Restorative Garden workshop with Daniel Winterbottom October 24, 11 am - 1 pm Restorative gardens help people reduce stress, enhance energy, improve motor skills and increase self-confidence. - Professor Daniel Winterbottom will discuss his work on restorative gardens in Tacoma, Seattle, New York, Guatemala and Bosnia. - Find out how, why and where we can create restorative community gardens here in Pierce County. WHAT: Slide show, group discussion, community garden walk-through and potluck. Juice, plates, utensils provided - please help reduce waste by bringing a reusable plate & cup. Please still come if you don't have time to bring a dish! WHEN: October 24, 11 am - 1 pm WHERE: Manitou Community Center, 4806 S 66th St, Tacoma, WA 98409 (down the street from Manitou Park & Elementary, on the 53 bus route) Please RSVP by October 20 to Marianne at (253) 798-3823 or mseifert@tpchd.org FYI: A link to Professor Daniel Winterbottom's Curriculum Vita: http://larch.be.washington.edu/People/faculty/dan/dan.php His wonderful articles "Casitas, Healing the Wounds of Displacement" (scroll down): http://www.jmecology.com/volumeindex.aspx?vid=111 and "Landscapes of Compassion: In Guatemala, Gardens of Hope:" http://www.asla.org/lamag/lam08/february/landscapes.html Link to American Horticultural Therapy Association Definitions and Positions: http://www.ahta.org/documents/Final_HT_Position_Paper_updated_409.pdf Thank you - Marianne On behalf of the Manitou Community Center Community Garden and the Pierce County Coalition for Environmental Health Priorities Marianne Seifert Environmental Health Program Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department 3629 South D Street, MS 320 Tacoma, WA 98418-6813 mseifert@tpchd.org 253.798.3823 ************************************************************************************* This e-mail and any attachments may contain confidential and privileged information. It has been scanned for viruses. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, delete this e-mail and destroy any copies. Any dissemination, use, review, disclosure, or distribution of this information by a person other than the intended recipient is unauthorized and may be illegal. **************************************************************************************