Perspectives on Horticultural Therapy in Australia
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Perspectives on Horticultural Therapy in Australia
Human awareness of plants in Australia goes back 50,000 years when the aboriginal first began using plants to treat, clothe and feed themselves. The European influence came in 1778 with the First Fleet landing in New South Wales. Australia’s earliest records of using horticulture for therapy and rehabilitation were in institutions for people with intellectual disabilities or who were incarcerat...
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عنوان ژورنال: HortTechnology
سال: 2000
ISSN: 1063-0198,1943-7714
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.10.1.18