Art in the Garden
Students explore works from Jeannie Baker’s Desert Jungle book and exhibition, to learn about thriving desert landscapes, biodiversity, and experience the wonder of time spent in nature.
Stage 4
Visual arts
2 hours
Rathborne Lodge, Royal Botanic Garden Sydney
Minimum charges apply. Discounts apply for full day programs!
Limited time only
This excursion is run in conjunction with the Jeannie Baker Desert Jungle exhibition and will therefore only be available from 20 May until 5 July 2024. Don't miss out, book your spot now!
Inspiration from the Desert Jungle exhibition
Desert Jungle, an exhibition of stunning artworks from renowned children’s author Jeannie Baker is coming to the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney.
Bring your students and join our skilled educators to explore the Garden and the exhibition, to learn about biodiversity, thriving desert landscapes, connection to place, and to experience the wonders of time spent in nature.
Through visual arts and literature, close observation, mindfulness and art making, students explore ideas about their relationship to the natural world and learn about the benefits of connection to the natural environment.
Students will
- Explore the Desert Jungle exhibition at the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney
- Visit the Succulent Garden and be inspired by the amazing shapes and textures of succulents and cacti
- Examine a range of natural art mediums, and First Nations art making materials and practices e.g. ochre, charcoal, rubbings, dyes, materials for weaving
- Explore nature journaling, a practice that blends art, science, and mindfulness, using their visual art diaries
- Experience the benefits of connecting to nature using five senses
Key content
Links to New South Wales curriculum
Focus Syllabus Outcomes
Visual Arts
- Use a range of strategies to explore different artmaking conventions and procedures to make artworks (4.1)
- Explore the function of and relationships between the artist – artwork – world – audience (4.2)
- Makes artworks that involve some understanding of the frames (4.3)
- Recognise and uses aspects of the world as a source of ideas, concepts and subject matter in the visual arts (4.4)
- Select different materials and techniques to make artworks (4.6)
“Open your heart, listen, and see what wonders show themselves”
Create a full-day program
Combine your Botanic Gardens of Sydney excursion with the stage 4 Creative Writing Adventures excursion at the State Library of NSW.
Related excursions
Sydney Science Trail excursions are back this August. Explore the program and book your secondary school class excursion for National Science Week.
This full-day program supports Module 3: Biological Diversity in the new 2018 New South Wales Biology syllabus.
This full-day program supports Module 3: Biological Diversity in the new 2018 New South Wales Biology syllabus.