver explains the ins and outs of this important field and discusses…

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2023-2024 Hybrid Certificate in Therapeutic Horticulture

Posted on June 2, 2023 by Emily Oglesby
Hybrid certificate in Therapeutic Horticulture participants handle plants in class on the left. On the right, a man using a wheelchair harvests a vegetable from our raised horticultural therapy beds.

Registration is now open for the 2023-2024 Hybrid Certificate in Therapeutic Horticulture (HCTH)! This nine-month program combines comprehensive online and in-person instruction to professionals and students in allied health, education,…

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Therapeutic Horticulture Program Featured in Chapel Hill Magazine

Posted on March 20, 2023 by Emily Oglesby
Page spread from the Chapel Hill Magazine article about the Therapeutic Horticulture program, with the title "Reap what you sow"

The March-April 2023 issue of Chapel Hill Magazine features a story on the Garden’s Therapeutic Horticulture program. “Therapeutic horticulture is basically when a trained professional uses plants and/or nature-based activities…

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APPLES interns grow in garden

Posted on February 3, 2022 (February 3, 2022) by Jennifer Peterson
APPLES intern Becca at the CCG

…brings students to nonprofit & governmental agencies and enrolls them in an online service-course that counts toward graduation. “It was a very valuable experience,” said Becca Beechold, a senior environmental…

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Carolina Community Garden Food Scraps Find New Home

Posted on May 19, 2021 (May 19, 2021) by Emily Oglesby
Pigs munch on greens and other veggie scraps

We’re delighted to have a new outlet for veggie scraps from our Carolina Community Garden: the pigs at the Chapel Hill Creamery farm (and soon, pigs from Small Potatoes Farm…

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Winter Harvest at the Carolina Community Garden

Posted on January 11, 2021 by Emily Oglesby
Two volunteers kneel around a bed of mustard greens in the Carolina Community Garden.

After a holiday break, masked, distanced volunteers returned to the Carolina Community Garden (CCG) last week. They cleared and prepped beds, planted spinach seedlings, uncovered and recovered row covers, and…

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Edible Campus Collaborates to Release New Cookbook

Posted on July 27, 2020 (August 3, 2020) by Jennifer Peterson
edible campus garden bed

Edible Campus and Carolina Cupboard were created because too many students don’t have access to healthy, affordable, food resources on campus. In addition, making healthy meals on a budget can…

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Volunteer Spotlight: Adelaide

Posted on July 21, 2020 by Jennifer Peterson
CCG volunteer

As a part of our ongoing volunteer highlighting series, we’d like to highlight Adelaide this week. Adelaide started volunteering at CCG in the Spring of 2018 as a part of…

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NCBG Community Gardens Awarded Funds for Urban Agriculture

Posted on June 18, 2020 (June 18, 2020) by Emily Oglesby
Volunteers from the Carolina COVID-19 Student Services Corps harvest carrots at the Carolina Community Garden while wearing face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The U.S. Botanic Garden (USBG) and American Public Gardens Association have partnered to offer immediate support to established urban food-growing programs at public gardens affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. This…

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CCG Volunteer Spotlight: Simone

Posted on June 11, 2020 by Jennifer Peterson
CCG volunteer Simone

Simone started volunteering at the Carolina Community Garden (CCG) six years ago before her junior year of high school. She ended up enjoying composting so much, she became one of…

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