Alison Greenwood enchanted us all with her workshop about her charity. She decorated the room with bunches of flowers from her garden and supervised a delightful meditation session which all 17 participants enjoyed.
39 learners and volunteers enjoyed fantastic weather and a wonderful visit to the Orchid Festival at Kew which this year celebrated orchids from Peru.
We were all fascinated by the film describing the new method of botanical research using paramotorists to avoid damage to vulnerable plants.
We spent the whole day exploring Kew Gardens and chatting to each other and making new friends.
Lee Barbieri once more delivered a useful presentation about the services which are offered by RHACC.
He has offered to come again to give one to one advice to learners during our class.
A small group of us were invited to a nature journalling session at Kew Gardens where we foraged for a variety of fungi. We then dissected them and produced some excellent observational drawings and paintings.