Now open, our 1,509-square-foot Rooftop Healing Garden offers a peaceful space, located on the fifth floor of the Blood Cancer Healing Center. Surrounded by fresh herbs like basil, mint, rosemary, sage and lavender—grown for use in the Learning Kitchen—you’ll find space to pause, breathe and recharge.
Osher Center for Integrative Health
Nature as Medicine
Connect with the natural world to support your mental and physical health. Through personalized nature prescriptions, community experiences and academic expertise, we offer nature as medicine—grounded in science and designed for real life.
Nature as Medicine
Your Personalized Nature Prescription
We can help guide you in creating a personalized plan—deciding where to go, what to do and how often—to support stress relief, heart health, better sleep and strength.
Nature as Medicine
Join Our Nature Community
From weekly walking groups and forest bathing to community yoga and seasonal hikes, we offer no-cost opportunities to move, connect and experience nature—together.
Nature as Medicine
One of 11 Osher Centers Worldwide
When you choose nature as medicine, you’re choosing care rooted in trusted medical research. As part of the Osher Collaborative, alongside leaders like Harvard and Vanderbilt, we bring nationally recognized expertise in integrative health to Cincinnati and beyond.
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Create a Nature Plan
Osher Center for Integrative Health
Classes and Events
Walk, Gather and Heal Outdoors
Join no-cost walking groups, forest bathing, meetups, yoga and seasonal hikes. These community experiences make it easy to move, connect and restore your well-being.
Create a Nature Plan
Build Your Nature Prescription
Use our guided form to write your own nature prescription. Choose where you’ll go, what you’ll do and how often—creating a simple, personalized plan to support your health.
Get Help With Your Plan
Need help or have questions? Call our team to get started or learn more about Nature as Medicine.
Osher Center for Integrative Health
Care for Everyday Life, Proven to Support Well-Being
Nature as Medicine is offered through the UC Osher Center for Integrative Health, a worldwide academic network. For you, that means care guided by decades of research—focused on helping you feel better in your body and mind.
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Classes and Events
Create a Nature Plan
Create a Nature Plan
Osher Center for Integrative Health
Osher Center for Integrative Health
Our Specialties
Evidence-Based Nature as Medicine Personalized for Healing and Recovery
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- Nature Therapies We Offer
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Authoring Breakthroughs
Why Nature as Medicine? Built on Proven Research
Nature as Medicine Program
Reconnect With the Healing Power of the Outdoors
Research shows that just 20 minutes outside can boost your mood, lower stress, and improve your overall health.
