Our Framework

A Land-Based Trauma Recovery

Model for Healing and Restoration

Integrating nature-based practices, somatic awareness, and community-centered care to support individuals navigating stress, grief, trauma, and transition.

What We Do

Healing Through
Land, Body & Community

 Dream’s Garden (OCGDLC)
A Land-Based Trauma Recovery Model for Healing and Restoration

Dream’s Garden (OCGDLC), the Ossining Community Garden of Dreams Legacy Center, operates through a Land-Based Trauma Recovery Model for Healing and Restoration. This model integrates nature-based practices, somatic awareness, and community-centered care to support individuals and families navigating stress, grief, trauma, and transition. By bridging ancestral knowledge with evidence-informed practice, we create pathways for healing that are both personal and collective.

Inside The Model

What the Model Does &
How It Comes to Life

What the Model Does

How It Comes to Life

Research & Framework

Explore the Model in Depth

Our White Paper details the full framework, methodology, and impact evidence behind the Dream’s Garden model.

Dream's Garden White Paper

View the Dream’s Garden White Paper (Brief Version) to learn more about the framework, methodology, and impact of our work.

This model serves as both a framework for healing and a scalable approach to advancing community wellness and systems change.

A Scalable Framework for Community Wellness

For full White Paper access, contact management@ocgdlc.org