Horticultural therapy perspectives in Australia and New Zealand

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 790, Issue , 2008, Pages 93-99

  Aldous, D ^a   Kidd, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Environmental horticulture; Human issues in horticulture; Socio horticulture; Therapeutic horticulture

Indexed keywords

EID: 55049087520     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2008.790.11     Document Type: Conference Paper

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