The Bowen Island Garden club welcomes David van Stolk, a landscape architect, as its speaker for the March 2014 meeting.
David has had a rich career in the arts and landscape design will discuss how landscapes and gardens can contribute to our over all health and protect us from the negative effects of stress.
Landscapes, gardens and the act of gardening energize us and help us meet life's challenges by connecting us to nature because they create meaning in our lives. Research into stress reveals that it is these points of connection to nature and to people that appear to build our resilience to stress by helping us think differently about it (Ted Talk Dr. Kelly McGonigal).
David's discussion is modelled after a presentation he gave for the members of an organization called "Beyond War" a peace movement to offer a way of avoiding burnout.
Please join us on March 17th at 1PM at the Gallery at Artisan Square. Please join us on March 17, 2014 at 1 PM at the Gallery at Artisan Square.
Everyone welcome.
