Workshops
Each workshop has a focus on environmental education and incorporates something creative and tangible for participants to take home to remember their experience. If you are interested in any of these workshops for your organisation or event, please get in touch directly to discuss availability.
This immersive outdoor nature journalling experience invites participants to connect with the landscape. Working on large A2 floor easels, participants are free to spread out, notice the details around them and record their observations.
Unlike traditional table-based workshops, this relaxed, ground-level format encourages people to become part of the landscape itself. Sitting amongst native grasses, beneath trees or beside waterways creates a deeply grounding experience that fosters a stronger connection with nature.
Bushcombing explores the hidden treasures tucked away beneath our feet, inviting participants to slow down and investigate the bush through a beachcomber’s lens. Participants search through leaf litter and undergrowth to discover interesting natural treasures.
Rather than taking their discoveries home, participants learn how to capture them through cyanotype printing, a simple photographic process that uses sunlight to create striking blue prints from objects placed on light-sensitive paper.
Combining science, observation and creativity, this workshop encourages participants to look closely at the environment and transform their bushcombing discoveries into unique botanical artworks.
This interactive workshop invites participants to use observation skills to recognise the signs animals leave behind. Participants explore the environment using survey flags to mark discoveries such as footprints, scats, scratch marks, nests, burrows, feathers and other evidence of wildlife activity. Along the way, we'll investigate how different habitats support different species, and learn to identify common native animals through their tracks and traces.
One of the highlights of the workshop is creating a keepsake plaster cast of an animal track. Using quick-setting plaster, participants make a mould of a real footprint to take home, creating a lasting reminder of their encounter with the wild.
Nature Scrolling is a relaxed alternative to traditional nature journalling, encouraging people to engage with the natural world. Rather than focusing on structured sketches or detailed notes, participants are invited to slow down and notice the small details of their surroundings in a way that fosters mindfulness.
The practice is less about creating a polished final product and more about capturing the transient story of the scroller’s observations and experiences in nature. These workshops facilitate and guide this reflective practice, while also providing education about native plant identification and broader ecology.
Rock Impressions, or frottage art, is a hands-on way to explore the textures, patterns and stories of rocks. Participants use paper and drawing materials to capture the surface details of rocks features, slowing down to closely observe unique natural markings created over time. The process can be a truly grounding experience and fosters connection to place and country.
Participants also receive an ink pad and kneadable stamp to create instant impressions of natural textures. These workshops facilitate the creative practice of texture collecting while providing education about the ACT region’s unique geological history and ecological landscapes.
Building Bird Nests is a creative and interactive activity that encourages participants to explore how birds use natural materials to create shelter and raise their young. In this workshop participants use gathered natural items to experiment with constructing their own nests while learning about local bird species of the ACT and region as well as nesting behaviours and habitat needs of different species.