Dates: Saturday 17 August 2024
Times: 2:30pm - 4:00pm
Location: Goodman Building, Adelaide Botanic Garden (E17 on the map).
Tickets: $20.00 per person (plus booking fee)
Soothe the soul and engage the senses during this intimate and feel-good session of mindfulness.
Mindfulness can be used as a helpful tool for reducing stress and improving health and well-being.
You'll feel blissfully grounded in the moment during this unique experience through sights, scents, sounds and textures on offer in the beautiful setting of Adelaide Botanic Garden.
Prepare to experience the garden in a way which you never have done before.
There is an outdoor component of this workshop so please dress accordingly to the weather conditions on the day.
About the facilitator
Emma Lewellyn is our resident Therapeutic Horticulturalist at the Botanic Gardens and State Herbarium.
Emma is a professional horticulturalist, garden designer and an experienced garden educator with a background in holistic health.
Her practice is grounded in the ethics and principles of permaculture, honouring earth care, people care, and equity.
At the Botanic Gardens, Emma develops and delivered tailored programs for various community cohorts with an emphasis on social inclusion and co-creation.
Her approach is strengths-based and client centered.
She also runs engaging workshops and wellbeing sessions for the staff and volunteers.
This workshop can be delivered as part of the Therapeutic Horticulture program and customised for a particular group, inquire by contacting bgshevents@sa.gov.au for more information.
15 March 2024
The Board of the Botanic Gardens and State Herbarium is very pleased to announce that the Director of the Botanic Gardens and State Herbarium of South Australia, Mr Michael Harvey, has been elected as the new Chair of the Council of Heads of Australian Botanic Gardens.
21 November 2023
Adelaide Botanic Garden has been announced as a 'Garden of the World Worth Travelling For in 2024' at the International Garden Tourism Awards.
