Welcome to the American Horticultural Therapy Association 

Established in 1973, the American Horticultural Therapy Association (AHTA) is the only national US organization advocating for the development of the horticultural therapy profession and the practice of horticulture as therapy for human well-being. AHTA supports the professional development, education, and expertise of horticultural therapy practitioners. Individuals and organizations located across the US and beyond are members. We are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit membership-driven organization with the mission to promote and advance the profession of horticultural therapy as a therapeutic and rehabilitative modality. 

AHTA 2023: 50 Years of Cultivating Horticultural Therapy
October 20–21, 2023

AHTA 2023: 50 Years of Cultivating Horticultural Therapy will be virtual this year! The virtual format for AHTA 2023 will certainly be different, but it creates the opportunity to reach a more expansive group of horticultural therapists from around the world. The conference format will use technology that has worked well for other recent online conferences to emphasize virtual discussion during the conference event, including small-group engagement for poster presentations.

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AHTA 2023: Speaker Request for Proposals
Deadline: April 21, 2023

The 2023 AHTA Conference Work Team is requesting those interested to submit a proposal for a virtual oral or poster presentation for 2023 Conference. The virtual format will certainly be different, but it creates the opportunity to reach a more expansive group of horticultural therapists from around the world. Presentations will be accessible to conference attendees with closed captioning in other languages if that language is available on zoom.

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