Nature Rx 

Nature Rx @ The University of Florida 

Nature-based health programs on the UF Campus

The University of Florida is a large land grant university with many colleges: Law, Agriculture and Life Sciences, 6 colleges in the Health Science Center, Architecture, Arts, Liberal Arts and Sciences, a large campus with significant natural areas both on campus and some distance from campus, a number of natural resource based programs such as forestry, natural resources, and Museums of Art and Natural History, and a Marine Lab. It therefore has numerous resources and programs to address student, faculty, and staff wellness, and more are always being developed.

• Wilmot Botanical Gardens

Therapeutic Horticulture Program

The mission of the Therapeutic Horticulture  Program at Wilmot Gardens is to improve lives through engaging with horticulture. We also teach academic courses in horticultural therapy and therapeutic horticulture.

• Health Science Center Library 

Wellness Team

• Farm and Fork 

Growing food for students  

• UF/IFAS Extension

Florida Cooperative Extension

• Housing

Living Learning Initiatives/Communities   

• Recsports

Center for Outdoor Recreation and Education (CORE) offers outdoor skills workshops, adventure trips, gear rental, leadership training opportunities, a challenge course, as well as grants

Lake Wauburg 

• Mindfulness

UF Mindfulness includes nature-based healing activities in their workshop series  

• Student Counseling and Wellness Center