Are you a nature lover? Do you want to learn more about nature?
Nature Pathways provides young people in grades 3-5 a chance to explore the natural world through hands-on engagement and mindful practices. Young people can feel at home, connect with friends, make new friends, and grow together.
Connecting with nature in a welcoming place can help escape the pressures of school, and busy schedules and lower stress and anxiety. In this calm setting, young people can relax and learn to live healthier, more balanced, and happy lives. Sensory-rich activities include planting paperwhites, fragrant potpourri, and sachets, herbal and nature print greeting cards, mulling spices for warm and delicious winter beverages, bird feeders, and starting unique new plants.
You may even become a detective as you identify tracks in winter!
Experience the beauty, power, and calming effects of nature as it.
For upcoming dates and details, please see our programs page listing here
Questions? Email us: info@dannys-place.org
About the Facilitator: Deborah Krause
B.S. Horticulture Cornell University
Deborah Krause is a Registered Horticultural Therapist. She is passionate about wellness and the therapeutic benefits of horticulture for people of all ages and abilities. She has served in various capacities in the American Horticultural Therapy Association (AHTA) and the Northeast Horticultural Therapy Network (NEHTN), which she co-founded, and currently is on the Board of Directors. Deborah developed the horticultural therapy program at Perkins School for the Blind and was the horticultural therapist and coordinator of the horticulture center there for 40 years. She is currently a Program Coordinator at The Nature Connection whose mission is to improve the well-being of individuals and communities through the therapeutic use of nature. Deborah is the horticulture educator at the Memorial Spaulding School Garden in Newton where students grow produce to donate to food pantries. Deborah is also a K-1 teacher at Kesher Newton School. She presents webinars for AARP on adaptive gardening as we age. Deborah consults with non-profit organizations to design and facilitate therapeutic and educational horticulture and nature programs. At The New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill, Deborah's popular classes offer opportunities to create sensory-rich seasonal flower and plant arrangements, with a focus on relaxation, stress reduction, and positive thinking. She is honored and very happy to continue to be a part of Danny's Place.
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