Emergency Gardening
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About a year ago one of the neuro-psychiatric Emergency Hospitals ? added gardening to its other branches of occupational therapy. It has been suggested that my experiences during that year might be of interest to those engaged in, or about to undertake, similar work. As I consider that a number of rather vague general statements without chapter and verse are almost valueless, I have?in this article? tried to describe our gardening in practical detail, and from this to draw my general conclusions.
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