Baby Steps – Forest Therapy for Newborns or Infants and their Caregiver
Arboretum Centre 250 Arboretum Rd, Guelph, CanadaJoin Giulia, a mother, artist, and certified Nature and Forest Therapy Guide in a series of low-key, restorative Forest Therapy events, as we witness the land waking up from winter!
Baby Steps – Forest Therapy for Newborns or Infants and their Caregiver
Arboretum Centre 250 Arboretum Rd, Guelph, CanadaJoin Giulia, a mother, artist, and certified Nature and Forest Therapy Guide in a series of low-key, restorative Forest Therapy events, as we witness the land waking up from winter! It can feel hard to leave the house when sleep isn't good or your baby is fussy. These sessions are tailored to the needs of
Baby Steps – Forest Therapy for Newborns or Infants and their Caregiver
Arboretum Centre 250 Arboretum Rd, Guelph, CanadaJoin Giulia, a mother, artist, and certified Nature and Forest Therapy Guide in a series of low-key, restorative Forest Therapy events, as we witness the land waking up from winter! It can feel hard to leave the house when sleep isn't good or your baby is fussy. These sessions are tailored to the needs of
Heart Smart Stress Management
A truly heart healthy lifestyle is more than exercise and diet. The third and most important key (according to cardiologists Eliot, Bhat, Ornish and others) is stress management. Yet this component is the most neglected! Learn practical stress management strategies that decrease your risk of cardiovascular disease (especially helpful for those with risk factors of
Virtual Tree Identification
Arboretum Centre 250 Arboretum Rd, Guelph, CanadaDo you love trees but can’t tell an Ash from a Walnut, a Birch from a Beech, or a Spruce from a Fir? Are you looking to connect more with the natural world around you? Join Shelley Hunt, U of Guelph course instructor and former Arboretum Director, for a virtual, interactive tree identification workshop. Over
Trees and Books Walk
Explore the complex relationship between nature and literature in this guided walk. We will look at the interaction between trees and books through a scientific and cultural lens. Learn about the role trees have played in storytelling, through their role in printmaking and how humans understand themselves and tell their stories. Gain a better understanding
Virtual Tree Identification
Arboretum Centre 250 Arboretum Rd, Guelph, CanadaDo you love trees but can’t tell an Ash from a Walnut, a Birch from a Beech, or a Spruce from a Fir? Are you looking to connect more with
Virtual Tree Identification
Arboretum Centre 250 Arboretum Rd, Guelph, CanadaDo you love trees but can’t tell an Ash from a Walnut, a Birch from a Beech, or a Spruce from a Fir? Are you looking to connect more with the natural world around you? Join Shelley Hunt, U of Guelph course instructor and former Arboretum Director, for a virtual, interactive tree identification workshop. Over
Virtual Tree Identification
Arboretum Centre 250 Arboretum Rd, Guelph, CanadaDo you love trees but can’t tell an Ash from a Walnut, a Birch from a Beech, or a Spruce from a Fir? Are you looking to connect more with the natural world around you? Join Shelley Hunt, U of Guelph course instructor and former Arboretum Director, for a virtual, interactive tree identification workshop. Over
Virtual Shrub Identification
ONLINE Ontario, CanadaOntario has dozens of native shrub species, from dogwoods to viburnums, blackberries to spicebush, and everything in between. Where to start in learning to identify them? In this workshop, spread over 4 zoom sessions, we will cover basic shrub morphology and learn the key ID features of a wide variety of these diverse woody plants.
Shinrin-Yoku
Arboretum Centre 250 Arboretum Rd, Guelph, CanadaStep into the healing power of nature with a guided Shinrin Yoku session at the Arboretum in Guelph. Also known as “forest bathing,” Shinrin Yoku is a gentle, meditative practice that originated in Japan, inviting you to slow down, awaken your senses, and deepen your connection to the natural world. Over the course of approximately
Odonate Count
Join us for our second annual Odonate Count at The Arboretum! We will spend the day out on the Arboretum grounds searching for, catching, and identifying the Dragonflies and Damselfishes (Odonates) found here. As an inventory project, we will be using iNaturalist to document our findings, so please come with an iNaturalist account and have
Ontario Insects
This workshop introduces participants to all the major groups of insects in Ontario with a focus on how to recognize major groups or families, with special reference to the common species one is likely to encounter in both the backyard and in the field. This is a great introductory course for educators, field researchers, and
Identification and Biology of Butterflies
This workshop has been designed to educate participants about butterflies and how to identify them in the wild. Topics covered include, butterfly natural history, capture techniques, field identification, tagging, migration,
Virtual Shrub Identification
ONLINE Ontario, CanadaOntario has dozens of native shrub species, from dogwoods to viburnums, blackberries to spicebush, and everything in between. Where to start in learning to identify them? In this workshop, spread
Virtual Shrub Identification
ONLINE Ontario, CanadaOntario has dozens of native shrub species, from dogwoods to viburnums, blackberries to spicebush, and everything in between. Where to start in learning to identify them? In this workshop, spread
Virtual Shrub Identification
ONLINE Ontario, CanadaOntario has dozens of native shrub species, from dogwoods to viburnums, blackberries to spicebush, and everything in between. Where to start in learning to identify them? In this workshop, spread
Tree Identification
This full-day program helps participants refine their skills to identify trees in Ontario. The focus of the workshop is on learning the important identification characteristics of difficult tree groups such
Shinrin-Yoku
Arboretum Centre 250 Arboretum Rd, Guelph, CanadaStep into the healing power of nature with a guided Shinrin Yoku session at the Arboretum in Guelph. Also known as “forest bathing,” Shinrin Yoku is a gentle, meditative practice