SEASON 6: Rachel Boyers

Rachel holds a BS from Cornell University and MLA from the University of Pennsylvania, both in landscape architecture. After 10 years of experience as a landscape architect, Rachel’s journey shifted with the birth of her son with special health needs, whom she found delighted in the sensations he experienced while in her garden. Rachel’s new path included 19 years supporting families of children with disabilities, and a certification in horticultural therapy from the New York Botanical Garden. She is also a University of Vermont Osher Center Integrative Health and Wellness Coaching trainee. In spring of 2023, she joined the University of Vermont Medical Center’s Culinary Medicine team, in her current role as Garden Educator. Rachel feels fortunate to be bringing programming to an organization that supported her family through her child’s many medical challenges.

Rachel believes that there is an undeniable link between the mind/body and the natural world, and that this relationship is critical to one's mental and physical health and well-being. Her goal as Garden Educator is to build community and ensure that the therapeutic benefits of gardening and a strong connection to nature are accessible to everyone.

 

Rachel.Boyers@uvmhealth.org