Gardening workshop for Mental Health Therapeutic Community patients Section: LEARNING TO TEACH How to quote Ramírez Sánchez A, Martínez Prados L, Ruiz Belda R. Beneficios del Taller de Jardinería en pacientes de la Comunidad Terapéutica de Salud Mental. Rev. Educare21 2013; 11(5). [En línea] [fecha de acceso: 1 de mayo de 2013]. URL disponible en: http://www.enfermeria21.com/publicaciones/educare/ AuthorsAlberto Ramírez Sánchez, Lidia Martínez Prados, María Ruiz Belda Position Enfermeros Internos Residentes de Salud Mental. Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Victoria (Málaga). Contact email: alberto.ramirez.sanchez21@gmail.com Abstract After our residence training period in mental health nursing at the Therapeutic Community in the Mental Health Area II, Málaga, Spain, we report our learning experience regarding the multiple benefits of patients\' involvement in a Gardening Workshop. Such benefits can be classed as follows: intellectual, professional, social, emotional, and physical development.A main feature of the Therapeutic Community is the high amount of available programs and workshops. Such workshops are intended to solve some deficiencies found in patients regarding relationships, communication, and acquisition of tools allowing them to carry out basic and operational everyday life activities, which will help patient\'s return to normality and social reintegration. Keywords: Mental Health; occupational therapy; therapeutic communityworkshop Versión en Español Título: Beneficios del Taller de Jardinería en pacientes de la Comunidad Terapéutica de Salud Mental