Green Care: A Conceptual Framework - Frisk i naturen
Green Care: A Conceptual Framework - Frisk i naturen
Green Care: A Conceptual Framework - Frisk i naturen
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etween members of the community itself or with staff. Often this is<br />
accomplished by people who have moved on through the programme<br />
coming back and helping to nurture those earlier on in the process.<br />
■■ Crops thrive best when subject to rotation or mixed planting in small<br />
domestic settings: therapeutic community programmes often benefit<br />
from ‘refreshing’ by changing the therapy ingredients (the mixture of<br />
types of groups); different talents can be used from individual members<br />
to contribute to the health and well being of the whole community.<br />
<strong>Green</strong> care covers a wide range of projects, from gentle exposure to<br />
animals or agriculture to intensive programmes of gruelling physical and<br />
psychotherapeutic group activities. Therapeutic communities are much<br />
closer to the ‘hard end’ of this spectrum, being essentially challenging<br />
and never solely supportive. They are nearly always places where conflict<br />
is expressed, explored and understood rather than avoided; this strong<br />
challenging element is often known as “tough love”.<br />
5.3 The natural setting for green care<br />
Throughout this document it has been stressed that green care is a broad<br />
concept that includes a range of different approaches, all of which utilise<br />
the natural environment. Within the scope of that natural environment<br />
there are many different individual settings that have been used for green<br />
programmes, in fact, it is difficult to imagine a setting that has not been<br />
used for one.<br />
Whilst care farms and therapeutic gardens are clearly defined as areas<br />
for green care others such as allotments or community gardens can be<br />
overlooked. In fact, it is quite likely that some organised programmes on<br />
allotments and community gardens are not seen as green care by their<br />
workers or participants. It is also likely that many of those have not yet<br />
heard of green care. Hence, it is useful to consider different approaches to<br />
how green space can be used, particularly within the urban environment.<br />
5.3.1 Accessible green space<br />
Access to nature and greenspaces is essential for green care. There are<br />
many reasons why people find it difficult to engage with nature, both<br />
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