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Tuesday
May042010

Horticulture Therapy for Veterans in Scotland

DateTuesday, May 4, 2010 at 9:55AM

Digging for victory: gardening helps former soldiers with stress

KATRINA TWEEDIE

8 May 2007

A ground-breaking initiative in Ayrshire is providing a healing oasis of calm, discovers Katrina Tweedie.

"I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order."

John Burroughs, American naturalist and essayist As they methodically prepare the ground for planting poppies, the group simply looks like a team of gardeners lost in thought.

But the men are veterans suffering psychological trauma after harrowing tours in combat zones, and their labours are a form of therapy designed to treat their illnesses.

This is the first time horticultural therapy has been used to treat former service men and women with post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other combat-related mental health problems....

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