Welcome to the Serenity Walk at the Yampa River Botanic Park, a place of serenity that celebrates and conserves the plants, trees and birds of the Yampa River Valley and similar ecosystems worldwide. The Serenity Walk is designed to provide an experience for participants to connect with nature and the gardens through senses, thoughts, and feelings. As you walk through the gardens and explore each of the 8 themes, know that you may do so in any order. You don’t have to complete the Walk in one day either. You can even take the brochure with you and incorporate the tools into your daily life. It might be useful to use a small notebook for your thoughts. We hope you enjoy the Serenity Walk and that it helps bring your mind and body to a place of peace.
The mind can go in a thousand directions. But on this beautiful path, I walk in peace. With each step, a gentle wind blows. With each step, a flower blooms. – Thich Nhat Hanh
You can find the Serenity Walk book in the Park the Emerald Park Entrance in the brochure box. The Serenity Walk book is also printed in Spanish and can be found in the brochure box. You may read the story about how the book was translated into Spanish here.
After you have completed the Serenity Walk, we would value your feedback.
CSFF encourages all individuals to reflect on mental health and wellness for themselves and others.
Community Resources
Health Services
Yampa Valley Medical Center, 970-879-1322, uchealth.org/uchealth-yampa-valley-medical-center
Northwest Colorado Health, 970-879-1632, northwestcoloradohealth.org
South Routt Medical, 970-736-8118, southrouttmedical.com/
Steamboat Springs Urgent Care 970-871-9770, uchealth.org/uchealth/urgentcare-
Health Partnership, 970-875-3630, thehealthpartnership.org
Narcotics Anonymous (NA) Meetings, 437 Oak St., Steamboat Springs
Clean and Sober, solvingsudtogether.com
Peer Recovery Services, 970-819-5657
Planned Parenthood, 970-879-2212, plannedparenthood.org
Department of Human Services, 970-879-1540, co.routt.co.us/180/Human-Services
Psychotherapy and Other Counseling Services
Licensed Psychotherapists in Steamboat, steamboatcounseling.com
MindSprings, 970-879-2141, mindspringshealth.org
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, Dial 988
Reaching Everyone Preventing Suicide (REPS), 970-846-8182, steamboatsuicideprevention.com
Advocates of Routt County safeline, 970-879-8888, advocatesrc.org
The Foundry Treatment Center, 844-955-1066, forgingnewlives.com
Housing/Food Assistance/Family Support
Lift Up of Routt County, 970-870-0727, liftuprc.org, Food Bank: 970 870-8804
Department of Human Services Heating/Energy Assistance, 970-879-1540, co.routt.co.us/180/Human-Services
Newborn Network, 970-879-0977
Partners of Routt County, 970-879-6141, partnersrouttcounty.org
Emergency Assistance
Routt County Sheriff’s Department, 970-879-1090
Colorado Highway Patrol, 303-239-4500, csp.colorado.gov/
Steamboat Springs Police Department, 970 879-1144, steamboatsprings.net/145/Police-Services
Thank you to the Serenity Walk Committee
Wendy Baumann, LPC
Karen Bomberg, Board Member
Kim Brooks, Horticultural Therapist
Sally Hertzog, Board Member
Jennifer MacNeil, Executive Director
Linda Nolte, Ph.D., Psychologist