Meghan McKiernan

Meghan Mckiernan, BS, HTR currently serves as the Manager of the Therapeutic Gardens Program at Legacy Health, Located in Portland, OR. Meghan has been in this role since August of 2020 and has been working in therapeutic gardens since 2015. Meghan is a graduate of the horticultural therapy degree program from Colorado State University. As a registered horticultural therapist, she calls upon an extensive, broad-based background to facilitate interdisciplinary garden design teams and to develop therapeutic programs for patients, visitors, and employees. The focus of her training is on gerontology, pediatrics, in-patient rehabilitation, horticulture, and fund developments/ donor-relations. Her work focuses on gardens in healthcare, horticultural therapy for a wide variety of populations, health benefits of gardening and nearby nature, therapeutic garden design, and HT internship supervision.