Registration Eligibility
Landscape professionals including contractors, designers, architects, arborists, and growers.
Start Date
01/27/2026
End Date
01/28/2026
Description
Our gardens and landscapes have so much potential to provide respite, comfort, engagement and even healing. We’ll discuss a wide range of design elements and features of successful healing gardens. Intentioned healing and wellness gardens in therapeutic settings address accessibility, privacy, sensory engagement, multi-use potential and certainly feature engaging and robust plantings. We’ll cover all of those details with tips on how to extrapolate and successfully incorporate these elements in any landscape setting.
Location
Bloomington, IL
Distance Learning
No
Course Equivalency
Yes
Subjects
Horticulture / Plants
Health, Safety and Welfare
Yes
Hours
1.0
Learning Outcomes
1) Explain the core design principles and psychological benefits that define healing and wellness gardens in therapeutic and residential settings. 2) Identify key landscape elements—such as accessibility, privacy, sensory engagement, and plant selection—that contribute to a restorative garden experience. 3) Evaluate examples of successful healing garden designs to understand how spatial layout and planting choices support emotional and physical well-being.
Instructors
Mark Dwyer, Edgerton Hospital and Health Services Healing Garden
Course Codes
Landscape Illinois
Provider
Illinois Landscape Contractors Association