Garden University: Yoga and Gratitude Trees

Join us for the last of our Jr. Gardener’s Club fall programming! Children will start out the class with yoga before creating a colorful tree and decorating it with painted or fingerprint leaves while adding words or drawings representing people, places and moments they’re thankful for. The purchase of a ticket includes Garden Admission for one child and one caregiver so you and your little one can wander the Oregon Garden, looking for frogs in our A-Mazing Water Garden or listen to the busy bees in our Apiary after the workshop is done! Location: NREC Time: 10:00-12:00pm Age range: 3-12 **Siblings receive a discount!** Purchase tickets HERE. — About the Instructors Hi, I’m Tricia Lewis, founder of Mat & Chat Yoga. I’m a certified RYT 200 Yoga Instructor, Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) Facilitator, and Kids Yoga Instructor through Yoga Playgrounds. I believe movement, mindfulness, and creativity are powerful ways to help us feel more connected — to ourselves, to one another, and to the world around us. Through Mat & Chat Yoga, I create welcoming spaces for children, families, and adults to pause, breathe, move, and connect. My Mat & Chat Kids classes blend mindful movement, breathwork, storytelling, and games to support confidence, curiosity, and emotional awareness. My goal is to help people of all ages discover joy, creativity, and a deeper sense of trust and connection within themselves. I’m excited to partner with Desiree and Root & Bloom at the beautiful Oregon Garden to offer this Movement + Nature-Inspired Art experience — inviting children and families to explore, create, and connect with the natural world through mindful movement and creativity. Hi, I’m Desiree, founder of Root & Bloom. Life gets busy. We spend so much time taking care of responsibilities, checking off to-do lists and moving from one thing to the next that it’s easy to forget to make time for ourselves. I wanted to create a reason to slow down. Root & Bloom’s Creative Wellness Workshops bring people together to paint, create, garden, explore nature and enjoy hands-on experiences that spark creativity, conversation and connection. Every workshop is a little different, but the goal is always the same: to spend a couple of hours making something, meeting new people and leaving a little more refreshed than when you arrived. Beyond workshops, I also work one-on-one with clients through gardening, home organization and practical wellness support ~ helping people create spaces, routines and everyday habits that feel healthier, more manageable and more enjoyable. I hope you’ll join me at an upcoming workshop. I’d love to create something with you.