Skip to content

Open every day. Free every day.
Thanks to members and donors.

  • Make a Gift
  • Volunteer
  • Arnoldia
Site Home
  • Visit
  • Events
  • Education
  • Plants
  • Research
  • Stories
  • Support
  • About Us
Search
Open
Close

Open every day. Free every day.
Thanks to members and donors.

  • Visit
  • Events
  • Education
  • Plants
  • Research
  • Stories
  • Support
  • About Us
  • Make a Gift
  • Volunteer
  • Arnoldia

Events

Sections

  • Explore with Us!
  • Director’s Series
  • Adult Education
  • Tree Mobs™
  • Program Catalog
  • Guided Tours
  • Lilac Sunday
  • Accessibility

All events at the Arboretum are free.

Ongoing

Exhibits

Tree branches in a vase.

Guided Tours

A guide leads a small group of visitors along a path lined with trees.

Plan Your Visit

A person in striped shirt poses in front of a lilac while a child takes a photo.
1 event found.

Health and Wellness

  1. Events
  2. Health and Wellness

Events for May 15, 2026

Events Search and Views Navigation

Event Views Navigation

  • List
  • Month
  • Day
Today

9:00 am

A group of people sits in a forest grove

Forest Bathing in the Lilacs

May 15 @ 9:00 am – 11:00 am
Forest Hills Gate Forest Hills Gate, Boston

Slow down and awaken your senses on a guided sensory experience set in the Arboretum’s beautiful lilac collection. Forest Bathing, inspired by the Japanese practice of Shinrin-yoku, is a restorative sensory exploration that supports health and healing for all beings. From increased cerebral blood flow to stronger immune defenses, come discover for yourself what happens when we unplug, slow down and open our senses to notice more of our natural surroundings. All the prompts, invitations, sharing and ways of participating are optional and open to interpretation.

Free
  • Previous Day
  • Next Day
  • Google Calendar
  • iCalendar
  • Outlook 365
  • Outlook Live
  • Export .ics file
  • Export Outlook .ics file

Rooted in history.

The Arnold Arboretum sits on land long inhabited by Indigenous Peoples, most recently the Massachusett Tribe, and on property purchased with wealth from goods produced by enslaved persons.

Free and open every day.

We are committed to the Olmstedian principle that everyone is entitled to open space, so our gates are open to everyone, every day, free of charge.

Funded by our community.

The Arnold Arboretum has been funded by the generosity of the supporting public since our founding in 1872. Give today and continue that legacy.

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • YouTube
  • Flickr

© 2026 President and Fellows of Harvard College

  • Intranet
  • Privacy Policy
  • Accessibility

Translate this page:

Join our mailing list to hear from all the voices at the Arnold Arboretum.

Sign Up
{# Social Icons #}