AHTA Magazine

The AHTA Magazine: Cultivating Healing

Cultivating Healing provides relevant articles on a range of topics for people and facilities interested in horticultural therapy, therapeutic horticulture, and people-plant interactions.

The editorial mission of Cultivating Healing is to highlight programs, practitioners, best practices, and professional standards to enhance and improve HT program delivery. Topics include issues in the profession, upcoming events, useful resources, focus on special populations, and horticulture information.

Check Out the Current Issue

The Summer 2026 issue includes highlight of:

• Therapeutic Horticulture in Correctional Facilities
• AHTA 2026 Annual Conference: Something for Everyone
• Credentialing the Profession of Horticultural Therapy: HT-BC Certification
• Kids, Vets, and Bees: Building Community Through Horticulture
• Growing Through It: Five Resilient Native Plants for Therapeutic Gardens in a Changing Climate

Write for the Magazine

The AHTA encourages submissions for publication by members.

Guidelines for articles:

• Supports the professional mission, goals, and values of the AHTA
• Avoids wording that contradicts or undermines AHTA’s professional standards, whether directly or indirectly
• No solicitation

How to submit:

• Send the article draft to the AHTA office (info@ahta.org)
• The Editor-in-Chief and Work Team will review your submission
• Follow up may be required for clarification and/or feedback
• Please note not all submissions are accepted