Landscape Live!

Laura DePrado has achieved numerous awards locally and nationally for her work in horticultural therapy. What is that you ask?Listen in as DePrado defines what horticultural therapy is, what it's benefits are, where it is practiced, how it differs from "garden therapy," the types of training needed to become a Horticultural Therapist and legislation to promote awareness and benefits of horticultural therapy.DePrado is a horticultural Specialist and Horticultural Therapy Practitioner and founder, owner of Final Touch Plantscaping, LLC, Branchburg in Somerset County, N.J., specializing in connecting people and plants through customized activities and programs from children through seniors throughout New Jersey. She is a featured Horticultural Therapy columnist for Gannett Publishing, mycentraljersey.com, Courier News, Home News Tribune and Asbury Park Press, and writer for state and local magazines. Laura has a Bachelor of Science in Journalism, and Horticultural Therapy Certificate from Rutgers University.She