Nature Therapist, Trainer and Botanical Journaler.

My people came from Clare Island, Clifden and Mayo and I love to witness the hedgerows emerge at dawn from the early train going to the West.

My father passed when I was age ten. My Uncle Michael brought us cruising on the Barrow River and it was a time for deep thought, adventure and laughter.

I studied Botany and Biochemistry and have taught in schools. I have seen how underprivileged boys gained confidence by landscaping a local Dart Station.

Attending John Feehan’s Summer Biodiversity School in Offaly every year for ten years, convinced me about the power of the living world.

I I qualified in Social and Therapeutic Horticulture from Coventry University in 2019, and I have worked for over 20 years providing the comfort of nature activities to hundreds of people of all ages.

A Nature connection has been proven to be beneficial for body, mind and spirit, and more and more people are turning to a green prescription for wellness.

Social prescribing is the name given to the nonmedical, non-psychological approach and it is a social model. Research for over 70 years has shown that a green prescription works for all ages.

Nature therapy works in 5 domains, the physical, psychological, social, cognitive, and spiritual.

The client is often referred by a medical practitioner, social worker, or self, and with the help of the nature therapist sets their own goals over a chosen time frame. Overcoming isolation, loneliness, stress, depression, and anxiety are some of the areas most often referred to.

I look forward to sharing my passion with you.

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Joyce Fitzpatrick
Nature therapist, Trainer and Botanical Journaler.