Academy of Place
Certify Your Trail, Space, or Place
Transform your land into a certified sanctuary of nature connection.
Imagine your land as a destination where visitors find peace, connection, and renewal. Certification turns trails, spaces, and places into recognized forest therapy sites — enhancing wellbeing for your visitors and the ecological integrity of your land.
How it works
- Connect with a consultant. An accredited certification consultant works alongside you to understand your site, your visitors, and your goals.
- Assess and curate. Together you identify, assess, and steward the qualities that make a place ready to hold forest therapy — a framework built from extensive research and field experience.
- Certification. After final review and approval, your site is certified — and certification is perpetual, a lasting recognition of your commitment.
The program welcomes parks, preserves, resorts and spas, retreat centers, campuses, and private lands. Questions can go directly to trails@anft.earth.

