The Institute has been working to promote Park Prescription programs since 2010, and we are inspired and proud to be a part of the rapid growth of this concept, nationwide.

The Institute is excited to announce that we’re conducting the first nationwide ParkRx census to support the growth of this innovative concept.

The Institute is examining the role of technology in our parks and public lands as it becomes more embedded in our lives and technology-free spaces become more difficult to find.

Welcome! Whether you’re familiar with the Institute’s previous work or you’re just discovering us, we want to take this opportunity to reintroduce ourselves and give you a sense of what to expect from us in the future.

Director Diane Mailey is leading with an innovative approach that puts the Institute at the Golden Gate on a promising path.

For over 10 years, the Institute at the Golden Gate has led and supported the ParkRx movement. Read TIME Magazine's feature on park prescriptions and the health benefits of time in nature.

PLUM LANDING, an innovative PBS KIDS multimedia environmental science project for 6- to 9-year-olds, has created an Explore Outdoors Toolkit with family-focused activities and media intended to get families active and outdoors.

Read about the exploding ParkRx movement in Outside Magazine, featuring Park Prescription pioneers like the Institute.

Read about the "Power of Park Prescriptions" and hear from leaders of the ParkRx movement, like the Institute, discuss examples of how doctors, insurance companies and parks are working together to promote healthy living.

Learn why doctors are prescribing nature to patients, and how The Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, in collaboration with the San Francisco Veterans’ Medical Center, support the VA W.A.R.I.O.R. Program which seeks to improve Veterans’ mental health and wellness by prescribing time in nature.