Learning Forum
Wellbeing Day in the Garden
This Mental Health Awareness Week come to the garden for an afternoon of relaxing engagement with nature and design: find your centre with a meditation session, enjoy the presentation of Dopamine Gardening, a new book by Amy Chapman and make your own tea blends using seasonal herbs with Hackney Herbal.
Produced in partnership with Opportunity Kensington BID.
What to expect
There is no doubt about the powerful impact that mindful connection with nature can have on our wellbeing. As part of Mental Health Awareness Week, we have partnered with Opportunity Kensington BID to invite you to an afternoon of calming, restorative activities in our garden.
Reconnect with yourself during a guided meditation session led by Growing Together volunteer Sasha Waddel. Learn how gardening can support your wellbeing with gardener and educator Amy Chapman, who will be presenting her new book Dopamine Gardening in conversation with Assistant Curator Naomi Zaragoza, exploring how gardening can support mental health. You’ll also have the chance to create your own herbal tea blends using seasonal ingredients and learn about their health benefits with Nat Mady from Hackney Herbal.
Please note:
This event is for adults only.
Attendance is free, but booking is required. Spaces are limited.
The garden has bark chip paths and is not wheelchair accessible. Sincere apologies for the inconvenience.
The Dame Sylvia Crowe Garden
Facilitators
Amy Chapman
Amy is a gardener, presenter, and author of the recently published Dopamine Gardening (Pavilion). Amy started gardening when she bought her little cottage in the countryside of West Wales, complete with stream and ducks. In October 2025, Amy decided to take on a whole new adventure and bought a 48-foot-long narrowboat, which has now become her home and garden.
Nat Mady
Nat is a permaculturist with a passion for connecting people with the natural world. In 2015, she founded Hackney Herbal, a social enterprise promoting wellbeing using herbs as a way to share knowledge about plants and their many creative uses. Her work focuses on sharing practices relating to herbalism, gardening and permaculture. She is the author of 'Enjoying Wild Herbs' part of a series of pamphlets published by Rough Trade Books and Garden Museum.
Naomi Zaragoza
Nao is a curator, cultural producer and gardener. As Assistant Curator of Public Practice she leads Growing Together, a community-based project exploring the intersections of design and nature. Other projects include the co-curation of Dwellings, Rehomed, a display re-imagining the birdhouse through design. Her interests focus on the nurturing of human and non-human communities through design, art and horticulture. She is a trained horticulturalist and studies at the British Academy of Garden Design.
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Booking information
Adult: £0
Student/Concession: £0
Members*: £0
Children: £0
• Pre-booking is required. Capacity is limited, please book in advance
• Assistance dogs are welcome and must be kept on a harness or lead
• The garden is located north of the museum adjacent to Holland Park. Please ask a staff member for guidance if you can't find it
• Please ensure you only book if you plan to attend, and please cancel your booking well in advance if your availability changes
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Sponsor
Opportunity Kensington BID
Opportunity Kensington is a Business Improvement District established in April 2022 to enhance the area around Kensington High Street. Developed with input from local organisations, it was approved by 88% of voting businesses in February 2022. It delivers a five-year programme of services and initiatives to support and improve the district.
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