Saturday, February 07, 2004
Farmers & Families / Community Health / Living Lightly
Theraputic Farming and Gardening Lifestyle Choices
NANAIMO, BC, Feb. 06, 2004 (CIP, Farmers & Families Research) - Providence Farm in Duncan offers Horticultural Therapy Courses, but simply visiting the farm is therapeutic. At the base of Mount Tzouhalem, in the midst of 400 acres owned since 1864 by the Sisters of St. Ann, are gardens both aesthetic and nourishing. In mid-winter, there is purple cauliflower and purple broccoli. There are beds raised high enough for wheelchair occupants and for seniors who have difficulty bending over. Most inspiring, however, is a year-round salad garden inside a simple plastic hoop greenhouse. One is easily tempted to pluck a snow pea or two while breathing the oxygen-rich atmosphere generated by a thriving array of nutritional greens. To read more, click and scroll as necessary.
Theraputic Farming and Gardening Lifestyle Choices
NANAIMO, BC, Feb. 06, 2004 (CIP, Farmers & Families Research) - Providence Farm in Duncan offers Horticultural Therapy Courses, but simply visiting the farm is therapeutic. At the base of Mount Tzouhalem, in the midst of 400 acres owned since 1864 by the Sisters of St. Ann, are gardens both aesthetic and nourishing. In mid-winter, there is purple cauliflower and purple broccoli. There are beds raised high enough for wheelchair occupants and for seniors who have difficulty bending over. Most inspiring, however, is a year-round salad garden inside a simple plastic hoop greenhouse. One is easily tempted to pluck a snow pea or two while breathing the oxygen-rich atmosphere generated by a thriving array of nutritional greens. To read more, click and scroll as necessary.
