Claremont Community Gardens Program
Capital RC&D is collaborating with the Claremont Nursing and Rehabilitation Center (CNRC) and several other stakeholders, including Penn State University Cooperative Extension, to introduce a horticultural therapy program to benefit the nursing home residents. The Claremont Community Gardens Program assists residents through the provision of several community gardens throughout the nursing home estate.
These gardens provide a fruitful hobby to the center’s residents. They encourage feelings of self esteem and empowerment while making the residents feel more active, at home and engaged in their community. The gardens promote the physical health of residents by offering them a means of physical exercise as well as a potential reduction in the need for medications. These gardens also facilitate intergenerational socialization and provide a means of emotional therapy for residents. On a larger scale these gardens, the creation of these gardens yield education, certification and networking opportunities related to horticultural therapy.
To strengthen their therapeutic effects, each garden is developed to provide specific benefits to their visitors. Some examples of the individual gardens that have been developed are: Trial and Idea Garden, Robert J. Coleman Resident Garden, Intergenerational Garden, Birds and Butterflies Garden and Sensory Garden. The diversity of the gardens also caters to the individual interests and creativity of Claremont residents and staff.
To insure that the gardens are utilizes most efficiently, training is provided to the Claremont Service Providers in the areas of implementing physical, emotional, psychological, behavioral and social rehabilitation using the specialized focus of each individual garden project.
These gardens provide a fruitful hobby to the center’s residents. They encourage feelings of self esteem and empowerment while making the residents feel more active, at home and engaged in their community. The gardens promote the physical health of residents by offering them a means of physical exercise as well as a potential reduction in the need for medications. These gardens also facilitate intergenerational socialization and provide a means of emotional therapy for residents. On a larger scale these gardens, the creation of these gardens yield education, certification and networking opportunities related to horticultural therapy.
To strengthen their therapeutic effects, each garden is developed to provide specific benefits to their visitors. Some examples of the individual gardens that have been developed are: Trial and Idea Garden, Robert J. Coleman Resident Garden, Intergenerational Garden, Birds and Butterflies Garden and Sensory Garden. The diversity of the gardens also caters to the individual interests and creativity of Claremont residents and staff.
To insure that the gardens are utilizes most efficiently, training is provided to the Claremont Service Providers in the areas of implementing physical, emotional, psychological, behavioral and social rehabilitation using the specialized focus of each individual garden project.
Additional Information
To read more about this project or to donate, click the following links:
Claremont Community Gardens Program Description
Claremont Donation Brochure
Claremont Community Gardens PowerPoint Presentation
If you would like the Capital RC&D to consider a community project,
please fill out the attached form and send it to the RC&D office for consideration.
Project Proposal Form
Project FAQ
Claremont Community Gardens Program Description
Claremont Donation Brochure
Claremont Community Gardens PowerPoint Presentation
If you would like the Capital RC&D to consider a community project,
please fill out the attached form and send it to the RC&D office for consideration.
Project Proposal Form
Project FAQ
