Sustainability Symposium 2011: Healing Spaces, Session for Home Gardeners

Single Day Fee:  $80/member; $90/nonmember
(Includes Garden admission, morning refreshments, lunch, parking, and program handouts)

Does a view of a garden promote a speedy recovery in hospital patients? Can weeding, planting and pruning lower blood pressure? Answers to these questions and more are revealed in this newly expanded sixth annual Sustainability Symposium. Learn useful advice for home gardeners on how to create therapeutic outdoor spaces in your own yard.

Saturday Keynote address:
Green Healing: Landscapes for Health and Well-Being
Naomi Sachs , founder and executive director of the Therapeutic Landscapes Network

Additional Presentations:

• David Slawson (Landscape Artist):The Art of Evoking the Natural World in Restorative Gardens
• Joe Mehalik (Cleveland Botanical Garden Glasshouse Specialist): Water in the Garden
• Carolyn Borsini (Western Reserve Herb Society): Sustaining Ourselves and Others with Herbs
• Cynthia Druckenbrod (Cleveland Botanical Garden Director of Horticulture): Bringing Butterflies to Your Yard
• Amy Roskilly (Cuyahoga Soil and Water Conservation District Conservation Education Coordinator): Rain Gardens as Environmental Protection