Melanie Choukas-Bradley is a writer and Certified Nature and Forest Therapy Guide. Melanie leads forest bathing walks and tree tours for the Audubon Naturalist Society, the United States Botanic Garden, Smithsonian Associates, the Rock Creek Conservancy, the Nature Conservancy, and other organizations.

Ms. Choukas-Bradley is the author of A Year in Rock Creek Park, City of Trees [Washington, D.C.], The Joy of Forest Bathing, and Resilience, among many other books. She is familiar with the Olmsted Woods and our work here over years of visits, and we are honored to have her as our speaker.