Aurora Healing Gardens and Event Center
Our event center is perfect for graduation parties, birthdays, family reunions, and healing workshops in our beautiful healing gardens. For more information, feel free to contact us.
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Our event center is perfect for graduation parties, birthdays, family reunions, and healing workshops in our beautiful healing gardens. For more information, feel free to contact us.
Our vision began with a dream of outdoor trails that would serve as part of Dawn's mental health therapy practice. Our love for nature and the outdoors, combined with the science of its healing properties, led us to search for an office with a large outdoor space. In June of 2024, Tharren's artistic mind and Dawn's passion for healing initiated the transformation of a former construction office into a beautiful event center. We collaborated with the amazing visionary Fred at Backyard Abundance to turn an acre of gravel into these enchanting healing gardens. If you're interested in learning more, feel free to contact us.
Our event center features an indoor space that accommodates 75 guests, while the covered porch can host an additional 10-20 people. The acre of healing gardens includes several tranquil sitting areas, a central space for ceremonies, and even a rowboat sandbox and mud pie kitchen for kids, enhancing both capacity and the overall experience. We invite you to snack on the growing fruit and pick some flowers while you're here. If you have any questions or need more information, feel free to contact us.
*Tables and chairs are included in the rental price of the venue.
At Aurora Healing Gardens, we are dedicated to providing an accessible and serene environment that fosters joy, healing, and community. Our event center is designed to create a space where individuals can reconnect with nature and each other.
*We are proudly a non-profit organization.

Dawn Keith, LMHC and Danielle Stouder, LISW, offer individual and family mental health therapy sessions rooted in compassion and strength. Our commitment to serving the community includes trauma-focused practices. We provide a range of modalities such as EMDR, Accelerated Resolution Therapy, Trauma-Informed Hypnotherapy, IFS, DBT, and solution-focused and client-centered approaches, catering to individuals aged 12-64. Combined, these dedicated professionals bring over half a century of experience in the mental health field. For more information or to contact us, please text 319-531-7721 or email dawn@auroracounselingandwellness.net. Additionally, consider visiting our event center and healing gardens for a tranquil environment that supports your mental well-being. Dawn is not not currently accepting new clients. Danielle has limited evening availability.
Maquel Anding, LMHC, known as the teen whisperer, has years of therapy experience and meets every client where they are in that moment. Clients discover confidence, develop new coping skills, and feel valued and heard in the healing gardens of her practice. Although not currently accepting new patients, you can reach out via email at Maquel.silversprings@gmail.com for more information. Maquel is not currently accepting new clients.
Meet Melissa Turner, our in-house massage therapist and yogi! You can schedule a healing massage or check out her yoga offerings at our event center. For more information, feel free to contact her at at https://blissed-out-wellness.square.site.
Iowa Family Counseling, founded in 2019 in Kalona, is a community-rooted practice dedicated to providing inclusive, compassionate mental health care for children, families, and individuals. Their services include individual and group therapy (in office, virtually, and in local partnered school districts and nursing homes), clinical supervision, and training/workshops for schools and communities, with an emphasis on collaborative, culturally responsive care. If you're looking to learn more or wish to reach out, feel free to contact us for more information.
Latasha Cardenas, LISW, is a Senior Clinical Therapist at Iowa Family Counseling, working out of their newest office location at Aurora Healing Gardens in Washington. She brings immense compassion and experience to her clinical work - incorporating elements of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and having a keen interest in neuroscience, particularly helping clients understand how the brain relates to emotions and mental health. Additionally, the center often hosts events that focus on community healing and support.
We are loving the addition of Candice and her yoga offerings at our event center, especially in the serene healing gardens. If you have any questions or would like to know more, please feel free to contact us at thatforagingyogi@gmail.com.

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