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SPARSHOLT LAUNCHES SOCIAL THERAPEUTIC HORTICULTURE COURSE
The first cohort of students enrolled on the new part-time Introduction to Social Therapeutic Horticulture course on offer at Sparsholt College celebrated their final project by presenting Antelope House, a small hospital in Southampton, with three design concepts to redevelop their courtyard for the benefit of patients and staff.
A spokesperson explained: “Antelope House is known for its dedicated treatment of mental health. The hospital is home to four wards maximising their impact and ability to help those with functional mental illnesses and offer intensive support and care.
“The values of Antelope House align closely with the focus of Sparsholt’s latest course, aimed at passionate hobbyists, healthcare workers, horticultural staff and employees working in rehabilitation. As such the students took their involvement in the local community project incredibly seriously.
“During the pandemic, the health and wellbeing benefits of horticulture, and being outdoors, have become increasingly clear. Growing interest in this topic meant this felt like the right time to launch this course. We are delighted with the uptake that the course had, and we are excited to see where the course takes us for the future.
“The course has been built from scratch drawing predominately on the benefits and practices surrounding Social and Therapeutic Horticulture. We have seen a diverse range of individuals on the course all pursuing different careers and from different backgrounds. We look forward to developing the course further for September and have another live community project to work on.
“The course’s current learners were given a brief from Antelope House for the redesign of their courtyard garden which consisted of a brief taking into consideration a complex range of health and safety implications. The learners worked in small groups to collate a design and mood board which was then presented to Antelope House and later shared with patients and staff at Antelope House for a final decision. A final design will now be compiled encompassing areas from each groups design. We look forward to seeing the design being implemented later this year.”
