Today, I’m sharing a story about Seattle, WA’s 500-acre Discovery Park (somewhat smaller than Forest Park) which offers important considerations for using our park to nurture healthy human beings.

Anthropocene Weekly  – Cities don’t just need parks–they need big, wild ones – Meaningful experiences of urban nature are linked to parks’ “wildness” 

By Sarah DeWeerdt – March 3, 2020

“…features like varied habitats, relatively unmanaged land, high levels of biodiversity, old-growth trees, large open spaces and wide vistas, and opportunities for visitors to experience solitude and a sense of remove from civilization.”