Gardening for Healthy Minds
Fri, Aug 14
|Levy Senior Center
Discover how gardens cultivate more than plants. Join us for an engaging afternoon exploring ecology, movement, and the surprising ways nature helps us learn, heal, and thrive.
Time & Location
Aug 14, 2026, 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Levy Senior Center, 300 Dodge Ave, Evanston, IL 60202, USA
About the event
What if a garden could become a classroom?
Join Duck on the Fox and Evanston Grows for an interactive workshop exploring the connections between gardening, ecology, movement, and well-being. Together, we'll discover how the natural world supports not only healthy plants, but healthier minds through biodiversity, beneficial microbes, physical activity, curiosity, and community.
Participants will explore:
🌿 The hidden ecological relationships that make gardens thrive
🧠 How spending time in nature supports physical and mental well-being
🚶 Gentle, context-inspired movement that encourages observation, connection, and learning