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Elizabeth Diehl, HTM, RLA

Director of Therapeutic Horticulture and Lecturer in Environmental Horticulture
University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida, United States

Elizabeth (Leah) Diehl, RLA, HTM is Director of Therapeutic Horticulture at Wilmot Botanical Gardens and Lecturer in the Environmental Horticulture Department at the University of Florida. She is a landscape architect, master gardener, and professionally registered horticultural therapist. She manages and teaches an undergraduate certificate program in horticultural therapy at UF, conducts research, and runs therapeutic horticulture programming for diverse populations, where she coordinates clients, students, and volunteers. Her current research project is on the effects of a structured therapeutic horticulture program on student stress and anxiety. Leah is a consultant with the Center for Urban Greenery & Ecology, National Parks Board in Singapore on developing horticultural therapy programming, research, and education in Singapore. She began her work in horticultural therapy in Chicago in 1993 and has given lectures, workshops, and trainings on horticultural therapy, healing gardens, and related topics to many groups in the U.S. and abroad.

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