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Mar 08

Designing Healing Spaces

This is an ELECTIVE course and the class provides 4 hours toward the completion of the Certificate in Native Plants program.

You do not need to be pursuing the Certificate to enroll in this class.

Orange Grove Center
615 Derby St, Chattanooga, TN 37404
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Mar 08, 2025 09:00am ET - Mar 08, 2025 12:30pm ET

$40.00 - $50.00

Our "will-be" garden of dreams serves both the students and families of Orange Grove, as well as patients and families of Memorial Hospital and the nearby neighborhood.


We’ll have classroom work, as well as plenty of walking around eyeballing work to do in this large garden with newly installed hardscaping for easy patient access. But what this garden still needs is that special native garden touch. That’s where this learning class and instructor Jared Odell come in.


We will divide up in groups and envision the spaces of this "would-be" garden. We’ll make rough notebook sketches/plans and notes. All the while, the instructor will walk among us, hear us, prompt us, add his thoughts. Then we will gather again in the classroom, report our ideas, talk about them and make a plan. We'll design. And we'll do so with an Earth emphasis.


It’s a twofer. It will help and empower Orange Grove and teach and empower us in our own gardens.


Materials to bring! Notebook/sketchpad and pencils/colored pencils, snacks, water. This class will be both in and out of the classroom, please wear comfortable walking shoes and weather-appropriate clothing.


REGISTRATION POLICY

Class size for all Certificate in Native Plants classes is limited. To give everyone the best opportunity to participate, there is a non-refundable cancellation fee of $10, with the balance refunded if you cancel at least 7 calendar days before the class will be held. If the class is cancelled by the instructor or the CNP program, registrants will get a full refund.



Instructor: Jared Odell

Location: Orange Grove Garden

Company: Tierra Environmental Consulting

Website: www.tierra.earth


Jared has a masters degree in Environmental Science from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, where he studied the physiology of rare plants and how they might fare in the face of climate change. He has just obtained his certification as a Professional Wetland Scientist and previously worked in a variety of sectors from consulting to research and most recently as the Conservation Manager at the nonprofit WaterWays. His firm Tierra Environmental was established in 2021 and is focused on using the resources provided by the natural world to help find solutions to environmental problems. Tierra is involved in a wide range of projects including botanical surveys, natural resource management, wetland delineations, native landscape design, and much more for a variety of clients like the City of Chattanooga, State Wide Organizing for Community eMpowerment (SOCM), as well as private landowners. In his spare time he loves hiking, backpacking and traveling with his wife and young daughter.