On the 1st of November 2013, the Association for Social and Therapeutic Horticulture Practitioners hosted their second annual conference at Askham Bryan College in York. The focus of the conference was on ‘Outcomes and Impact’ and included presentations from Sharon Heaney from Coventry University, Joe Sempik from the University of Nottingham, John Cliff: CEO at Growing People and Sally Kelly from the Guild Social Economy Services CIC.
I will aim to give a brief run down of the presentations in the not too distant future but I do wish to state that it was impeccably organised and very interesting and provided me with lots to think about an ideas for my current practice.
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The Horticultural Therapist 