Forage & Create with Rachel Petherham of Catkin Flowers

Free your creativity and connect with nature and yourself in these mindful courses. Learn how to capture and express what you see in the garden using a range of creative processes.

Rachel has teamed up with other nature-based soulful creatives to offer a workshop that helps you to express your connection to nature and your creativity.

We will spend the morning doing a mindfulness walk, encouraging you to to switch off the chatter in your head and allow you to absorb the surroundings. You will be encouraged to forage as we walk to create a mood board which will form the inspiration for your creation.

Many people think they are not creative and this belief can inhibit them from trying new creative things because of the fear of not being able to do it. Foraging is so closely linked to creativity and using the garden and nature as a starting point can free you and remove those inhibitions. Anyone can pick up a pebble, or a feather, or a stick and these simple materials can be the starting point for something beautiful. This workshop is not necessarily about learning ‘how to’. It uses different techniques to express your experience of nature and the garden in that moment.

Rachel will lead floristry sessions where you will create an abundant free-flowing arrangement which reflects the materials you were drawn to and how you saw the garden and the season in that moment. I will help you to express your experience of the garden and the act of foraging and creating through written expression.

To book, and for more information about Catkin Flowers and this workshop, please click here.