SUPPORT THE SANCTUARY
Tend the Land. Support the Practice.
Every part of this landscape — from gathering spaces to quiet trails — plays a role in welcoming others into relationship with nature. Your donation directly supports the infrastructure needed to offer forest therapy programs in a safe, accessible, and meaningful way.
RESTORE THE BARN
Goal: $60,000
A space for shelter. A place to gather. A home for healing in all seasons.
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This simple 1970s barn is being thoughtfully restored to become the first dedicated, year-round forest therapy sanctuary in Central Ohio. With your support, this structure will evolve into a warm and weather-ready space for gatherings, retreats, and nature-based healing programs.
Restoration will make it possible to welcome more participants each year, offer new programming, and host deeper seasonal immersion — even in rain, cold, or heat. The space will also function as a workshop and product studio, supporting handmade offerings connected to the land.
Your gift helps root this vision into place — turning a quiet structure into a living center of care, connection, and resilience.
BLOOM THE LABYRINTH
Goal: $6,000
Support a Space for Reflection and Renewal
Help us plant a living labyrinth made of native wildflowers — a sanctuary for pollinators, and a contemplative path for all who seek quiet connection with the land.This space will offer more than beauty and biodiversity. It will become a place for meditative walking, gentle ceremony, and pastoral picnics — a welcoming field where individuals, families, and small groups can rest, reflect, and reconnect.
Your gift brings this vision to life, adding ecological richness and spiritual nourishment to the sanctuary.
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Recognition: All donors to the Labyrinth will be honored on a dedication marker at the entrance.
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CERTIFY THE ANFT TRAIL
Goal: $2,500
Recognize the Land. Elevate the Practice.
We are preparing the first officially certified Forest Therapy Trail in Ohio through the Association of Nature and Forest Therapy (ANFT). This trail will offer a safe, accessible, and intentionally guided path where people can slow down, reconnect with the natural world, and experience the restorative power of presence.
Your donation supports trail certification, signage, and enhancements that allow us to host immersive walks year-round.
This certification also brings formal recognition to the land and the practice itself, affirming our sanctuary as a model for others across the region. It will serve as a living example — a place others can learn from, walk through, and be inspired by.
FRIENDS OF THE FOREST
Prefer to give monthly?
Sustain our work with an ongoing contribution. Every monthly gift—big or small—helps maintain trails, support guided forest walks, and grow this healing movement.