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• Horticulture Practitioner Program - Level 3

  • Start
    27 Nov 2023
  • End
    18 Dec 2023
  • Location
    Online-Webex

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  OPA is happy to announce the launching of our Horticulture Practitioner Program developed in collaboration with Donna Zarudny, BLA, MLA., a professional career horticulturalist and professor at Humber College! Level 1 of this program will offer a new experience for OPA training, taking place over three weeks of self-guided learning, allowing attendees to work at their own pace through content covering the following topics: 

  
  

       Week 1

  • Botany Turf Greenhouse Operations Production & Propagation Week 2 Advanced Display Design Interior plantcaping, green roofs, ponds etc… Xeriscaping Trade Calculations Week 3 Purchasing, ordering tendering materials Computer programs & Record keeping Basic Project Management Managing Staff, HR Skills, Leadership Skills

  Prerequisite: 

  • Completed HPP Level 2

  
  

  This course will have quizzes every Monday and Q&A session presented online on the afternoons of Nov 20th,  Nov 27th, and Dec 4th with our instructor providing answers to any questions that attendees may have during each 1 week period. 

  Our goal with our 3-Level Horticulture Practitioner Program is to provide valuable information for those looking to get into the field of Horticulture that will take them from newcomer to job-ready.  This program also aims to provide career advancement for those in the Horticulture field through attaining the OPA Horticulture Practitioner designation as a valuable resume asset. Each level will cover new topics or provide more depth to existing concepts, creating a strong foundation for those looking to build a career in the field of Horticulture.

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• Horticultural Therapy Workshop

  • When
    24 Jan 2024
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    9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    Webex - Online
  • Spaces left
    21

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  OPA is excited to announce the new Full Day Horticultural Therapy Workshop
  

  Mutual Support: The Bridging of Horticultural Therapy and Green Spaces to Build Communal Health

  “I cultivate my garden and my garden cultivates me” - Robert Breault

  Research has shown that horticulture activities and intentional engagement in nature has the capacity to benefit our bodies and our minds, reduce stress, lower anxiety and encourage overall mental and emotional well-being.

  Rooted in those findings, Horticultural Therapy is the formal practice of purposefully using plants and nature-related activities to achieve goals that promote well-being for its participants. Among other things, the cultivation and nurturing of living material develop self-esteem and new ways of thinking about life and self-care.

  Join Horticultural Therapy Practitioner Guinevere Kern for an introductory full day workshop that explores the multifaceted ways in which horticulture can support health and wellness, how this can inform engagement in green spaces, and why this matters to individual and communal health.

  Topics that will be covered will include: 

  • what is horticultural therapy

  • current research supporting the therapeutic application of horticulture

  • relevancy to pressing issues of today

  • applications for green professions to support human health and well being.

  
  

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