Cultivate News

Our first workshop for 2020 - another great day.

The Hunter Hub kicked off the year with a get-together in February.

We were treated to fabulous sunny, almost spring day, for our AGM held at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney on August 24th.

This year has seen Cultivate run 5 very successful Intro to TH workshops in Sydney and Regional NSW!

Sharon Moore-Lambert shares her review of The Biophilia Effect

Cultivate NSW was represented at the Northern Beaches Council & NDIS Disability Expo on 25th September, 2019.

Another successful Cultivate workshop

On Saturday 25th May, we were treated to a fabulous talk by Nanthini Elamgovan, Deputy Director, in the Parks Division of the National Parks Board in Singapore.

A beautiful sunny day greeted us as we assembled at the wonderful urban farm that is Camperdown Commons for the first of a new series of one day sessions, Introduction to Therapeutic Horticulture.

This week we pay tribute to Cultivate Member and past Committee Member Jeanette Penklis who sadly passed away on the 16th May, 2019.

On a bright, sunny April day a group of keen gardeners met on the roof of the Wayside Chapel for a a lesson or two in organic gardening and social and therapeutic horticulture.

"Green Healing" - Therapeutic Horticulture
Saturday April 6th, 2019

Panel Discussion: "Gardens as Therapy"
Tuesday April 3rd, 2019

2018 has been a good year with us doing what we do best by running great events. We welcome a new committee for 2019.

A groundbreaking new book that started its journey in 2011 as an initiative of Cultivate NSW.

We have created a new therapeutic horticulture project database, and hope to build it into a useful national resource. Are you involved in a project you would like listed? Get in touch with us.

Meet Jon - Cultivate Committee member and free range urban horticulturalist

Meet Katrine - Cultivate Committee Member and Senior Landscape Architect.

Meet Sharon - Cultivate Committee Member who works in the aged care and disability sectors.

Meet our Vice-President, Eleanor.

Meet Kath - she is a horticulturalist, landscape designer and teacher.

Meet Jan Cantrell, Cultivate NSW Committee Member. Jan is a Horticulturist with a background in Rehabilitation Counselling.

Meet Phil - Cultivate NSW Committee Member who loves being outdoors helping the community.

Meet Joanne Aquilina: Joanne is an energetic and enthusiastic industry champion. She has a particular passion for expanding awareness of the benefits of therapeutic, sensory, healing, edible and dementia gardens, especially for individuals with illness, disability and children with special needs.

Meet Jaq Dredge, one of our fabulous committee members. Jacquie (Jaq) is Co-Founder and Director of Panania Free Rangers, a not for profit organisation run by volunteers.