WORKSHOPS

2025

All the workshops below take place in Prince Albert, a semi-desert Karoo town at the foot of the incredible Swartberg Mountain Pass.

The workshops are grounded in Prince Albert's compelling biodiversity, unique rock formations and local culture.

WELL SPRUNG

20th - 23rd SEPT / CLOSED

A wellspring of ideas/ a newly sprung season/ a supportive space for rejuvenating rest. Three days spent in the mountains & in the veld & in the studio thinking about drawing as a tool of communication between the human and more-than-human worlds. Although the setting was an arid Karoo still waiting for the season’s rain, this was a workshop that saw many blossoming friendships!

HEART of STONE

19th - 23rd JUNE / CLOSED

This midwinter workshop was packed as tightly as a stone wall – we marvelled at the alchemical transformation of local stones to vivid pigment; played with the varied places stones hold in our imagination; considered the unique story each stone has to tell, and spent our last morning drawing atop a centuries-old stone wall in a 330-million year old mountain. We also marvelled at an other-worldy gemstone collection and broke bread in a mountain cathedral as the sun set, to mark the winter solstice. For a workshop all about the slow pace of planetary time it went by way too fast!

CREATIVE PLAY

26th - 30th MARCH / CLOSED

We started the year with a workshop that invited us to explore four different personalities of play - the Storyteller, the Collector, the Explorer, and the Creator. With our Karoo playground marked out, we explored the crucial relationship between play and creativity, and learnt how to recognise, encourage and safeguard play wherever it materialises.

Missive from the Milkwoods…

TO SEE A FLOWER

@Bodhi Khaya Nature Retreat

24th - 27th JULY / CLOSED

A wholehearted thank you for your wonderful course and Karoo hospitality. Your gentle caring attention seems to bring out the best in everyone. It has been the highlight of my year .

Mona
I loved every minute of it. The wonderful dinner, all the incredible drawing exercises, the night under the stars, taking us down to the river, your amazing knowledge and generosity. It was the perfect thing to do to refill the creative well, and give me new ideas

Sue
Thank you for such a joyful, fascinating, and inspiring journey in blooms and ways of seeing - a marvel and a delight.

Aspasia
I absolutely loved every minute of every day. You are an amazing teacher, the research you do and pearls of wisdom you offer - the experience is so wonderful.

Mariette
It was absolutely magical. Life changing is a strong term but honestly I haven’t ever experienced a weekend more restorative and grounding before. The thought you put into your presentation was so evident, we immediately felt like we were in the safest and knowledgeable hands.

Pam

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WORKSHOPS

2025

WELL SPRUNG

HEART of STONE

CREATIVE PLAY

TO SEE A FLOWER

@Bodhi Khaya Nature Retreat

A wholehearted thank you for your wonderful course and Karoo hospitality. Your gentle caring attention seems to bring out the best in everyone. It has been the highlight of my year .

I loved every minute of it. The wonderful dinner, all the incredible drawing exercises, the night under the stars, taking us down to the river, your amazing knowledge and generosity. It was the perfect thing to do to refill the creative well, and give me new ideas

Thank you for such a joyful, fascinating, and inspiring journey in blooms and ways of seeing - a marvel and a delight.

I absolutely loved every minute of every day. You are an amazing teacher, the research you do and pearls of wisdom you offer - the experience is so wonderful.

It was absolutely magical. Life changing is a strong term but honestly I haven’t ever experienced a weekend more restorative and grounding before. The thought you put into your presentation was so evident, we immediately felt like we were in the safest and knowledgeable hands.

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