Selected sources at the Williamsburg
Regional Library Phillip West Memorial Cancer Resource Center.
Gardening may be used as a way to
relieve stress, as a coping mechanism, and as a vehicle to move into
more positive thinking. This resource guide will help you find resources
in the library about the garden as a powerful place of renewal and
connection.
I. Books to check out:
To find books that can be checked out,
choose the SUBJECT search on the computer catalog and type the subject:
- gardening - therapeutic use
Some suggested titles from your library
with the subject heading of gardening-therapeutic use:
635 CHI Chicken Soup for the
Gardener's Soul
615.851 BAR Creating Eden: The Garden as a Healing Space
635 CHA Garden's Blessings
615.851 BRU Gardens for the Senses: Gardening as Therapy
615.8515 RAW Healing Gardens
615.321 MIN Healing Garden: A Natural Haven for Body, Senses and
Spirit
II. Magazines:
Articles on gardening and healing may be
found in various periodicals in the library collection or in the magazines
databases available through the library’s Cancer Resource Center
website.
III. Internet resources:
If you have access to the Internet, you
may access the library’s catalog and numerous other useful resources
on the library web site at http://www.wrl.org
. If you need a library card, you may also register at the library
Circulation Desk or online at http://www.wrl.org/depts/circ/applycard.html
Compiled for the CRC's Healing
the Spirit Workshop, April 2001 (JCr)
Williamsburg Regional Library Phillip West Memorial Cancer Resource
Center
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