Diana Sette

Diana Sette is the Horticultural Therapist at University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital in Cleveland, OH.  At the hospital, she cares for a 7,500 square foot healing garden while also providing horticultural therapy services for patients and caregivers throughout the hospital in groups and at bed-side.  Diana received a certificate in Horticultural Therapy from the Horticultural Therapy Institute.  She also holds certificates in Ecotherapy, as both a Permaculture Designer & Teacher, and is a proud supporter of the National Wildlife Federation’s Certified Wildlife Habitat program.  In 2021 and 2022, Diana was honored as a Healthcare Hero by Flying Horse Farms, and selected as an Ohio Herbal Elder by United Plant Savers.  Prior to working at UH, Diana worked for Holden Forests & Gardens as the Community Forester leading their vocational Tree Corps program, and as the Youth Manager of Green Corps, an urban agriculture program for teens. 

 

In addition to her therapeutic work with plants, Diana is a deep ecology interdisciplinary artist who integrates natural materials into sculpture, masks, costumes, visual art work, and performing art pieces.  Recently, she received an Urgent Art Fund and Ohio Arts Council Artist Award to support interdisciplinary artwork that she created in response to issues surrounding ecological collapse, climate change and our connection with Nature.  For many years, Diana lived and worked with the political Bread and Puppet Theater & Farm, touring and performing throughout the US, Canada, Europe, and Asia.  Diana has been a sought-out speaker, teacher and interviewed by various media outlets including NPR and local news, with her published writing found in the Journal for Medicinal Plant Conservation, Permaculture Design Magazine, Hyperallergic, A Race Anthology: Dispatches from a Segregated City, and been highlighted in The Atlantic.

 

Diana is a passionate community activist, fighting for equity and access to Nature.  She serves as an appointee on her neighborhood’s Ward 15 Tree Canopy Steering Committee, and is currently involved in an active campaign to save the historic Cudell Commons Park in Cleveland. 

 

Though at the end of the day, what Diana is most passionate about is being the mother of her inspiring daughter Rosemary.  She loves spending time with her and their kitties, marveling insects, making music and dancing. More at dianasette.wordpress.com.