Event

Restore + Explore: Forest Bathing with Debra Wilbur

Tune in with nature and find healing among the trees as you immerse yourself in the therapeutic energy of the garden. Join Certified Forest Therapy Guide Debra Wilbur for a two-day forest bathing class and discover pathways to restore emotional and physical well-being.
Classes
Gardens

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Dates and Locations

  • Oct. 19 and 26 | Ranch Garden, Mausoleum
  • Nov. 2 and 9 | Desert Garden, Australian Garden
  • Dec. 7 and 14 | Palm Garden

Key Details

  • Suitable for all levels; no previous experience necessary.
  • Registration includes two consecutive Saturdays and admission to The Huntington following each class.

Day of Program

  • Please bring registration confirmation with you.
  • Check in with Education staff at Admission window #10 beginning at 8 a.m.

For questions about this event, email Joy Yamahata or call 626-405-3457.

Previous Class Locations

Green desert plants with a concrete path running through the middle.

A view of the lush planter beds in the Desert Garden. | The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.

Visitors relax in front of a stone structure in the Australian Garden.

Australian Garden lawn. | The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.

Elm and birch trees surround The Huntington Mausoleum
A landscape full of various types of palms in soft warm light.

Chilean wine palm and Phoenix canariensis palm in the Palm Garden. | The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.

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Green desert plants with a concrete path running through the middle.
Visitors relax in front of a stone structure in the Australian Garden.
Elm and birch trees surround The Huntington Mausoleum
A landscape full of various types of palms in soft warm light.

About the Instructor

Debra Wilbur has traveled the Nakasendo Trail in Japan and experienced firsthand where Shinrin-yoku (known here in North America as “forest bathing”) first came into practice. Wilbur is a certified Association of Nature and Forest Therapy guide who combines that practice with foraging knowledge and a regard for astrology, nature, ritual, and ceremony to create a singular nature-based immersion—aimed at quieting the mind and body, easing stress, freeing the imagination, and creating community among strangers.