Caring for Caregivers: Pressed Flower Poetry

Immerse yourself in a creative, restorative experience where nature and self-expression come together. Through poetry, flowers, and guided sensory walks, you’ll deepen your connection to self and the living world around you.

As we meander through the garden, you’ll be invited to engage your senses and practice simple grounding techniques. We’ll pause for guided writing practices, focusing on colors and flowers that speak to you. No writing experience necessary!

Back in the classroom, we’ll transform our words into a poetic keepsake. We’ll conclude by building our own portable flower presses to take home so that you can continue the practices of noticing, ethically harvesting, and creating in your own world. 

instructor

Kristen Sawyer M.Ed.

Kristen Sawyer, M.Ed, is the Director of Horticultural Therapy at the Tucson Botanical Gardens. Apart from being a nature lover, horticultural therapist and educator, she loves words. She’s taught nature-based creative writing for 15 years, teaching students everywhere from Cuenca, Ecuador to Yosemite National Park to the UA Poetry Center in Tucson, AZ. She also leads birth story writing workshops for postpartum mothers, and performs stories/poetry around Tucson through F*ST (Female Storytellers) and other writing collectives.