Nature Heals
- Oct 12, 2024
- 1 min read
Updated: Apr 22
Updated 4/2025
This class is designed to teach participants the science of how time spent in nature helps to improve our physical and mental well-being. This class topic is part of the Nearby Nature priority of the Master Gardener program.
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Class Handouts
Related Handouts
Online Resources
PRO-TIP: Google “site:edu healing gardens” (or site:gov) for research-based advice
Videos
Books
The Nature Principle: Human Restoration and the End of Nature-Deficit Disorder by Richard Louv
Good Nature: Why Seeing, Smelling, Hearing, and Touching Plants Is Good for Our Health by Kathy Willis