When Support Meets Purpose, Lives Bloom.

The Gardens is a CSSP (Community Support System Provider) in Arkansas, providing therapeutic service and support for adults with mental illness and intellectual disabilities, empowering them to lead meaningful lives.

The Gardens, an Arkansas-based Community Support System Provider

Every life is worth living to the fullest.

Located in Arkansas, The Gardens is a thriving community full of direct support staff focused on empowering adults 21 years and older with serious mental illness and intellectual disabilities.
Our program offers a safe, structured environment where individuals can grow, recover, and build fulfilling lives within their communities.

Who We are

Empowering Lives Through Compassion

At The Gardens, we believe that every individual deserves the opportunity to live a life of purpose, regardless of the unique challenges they face. Our therapeutic community is designed to support adults with serious mental illness or intellectual disabilities by offering a structured, nurturing environment where growth, recovery, and personal development are central to everyday life. Here, each day brings new opportunities for support and meaningful progress.

Our Focus

Our Therapeutic Approach

We follow the Therapeutic Community model, which encourages individuals to take an active role in their own recovery and in the functioning of the community. By emphasizing personal responsibility and self-improvement, people develop essential life skills and uncover strengths they may not have realized.

OUR MISSION

Support+Growth= Fulfillment

We are committed to delivering excellence through direct services, support, and coordination designed to help individuals attain a life full of purpose and independence. At The Gardens, we focus on fostering personal responsibility, self-improvement, and strong community integration.

Cultivating Growth and Success

Our Core Values

To support the life transformation of the people we serve through a therapeutic environment, allowing for new opportunities to grow. 

The Gardens will be a Community where every person’s life has meaning, value, purpose, and deserves dignity and individual choices.

We believe in putting people first. We are guided by a commitment to accountability, compassion, excellence, integrity and respect. 

We're here to help

Admissions

Interested in The Gardens community?

Our Admissions Committee carefully reviews each application to ensure the best fit for everyone. While court orders may help guide the process, they don’t guarantee acceptance.

We work closely with applicants to gather the necessary documentation—like psychiatric evaluations, medical history, and financial information—so we can provide the right level of service and support.

What my clients say

“Extremely present and responsive team of providers. You can feel they are here to help you improve your quality of life, whether that is working to find a medication with them or continuing therapy and alternative life changes outside of this practice.”

Mental Care has an online platform that is easy to maneuver. Overall my experience has been great being that it is my first time going to therapy/ tele therapy. I appreciate how safe and comfortable my therapist has makes me feel.

This is an incredible practice with highly skilled providers who attend appointments on time and who successfully balance efficiency with warm, empathic care. Highly recommend!!

Without good mental health, it can be difficult to manage daily stressors and challenges, which can lead to negative consequences in all areas of life.

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