Gardening to Ease Stress & Anxiety: Bring Your Worries to the Garden
Fri, Apr 22
|Green Community Gardens at Prairiewoods
Experience how to sooth your nervous system and boost your immune system in the garden. This series is hosted at Prairiewoods. * Mar 25: Undeniable Benefits of Time with Plants (Zoom) * Apr 22: Bring Your Worries to the Garden * Jun 3: Coping Skills in the Garden * Jun 24: Foraging Self-Compassion


Time & Location
Apr 22, 2022, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Green Community Gardens at Prairiewoods, 120 Boyson Rd, Hiawatha, IA 52233, USA
About the Event
Now more than ever, we need to return to our gardens. We all know instinctively how we feel better with time outside with wild plants. Intentionally cultivate and grow that connection in this four-part series. Easy-to-understand, scientifically proven benefits will be covered alongside hands-on gardening techniques. Offering many of the benefits of meditation, gardening can be a powerful mindfulness practice. All are welcome, whether we plan on growing an herb container garden in a window, joining a community garden for the first time or growing veggies in our own backyard. Facilitator Jen Kardos of Backyard Abundance will lead this four-part series that begins on March 25 via Zoom and then continues in person in the Green Community Gardens at Prairiewoods (120 East Boyson Road in Hiawatha) on April 22, June 3 and June 24, from 4–6 p.m. On March 25, we will talk about the undeniable benefits of time with…