Horticultural Therapy (HT) Week Special Event: The Early History of HT - a Discussion with Dr. Paula Diane Relf

March 21, 2024 | 7:00 PM ET | Free to GrowTH Network Members

Join Dr. Paula Diane Relf and the Root in Nature team for a special horticultural therapy (HT) week event featuring a Q and A session exploring the history of HT.

About Dr. Relf

Paula Diane Relf received her PhD in Horticulture from the University of Maryland in 1976 where she pioneered studies in Horticultural Therapy. She was a Professor and Extension Specialist at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University from 1976 to 2003 and Professor Emeritus to the present. In 1973 she was instrumental in the founding of what is now the American Horticultural Therapy Association. and served as president from 1975 to 1979. From 1989 to 2003, she chaired what is now the International People-Plant Council. She was elected as a Fellow of the American Society of Horticultural Sciences in August 2002 and one of the top 100 ASHS members of the late 20th century for contributions to growth and change in horticulture in 2001. She received the American Horticultural Society’s National Horticultural Therapy Award, 2000; the National Council for Therapy and Rehabilitation through Horticulture (now AHTA) presented her their Award for Professional Service (1984) and the Award for Outstanding Service to Horticultural Therapy (1979).

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