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Certify your Trail
Turn your natural space into a certified Forest Therapy Trail.
Become a Partner and Join a Global Movement.
What is a Certified Forest Therapy Trail?
Imagine your land as a destination where visitors find peace, connection, and renewal. By partnering with the Association of Nature & Forest Therapy (ANFT), you can transform your trails, spaces, or places into certified forest therapy sites that offer profound well-being benefits for your patrons while enhancing the ecological integrity of your land.
What if a trail through the forest was more than just a path to a destination? What if it was a threshold – a gentle invitation to slow down, soften, and listen? A forest therapy trail is not just a place to walk – it’s a place to arrive. It’s where people meet the forest not with an agenda, but with curiosity, wonder, and presence. It’s where the land becomes a companion. And it’s where the natural world, in all its quiet wisdom, begins to do what it does so well: help us remember who we are. Through the eyes of a trained and ANFT certified forest therapy guide, a trail transforms. A bend in the path becomes a moment to pause and breathe. A grove of trees becomes a place for quiet connection. The land begins to speak – not in words, but in textures, in scents, in sunlight and birdsong. These aren’t just walks in the woods. They are carefully curated experiences that honor the landscape as healer. And each one is unique – because each land has its own voice
Why partner with ANFT
Trusted Global Expertise
Partner with an established leader in Forest Therapy and experienced certification consultants.
Foster Reciprocity
Deepen visitors’ relationship with the land, encouraging respect, appreciation and long-term stewardship.
Strengthen Community
Create a gathering place for guided walks, workshops and meaningful nature-based experiences.
Enhance Visitor Experience
Invite slower, multi-sensory experiences that support connection, reflection, peace and renewal.
Quality & Consistency
Develop your site with an ANFT consultant and recognised standards for immersive Forest Therapy experiences.
Global Recognition
Gain visibility through ANFT’s international network, website, Global Network Map and communications.
Whether you manage a park, preserve, resort, retreat centre or other natural space, certification can help your land become a place where people slow down, reconnect and develop a deeper relationship with the living world.
Four steps to Certification
Explore
Tell us about your site.
Share a little about your landscape, organization, vision, and where you are in the process. We’ll help determine whether certification could be a good fit.
Connect
Work with an ANFT Certified Consultant. You’ll be connected with a trained Consultant who will learn about your site, your goals, and the community you serve, and guide you through the certification process.
Curate
Assess your site and shape the experience. Together, you’ll explore what your landscape already offers and identify thoughtful ways to support forest therapy experiences. This may include route selection, accessibility, sensory opportunities, invitations, gathering areas, signage, or other elements appropriate to your site.
Certify
Complete certification and join the global network. Once the site meets ANFT standards, it becomes an ANFT Certified Forest Therapy Trail, Space or Place, with recognition and connection to the growing international network of certified sites.
Who can apply?
Forest Therapy spaces can be curated almost anywhere nature is present, from public parks, botanical gardens and nature preserves to retreat centers, resorts, healthcare campuses, community spaces and urban greenways. Consultants learn to recognize the potential already present in a landscape and help land managers create trails, spaces and places that invite people into deeper relationship with the living world.
Natural Parks and Natural Areas
Botanical Gardens and Arboretums
Resorts and Hospitality Properties
Nature Preserves and Conservation lands
Ready to Certify Your Trail?
Begin the process today and bring forest therapy to your natural space.
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