Tham Xin Kai
Founder and Principal
Xin Kai is a pioneering Horticultural Therapist in Singapore. Trained as a Landscape Architect, he has designed numerous therapeutic gardens for public parks, schools, and healthcare facilities across Singapore. Xin Kai holds a professional certificate from the University of Florida, alongside additional trainings in the United States, having served with the Horticultural Therapy team at New York University Langone Health and Wilmot Botanic Garden. He also shares his expertise as a part-time lecturer at Singapore Polytechnic, Ngee Ann Polytechnic, University of the Arts Singapore - Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, and National Parks Board Centre for Urban Greenery and Ecology.
Qualification and Professional Affiliation
Bach. Landscape Architect, University of Western Australia
Certificate in Horticultural Therapy, University of Florida
Associate Level 2, American Horticultural Therapy Association
Ikenobo Ikebana Society, Singapore Chapter (Committee)
GrowTH Network (Member)
International Plant People Council (Member)
Population served:
Horticultural Therapy
Psychiatric
Paediatrics
Epilepsy
Stroke rehabilitation
Acute rehabilitation
Therapeutic Horticulture
Older Adults
Substance abuse recovery
Parkinson Disease
Alzheimer’s Disease (mild to severe)
Post stroke recovery
Children to young adults with developmental disabilities
Children (preschool to primary school)
Brain injury recovery
College students
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