Sociohorticulture Lecture Topics
Lecture Topics |
| Introduction to Course / Projects / Definition of Sociohorticulture |
| What is a Garden? / Organic Gardening |
| he Restorative Value of Nature |
| The Horticultural Calendar; Children and Gardening |
| School Gardens; Garden Projects and Youth at Risk |
| unior Master Gardener Program (Mr. Randy Seagraves) |
| Horticultural Therapy / Horticultural Therapist / AHTA / Task Analysis |
| Mental Retardation and Other Developmental Disabilities and Role for Horticulture |
| Physical Disabilities and Role for Horticulture |
| Panel of Persons Who Have Physical Disabilities |
| Mental Disorders and Substance Abuse |
| Horticulture Programs and Older Adults |
| Panel of Older Adults |
| Sheltered Workshops; Horticulture in Prisons |
| Horticultural Therapy and Health Care Facilities; ADA |
| The Enabling Garden / Adaptive Tools and Techniques / Contemplative Gardens |
| Plants, Flowers and Healing |
| Pets, Companion Animals, Service Animals and Their Use in Therapy Programs |
| Urban Horticulture; The Urban Forest |
| Community Gardens; Garden projects and Rejuvenation of Neighborhoods |
| The Garden and Health / Importance of Fresh Produce |
| Poverty, Hunger and Homelessness in America |
| The Role of Garden Projects in Solving the Problems of Poverty, Hunger and Homelessness |
| How You And Your Community Can Get Involved; Edens Lost and Found video |
INSTRUCTOR: Joe Novak
OFFICE: HFSB RM 212 (also look in HFSB Room 110 or 114)
OFFICE PHONE: 845-3915
E-MAIL: j-novak@tamu.edu
HOME PHONE: 846-8351
OFFICE HOURS: MW 1-2 p.m. and TR 11:30-12:00 a.m. (call or e-mail in advance as I am often out in the garden, greenhouse, etc.)
MASTER GARDENERS:
Brazos County Master Gardeners: Coordinator: Charla Anthony (823-0129)
TAMU Hort Club / Aggie Master Gardeners: President Monica Robinson(see website below)
Texas Master Gardener Website: http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/mastergd/mg.html
Aggie Master Gardener Website: http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/hortclub/
Hort 301/302 Website: http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/syllabi/302/new/index.html
Holistic Garden Website: http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/holisticgarden/