Welcome to Well Grown’s newest addition…
A newsletter!

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This one has been long time coming. It is my way of saying hello and keeping you posted on new programs, workshops and offerings.

As a small business owner who isn’t the most digitally inclined, finding ways to connect with people and organisations is a juggle of energy, ability and capacity. I intend on sending these seasonally(ish) so you don’t feel spammed and I won’t burn out.
I’d love to have you here!

But you can always opt out 🙈

Season wrap-up

This year started with a couple of my Gardening for Wellbeing groups.
With two gorgeous cohorts of people seeking to connect with themselves and each other, get their hands in the soil and discover how gardening and nature connection can help us all regulate, ground and enhance a sense of calm.
I also had the pleasure of running several workshops with wonderful organisations such as Fawkner Food Bowls, CERES Brunswick and Thorne Harbour, and even taking part in the Melbourne Flower and Garden Show, alongside Therapeutic Horticulture Australia and Beyond Blue

Ongoing groups and programs are amazing for fostering community connection and creating stability, continuity and safe spaces, where participants get to share stories and experiences, learn new gardening skills and cultivate self and community resilience.
One-off workshops, on the other hand, allow for focused learning and are great for when you can’t quite commit long term. They are also a nice way of meeting new people in a relaxed and welcoming environment, while getting a gentle boost of good mood.

Get in touch to find out which option is best suited for your cohort and budget!
I have a wide range of workshops and programs and work collaboratively to tailor the right activity for your organisation.

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Garden Activities

The past few months down here in Melbourne/Naarm brought the classic hot-cold-windy-rainy mix, with surprisingly warm temperatures holding all the way into early May. Still, gardeners and farmers were busy harvesting the last of the warm season crops, pruning back trees, composting, feeding and prepping the soil, and planting a variety of cool-loving crops, with the Brassica genus being one of our crowd favourites. Offering a variety of lush green and purple leaves, and the promise of both quicker crops (pak choi, baby kale, tatsoi and mizuna) and longer investments (broccoli, cauliflower, cabbages and brussels sprouts) it’s easy to see why we reach for the brassicas as the weather cools down.

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What’s up next

I am excited about a long term project I’ve recently embarked on! Establishing a ‘Gardening Group for Wellbeing’ at the Mildura ‘Mental Health & Wellbeing Local’, run by Wellways Australia. We had a very positive and promising start and I am looking forward to working with them over the coming months. There is still time to join, so if this is your home-ground, contact the Local service and get involved!

I have a sensory garden design workshop coming up next month, in one of CERES’ cosy classrooms, as well as another round of ‘Grounded Therapeutic Horticulture’ program already on their calendar for early August.
Now is a good time to register and ensure a spot in this small group.

While I often take June and July for some rest and less active gardening,
there are more workshops and programs brewing for next season.
This is my time for business planning, coming up with new ideas, and preparing for when the weather warms up and we all start shedding off our Waring layers.
It is also a great time for you to start planning lovely spring offerings for your community. Get in touch to chat about how my therapeutic horticulture workshops and programs can fit with your organisation.

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Until then, join me on the socials
And catch up on new and older blog posts on my website

Keep warm, keep growing and take care 😊
Shani