Inspired by the Japanese practice of shinrin-yoku, forest bathing is the act of spending intentional time in nature to promote health and well-being. Author Julia Plevin talks about her book The Healing Magic of Forest Bathing and how reconnecting with the natural world can be a way to restore calm, creativity and balance to one's life.
Episode 3: Jeffery Reddick - A Painter Without A View
Jeffery Reddick is currently 30+ years into a life sentence for non-violent crimes in a North Carolina correctional facility. But he is not your run-of-the-mill inmate… Nature Revisited takes a glimpse inside the life of a man who has embraced the power of his memories of nature, together with his love of painting to transport himself beyond the confines of incarceration, touching the lives of some surprising people along the way. Author Gordon Hayward offers additional insights from a decade of correspondence with Jeffery.
Addendum: December 2023 - Jeffery has been released from prison and now lives with his sister in South Carolina.
Episode 2: David Culp - Brandywine Cottage & The Inevitable Garden
David Culp working in the Brandywine Cottage gardens.
David Culp is creator of the gardens at Brandywine Cottage in Downington, Pennsylvania, and is a plantsman and gardener who has lectured nationwide for over 25 years. Stefan van Norden and Sean Clauson visited David on the production trail of the film 'Negotiating with Nature' to talk with him about his personal & philosophical approach to the act of gardening and its inevitability across the human experience.
Episode 1: Peter Hatch - Thomas Jefferson & Monticello
Peter Hatch in Negotiating with Nature
In this pilot installment of Nature Revisited, Peter Hatch expounds upon his decades of experience maintaining Thomas Jefferson’s legendary Virginia homestead - Monticello and its expansive gardens. Rare insights along with an intimate perspective into the life of one of America’s most beloved Founding Fathers makes this first episode an indispensable listen.
Stefan van Norden interviewing Peter Hatch during production of Negotiating with Nature.