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Cultivating Life: Therapeutic Horticulture and Skills Training Program with an Incarcerated Population
7:00pm
- 9:00pm
Mardi Septembre 3 2013
Common Roots Urban Farm hosts a series of free public talks that explore people-plant connections which have positive health outcomes.
Therapeutic horticulture programs in prisons are changing lives. An overview of the Horticulture Skills Training Program at the Nova Institution for Women will show just how successful these types of programs can be in providing job skills, life skills and more. Speaker: Lana Chisholm, Program Instructor at Dalhousie University, Faculty of Agriculture - See more at: http://partnersforcare.ca/urban_farm/workshops-health-talks-and-articles
Organizer:Carrie Gilbert/Communications Developer Common Roots Urban Farm http://partnersforcare.ca/urban_farm/ Ph. (902) 441-4288 (Jayme Melrose) carriegilbert85@gmail.com
Topics: Police/Prisons
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