Steven's garden for healing

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Steven's garden for healing

"Horticultural therapy helped take my mind off the reality of my situation. It made me realise that you need to get out and do these things to make yourself feel better, because sometimes when you're here you don't feel that great."
Steven Ribarich became a quadriplegic after an accident in the surf.

In the blink of an eye, Steven, a husband and father, became a quadriplegic after an accident in the surf and had to face the confronting reality of living the rest of his life in a wheelchair.

Because he had been a keen gardener before his accident Steven decided to give horticultural therapy a try while at Royal Talbot Rehabilitation Centre for his rehabilitation. It helped him to talk about the trauma of what had happened to him and begin to accept and grasp the enormity of how his life as a husband and father was to change.

Steven Wells reporting for Gardening Australia from the therapeutic garden at Royal Talbot Rehabilitation Centre. Photo provided courtesy of Gardening Australia.


"Our opportunity is to help patients re-build their lives. Your support is so important," says Steven Wells, Horticultural Therapist.

Horticultural therapy in the therapeutic garden at Royal Talbot Rehabilitation Centre relies completely on donations from supporters, like you. Please donate today so we can continue to help people in this wonderful garden.

Thank you

Horticultural therapy in the therapeutic garden at Royal Talbot Rehabilitation Centre relies completely on donations from supporters, like you.

Please donate today so we can continue to help people in this wonderful garden.

To ensure your donation goes directly towards the horticultural therapy program, please type 'Garden Therapy' in the comments box on the online donation form.