The Cultivating Connections (CC) program embraces exploration of local public gardens as a theatre for human connection.  Directly pushing back against one of our greatest public health challenges (isolation and loneliness) - we encourage neighborly involvement in community, friendships to build individual resilience and greater appreciation for the role of "place" in our human wellness journey.

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More than the false promise of human connection through social media platforms, visiting public gardens provides enormous benefits to individuals and communities.  The Cultivating Connections program highlights these benefits through story telling that's led by community elders and shared with others through a prosocial intergenerational experience.

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Led by volunteers, the cohort of CC participants contribute their experience, curiosity, time, and effort to supporting the Artist in Residence for that particular year.

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Finally, each year of participation aims to lead to an artifact from that co-creative process.  With time, these artifacts become a time capsule as well as an invitation to advance care and compassion for humanity that's grounded in respect for the environment.​