Hortus Medicus - Horticultural Therapy Education Tools in Action
Action: Erasmus+ KA220-VET - Cooperation partnerships in vocational education and training
Hortus Medicus project involves the creation of a 120-hour training curriculum on Therapeutic Horticulture, with the detailed definition of the training contents and the drafting of a handbook (in English and in the languages of the partner countries).
Coordinator: Diverzitas Foundation (Hungary)
Unimi Coordinator: Giulio Senes
Partners:
- Diverzitas Foundation [Diversity Foundation] (Hungary) (Coordinator)
- Università degli Studi di Milano (Italy)
- Hungarian University of Agriculture and life Sciences (Hungary)
- Fundatia Pentru Calitatea Vietii - Ardeal [Foundation for quality of life – Transylvania] (Romania)
- Hochschule für Agrar- und Umweltpädagogik (HAUP) WIEN (Austria)
Objectives:
The goal of the Hortus Medicus project is to develop a 120-hour ning curriculum on Therapeutic Horticulture, including the teaching materials and e-learning content. The project involves the detailed definition of the training contents of the curriculum and the drafting of a handbook (in English and in the languages of the partner countries).
The course can be delivered both in traditional mode and in blended learning mode, with theoretical parts in e-learning.
Target groups/Impact:
The curriculum will be designed for two types of users.
The first typology is related to those who have a cultural background, or already work, in the health and social fields, who will be able to learn the basic principles necessary to introduce and implement therapeutic horticulture in daily practice.
The second type concerns those who have a cultural background, or already work, in the agricultural sector, who will be able to add therapeutic horticulture activities in order to increase the multifunctionality of their farms or agricultural activities.
In the long term, the project aims to spread the practice of therapeutic horticulture in order to contribute to people's physical and psychological well-being and to foster social inclusion.