Become inspired to create your sacred space! Plant Care is Self Care offers you the opportunity to immerse yourself in therapeutic horticulture. This will be a safe space to gain insight into how regular practice with horticulture can bring joy and balance to life. Participate in a plant repotting exercise and adopt a beautiful new plant and pot to take home.

This session will present you with the opportunity to receive wellness benefits such as:
Practicing being in the present moment
Reducing stress
Improving physical health
Boosting mood
Promoting social connections

Soil, pots, plants, stress relief, and smiles all included in the session! 


Instructor Bio: Joanna Brown holds a certificate in horticultural therapy from the Horticultural Therapy Institute in Denver Colorado and an interdisciplinary BA in humanities, social sciences, and environmental studies from the University of Central Florida.

She is the owner of Restorative Horticultural Therapy contracting and consulting and the founder of Horticulture For Healing, a non-profit which advocates for horticultural therapy and therapeutic horticulture in less privileged communities. Joanna has partnered with non-profit residential centers for behavioral health and addiction, an anti-human trafficking organization, and the University of California, Irvine.

Currently, she is designing her second therapeutic horticulture program for Pace for Girls located in Immokalee FL. She lives in Miami, Florida and self publishes a quarterly zine titled: People & Plant Care: A zine for anyone in recovery, healing, displacement, and transition.

Learn more about Joanna and her work here: 
○ https://restorativehorticulturaltherapy.com/
○ https://horticultureforhealing.org/
○ https://www.instagram.com/restorativehorttherapy/
○ https://www.instagram.com/horticultureforhealing/