Happy Biome Studio
Sat 9 Sept, 2 – 4:30 pm
Cost per person: $45.00
Research shows that embracing the colour green – and in particular, in the form of plant life – has positive impacts on stress levels and heart health by lowering cortisol levels, blood pressure and sympathetic nerve activity. Similarly, research also shows that finding your creative flow is a healing force, helping us resolve both biological issues, as well as emotional ones, and in particular, stress-related conditions.
Artist and gardening-lover, Sarah, from Sarah Mae Designs, has joined forces with Filipa from Happy Biome to present a creative earth therapies workshop to help you deal with stress. Both Sarah and Filipa have worked through health issues by reconnecting with the earth and embracing their creative flow.
This workshop is for anyone who loves succulents (or plant life in general), exploring their creative side or for anyone wanting a new way to cope with stress.
During the workshop you will make 3 different succulent planters;
- A ceramic planter
- A cork magnet planter
- A vintage book planter
The ceramic planters will give you a chance to let your creative side flow as you draw onto the ceramics with specialised markers, which once set in the oven are super durable! Sarah will guide you through the process of designing your ceramic planter, with lots of resource books available if you aren’t sure what to draw.
The cork fridge magnet planter is the cutest thing since peacock jumping spiders! (do look these guys up if you haven’t before, even if you hate spiders). This part of the workshop will give you a chance to learn more about succulents and their awesome properties, as well as plant a super tiny succulent in a super tiny planter!
Finally, the vintage book planter will allow you to revamp an old book into an awesome planter, which if you choose to will make an interesting garden installation that degrades over time to feed your garden’s biome. If you want to keep your book intact however, it will look fantastic as a book end or a table centrepiece!
No supplies or previous experience is required, just register and show up! The workshop runs for 2.5 hours and is $45, which covers all supplies, plants, planters, soil, information booklet, paleo treats and herbal tea. There will be an option to purchase more succulents or materials to make more planters at home, as well as art prints by Sarah Mae Designs. Where else can you draw, relax and plant?!
For more info about this fun and creative workshop, and how Sarah used art and gardening to help in her recovery from anorexia nervosa, go here.
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