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Learning at the Botanic Gardens looks like....

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Learning at the Botanic Gardens looks like....

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Botanic Gardens and State Herbarium of SA

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What does learning look like at Adelaide Botanic Garden?

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A guide to support educators imbedding sit spots into curriculum

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Outside In_My Sit Spot_Teacher Resource Guide

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These resources have been designed to support self-guided learning to encourage connection to nature and allow for moments of mindfulness. Use them at the Botanic Gardens or in your own school or community!

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Immerse yourself in the beautiful natural environment of Adelaide Botanic Garden. Spend time connecting with nature, which has been proven to help boost overall health and wellbeing, improve concentration and help reduce anxiety.

Along the trail, students are encouraged to experience the sights, sounds, smells and feelings that nature provides.

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Book Excursion Here Immerse yourself in the beautiful natural environment of Adelaide Botanic Garden. Spend time connecting with nature, which has…

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Mindfulness and meditation in nature help students slow down, focus and feel grounded. Noticing sounds, textures and breath outdoors supports emotional regulation, reduces stress and restores attention.

Importantly, this doesn’t require a full lesson and building short, nature based mindful moments into everyday classroom routines is a simple and effective place to start.

These small pauses can nurture resilience, self-awareness and a deeper connection to both themselves and the natural world.

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Teach from experience and take time for yourself to slow down, connect and respond to your surroundings with our variety of Nature Based Wellbeing workshops.

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Nature Based Wellbeing at the Botanic Gardens and State Herbarium are unforgettable experiences for the soul and senses, and will equip you with life-long skills to nourish your wellbeing and relationship with nature.These workshops can be delivered as part of the Therapeutic Horticulture program and customised for a particular group, inquire by contacting bgshevents@sa.gov.au for more information.

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To print this as a booklet, print on both sides of paper and tick "Flip On Short Edge'.

Please read the Teacher Resource Guide for more information on how to use this in your class and how to connect it to curriculum.

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Use these cards during transitions, after breaks, or when emotions run high. Each card invites students to pause, notice, and reconnect with themselves through nature-inspired mindfulness.

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A sensory scavenger hunt to complete during a visit to the Botanic Gardens or in your own school, home, or community!

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Create your own set of instructions to find your way between two points using only nature!

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This project was made possible by generous support from the A Private Philanthropic Organisation and the Department for Education.

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The Botanic Gardens Education team partnered with expert Psychologists and Nature Therapists from Connected Self across this project. Working together to co-design resources and workshops to provide meaningful connection to nature based on findings from peer reviewed research and years of nature based wellbeing delivery and practise.

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We do this by recruiting qualified, talented, inspirational and committed people and supporting them to work with you to identify the outcomes that you want to achieve. Our people then employ evidence based and innovative approaches to help you achieve these outcomes in a sustainable way.

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Mindfulness and meditation activities help students pause, focus and connect with themselves and their surroundings. Short, simple practices support wellbeing, emotional regulation and attention, and can be easily woven into everyday classroom routines.

Below is a list of links across a variety of curriculum areas that can be applied to these nature based learning experiences:

Health and Physical Education

Making healthy and safe choices

Making active choices

Investigate different ways of moving their bodies

Science

Inquiry Skills

Asking questions and making predictions

Recording and representing observation

Biological Sciences

Living and non-living things

Interactions between living things and their environment

HASS (Geography)

Observing and describing natural features of places

Identifying how environments support living things

Considering how people interact with and care for environments

English

Topic specific vocabulary

Creating informative, reflective or emotive texts

General Capabilities

Critical and Creative Thinking – asking questions and exploring ideas

Literacy – recording observations in journals

Numeracy – measuring, counting and identifying patterns and collecting data

Sustainability – understanding ecosystems and caring for environments

Personal and Social Capability – reflecting on wellbeing in nature

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Join Lucy as she helps you get ready for your visit to Adelaide Botanic Garden! Learn how to use your senses to become curious garden adventurers, discover how being outdoors can help wriggly feelings disappear, and learn how to explore a botanic garden safely and kindly.

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Botanic Gardens and State Herbarium of SA