5PM-6.30PM AEDT, 26 FEBRUARY – 7 MAY 2025

Oh, I who wish to grow,
I look out, and inside me the tree grows.

Rainer Maria Rilke

Immersing ourselves in Nature as She turns inward …

Autumn is the wonderful time of year to turn our eyes to the changes Nature brings to the garden: the reds and golds of European trees, the bounty of fruits and late vegetables, all mixed in with the evergreens and native plants following their own local seasonal changes.

Whether you have your own garden or like to walk in a local park, a nature reserve or even just tend a few pot plants on your balcony, being with plant life in its endless cycles of becoming and dying away is both energising and de-stressing. A health-giving counterblance to computer work!

Using Goethean phenomenology to guide us, these six online workshops will help you to become more ‘at home’ with nature, as She moves from Summer ripening to Autumn seeding and then prepares to bed down for Winter.

The workshops use mixed media and different drawing techniques to take us through this process. Techniques include charcoal, pencil, paint and pastel. Participants keep a visual diary to document their discoveries and observations.

By getting up close with our garden in this way, we learn to step more deeply into life.

This course follows on from A Conversation With Your Garden, which ran in Spring 2024, but anyone can join in without having done the Spring course.

What is Goethean phenomenology?

Goethean phenomenology (also known as Goethean observation) helps us develops fresh, new eyes for the world around us. It offers us another way of being in the world, one that brings us into a more participatory connection with both Nature and ourselves.

Who is it for?

• For anyone interested in knowing more about Goethean phenomenology and how to practice it.
• For nature lovers who would like to learn a non-confrontational way of drawing plants.
• For Steiner teachers, artists, art therapists and art students seeking to understand how the formative forces work in Nature

Suitable for all levels. You do not need to be an experienced artist to enjoy these workshops. Video recordings included in the fee, available for private study.

When is it?

5.00pm-6.30pm, Wednesdays 26 February – 7 May, 2025

Cost

$220 AUD/ $145 USD
$230 PD certificate
Video recordings included in the fee, available for private study.

^{Feature image: Ethereal Space of Plant Growth, Plate I, The Plant between Sun and Earth © Olive Whicher}

Bookings

Please complete this form to book for this series of workshop. You will be sent the payment details and a list of suggested materials and readings after booking. 

The Zoom link is sent one (1) day before the workshop begins.