Join Artist of the Month Sarina Mantle at OmVed Gardens for a unique sound and art workshop exploring the dialogue between humans, plants, and imagination.
What to Expect
Using Plantwave bio-rhythmic technology - which translates the subtle activity of plants into sound - participants will be invited to listen to the living voices of greenery in real time. These sonic patterns will then serve as prompts for artistic exploration: lines, curves, and abstract geometries brought to life through drawing and painting on easels set within the garden.
The workshop will be held outdoors, weather permitting, or in the Greenhouse or Barn if it’s cold or rainy. Please dress comfortably and come prepared for the season. All materials will be provided, and no prior artistic experience is needed, just curiosity and openness.
What You’ll Learn
- How plants emit bio-rhythmic signals and how these can be listened to
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Ways to deepen your sensory awareness and creative connection with the natural world
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Techniques for interpreting sound and rhythm through visual expression
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Approaches to abstract mark-making inspired by sound, pattern, and movement
What’s Included
- Use of Plantwave bio-rhythmic technology and all art materials (easels, paints, drawing tools, paper)
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Guided listening and drawing sessions led by artist and sound practitioner Sarina Mantle
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Access to the gardens and greenhouse spaces for immersive creative exploration
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Light refreshments and an atmosphere designed to encourage reflection and play
Who Can Take Part?
Open to all aged 16 and over, whether you’re an artist, musician, nature lover, or simply curious about exploring new ways to connect with plants and sound. No prior experience is required, just curiosity and an open mind.
About the Host
Sarina Mantle is an interdisciplinary facilitator, creative practitioner, sound artist, and author of the internationally published colouring book Women + Patterns + Plants. Her work explores the fertile intersection of art, ecology, sound, and wellbeing. With a background spanning fashion and textiles, visual arts, music, and creative wellbeing, Sarina has been designing participatory experiences for over 17 years across London and internationally. Since 2024, her practice has focused on engaging communities in meaningful relationships with their environments through sound and creative expression. Her work often incorporates experimental soundscapes, plant bio-rhythms, and hands-on artistic processes - opening new ways of perceiving and relating to living systems. By blending technology, ecological awareness, and artistic expression, she creates playful yet reflective spaces of encounter. Sarina’s inclusive approach ensures accessibility for participants of all backgrounds and abilities, offering opportunities to experience nature as a source of creativity, connection, and care.
https://www.wildsuga.com @wildsuga
About OmVed Gardens:
OmVed Gardens is a garden, exhibition, events, and learning space in North London dedicated to exploring the connections between food, ecology and creativity for health and climate resilience. We are on a mission to inspire ecological awareness and action, and deepen our understanding of interconnectedness with the natural world.
As a registered Community Interest Company, all our activities prioritise social and ecological objectives. Whether collaborating with chefs, creatives, gardeners, or schools, OmVed Gardens is a hub for education, connection, and action. We aim to inspire individuals and communities to reimagine their role in building a healthier, more resilient world.
We work to increase biodiversity - of species, seeds, food systems, and participation, through regenerative gardening, seed saving, habitat creation, and ecological education. Our space serves as a living example of how urban areas can be transformed into thriving ecosystems that support both human and non-human communities.
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www.omvedgardens.com · @omvedgardens
Please note: Wheelchair access across the site is currently limited while landscape works are underway and will be fully completed by the end of 2025. For events, there is drop-off access by car to the Barn main building. If you require wheelchair drop-off, please get in touch with us ahead of time. There is an accessible toilet located inside the Barn.
Subsidised Tickets:
We have a few reserved tickets at a subsidised rate. If this workshop is not monetarily accessible, please write to us at events@omvedgardens.com to avail yourself of a subsidised ticket rate. Subject to availability.
Refund Policy
Tickets are non-refundable, except in cases where an event is sold out and a waiting list exists for the session. Refund requests can be made up to 10 days prior to the session. Please write to us for any refund inquiries.
