Richard Claxton
Richard Claxton has been a GP in Tonbridge for the past 21 years. He is convinced that the health of both individuals and society as a whole is enhanced by connectivity with the natural world. He campaigns for the provision of Nature-based Therapies in healthcare settings.
Richard created the web-based directory of Therapy Gardens: www.gardening4health.co.uk. He is also a Garden Designer specialising in gardens for healthcare settings, a volunteer guide for the Delos Garden at Sissinghurst, and a Trustee of Greenfingers Charity, which funds and builds gardens for Children’s Hospices.
His connection with Tuppenny Barn began in 2023, and grew rapidly as he co-organised the 2023 Propagating Green Therapies conference here in October.
Tuppenny Barn are proud to be Soil Association Organic
members campaigning for healthy, humane and sustainable
food, farming and land use.
Tuppenny Barn is a member of the Organic Growers Alliance which is a network of growers, farmers and horticulturalists. The OGA is a peer-to-peer support network run by growers for growers. As well, the OGA is a place to exchange information and learn and it represents its members.
