Landscape Inspirations – A Kingwood Symposium

Join the return of Kingwood’s annual Landscape Inspirations symposium:
Saturday, April 12, 2025
9am-12:30pm

CONNECTING WITH NATURE FOR HEALTHY LIVING

Immersing oneself in nature may have beneficial effects on health and wellness, including mind, body and spirit. Explore an introduction into shinrin-yoku (the Japanese art of forest-bathing), learn about therapeutic gardening, discover adaptive techniques for how to garden as we age, and how to apply these concepts into home gardens to promote overall well-being.  

Speakers include: 

–Maureen Stine, Certified Forest Therapy Guide, Natureology, and author of Grass Left Standing: A Park Interpreter’s Road Map to Forest Bathing 

–Joe Lansing, Franklin County Master Gardener, Chadwick Arboretum & Learning Gardens 

–Laura Akgerman, MA, CRC, Disability Services Coordinator, Ohio AgrAbility/OSU Extension 

Cost:
$65 Non-member, Symposium only
$50 Member, Symposium only

OR, purchase a ticket for the morning Symposium and stay for the afternoon with a discounted add-on program experience Introduction to Forest Bathing 1-2:30pm:

$80 Non-member, Symposium + Workshop
$65 Member, Symposium + Workshop

Click HERE to register.

All registrations include symposium, morning refreshments, and admission to Kingwood Center Gardens.