Therapeutic gardens and therapeutic horticulture programmes

In an evidence-based research study conducted by NParks in collaboration with research partners, we found that urban nature contributes positively to a person's health and overall well-being. 

Another study found that there were positive neuro-psychophysiological benefits from passive exposure to a therapeutic garden for the mental health of individuals with clinically concerning depressive disorders.

Both research studies provide scientific support for our City in Nature programme through the formulation of science-based urban nature planning, management, and design in Singapore as seen in the development of therapeutic gardens in our parks and our therapeutic horticulture programmes.

These research studies have been published in international peer-reviewed journals and are also among the first few studies in the world that demonstrate the impact of gardening on mental resilience and the relative importance of different types of urban nature during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Plant propagation is the process of growing new plants from seeds, cuttings, bulbs, or other plant parts.

This activity helps to stimulate memory, promote fine motor skills, and encourage positive social interactions.

This activity involves selecting a mix of scented herbs to make a scent bag for the home.

It promotes medium and low-intensity exercise, improves fine motor skills and encourages positive social and environmental connections.

This activity involves painting flowers and leaves and making a print of them on paper to create personalised art pieces.

It promotes medium and low-intensity exercise, improves fine motor skills and stimulates memory and environmental connection.

This activity involves the basics of plant maintenance, such as weeding, pruning and watering of the plants within the therapeutic garden.

It helps to promote medium and low-intensity exercise, encourages positive social and environmental connection and improves fine motor skills.

This activity involves participants growing their own sprouts from vegetable seeds and consuming them after a few days. The sprouts have high nutritional value, require low maintenance and do not require much sunlight.

It helps to promote medium and low-intensity exercise, promotes mindfulness and stimulates memory.

This activity involves creating different card designs by pasting leaves on paper.

it promotes medium and low-intensity exercise, improves fine motor skills and stimulates memory.

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Find out more about the therapeutic garden at Bedok Reservoir Park.

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Find out more about the therapeutic garden at Choa Chu Kang Park.

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Find out more about the therapeutic garden at East Coast Park.

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Find out more about the therapeutic garden at HortPark.

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Find out more about the therapeutic garden at Pasir Ris Park.

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Find out more about the  therapeutic garden at Punggol Waterway Park.

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Find out more about the therapeutic garden at Sembawang Park.

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Find out more about the  therapeutic garden at Telok Blangah Hill Park.

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Find out more about the therapeutic garden at Tiong Bahru Park.

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Find out more about the therapeutic garden at Sembawang Park.

Learn how to decorate and make a beautiful seed mandala using different kinds of seeds, spices, and other craft materials.

Learn how to make a wind chime with seashells, which can be hung by the window or as a wall decoration.

Learn how you can add interest to the garden by decorating rocks and pebbles.

Find out how you can decorate your very own plant pot using art and craft materials in this video.

Learn about how you can propagate plants while promoting fine motor skills, mindfulness and creative expression.

Have fun making art pieces by using leaf and flower prints to promote fine motor skills, creative expression, and social connection.

Find out how you can decorate your very own plant pot using art and craft materials.