Event details
Tuesday 21 May | 10am - 2pm
Free event
In partnership with Derbyshire Mind
Green Connections will create a retreat-type environment at Chatsworth designed to support your mental health and well-being by creating opportunities to experience the many benefits of getting outside, slowing down, and connecting with nature.
We can spend a lot of time lost in our thoughts, our worries, ‘to-do’ lists and plans for the future. Sometimes, it is difficult to be in the present, to appreciate the now, and focus on just ‘being’ – but nature can help you to do that.
This eco-therapy session focuses on ‘Five Ways to Wellbeing’ and invites you to embrace nature, and to feel nature encourage you to pause and be more aware of your environment. Nature can help you to feel part of something bigger than you. It can help you to feel calmer and more positive.
The session at Chatsworth has been designed to offer you a variety of different experiences including horticultural activities and ‘forest bathing’, we will also focus our time around the peaceful green and blue spaces available on the landscape.
This is one in a series of wellbeing events run in partnership with Derbyshire Mind. Tickets will be available from 23 April, find out more here.
About the session
The session will take place in the garden and the Old Potting Shed. As we will spend some time taking inspiration from the garden, walking in all weather, please wear suitable footwear and clothing.
The Old Potting Shed is a step free, accessible venue but please contact education@chatsworth.org if you have any questions about your specific needs.
Please meet at the top garden gates (near the Stables) at 9.45am.
Wellbeing at Chatsworth in partnership with Derbyshire Mind
We are delighted to partner with Derbyshire Mind for these new Wellbeing at Chatsworth events, part of our Celebrating the Cascade fundraising campaign.
Derbyshire Mind is working in collaboration with Chatsworth’s Learning and Engagement team and offering six different events, one each month from May to October.
Each event is set within the beauty and calm of the garden and woodland and is focused on techniques to improve wellbeing and mood.
The public programme events for the Celebrating the Cascade have been subsidised to keep charges to a minimum.
A Celebrating the Cascade event
Our new Celebrating the Cascade wellness sessions have been designed to delight and inspire you. We invite you to enjoy the calm and beauty of nature in the garden and wider landscape. Find balance as you step away from daily routines and pause with us by still and flowing waters. We invite you to open your heart and mind to the environment and connect with our wonderful surroundings.
The Celebrating the Cascade project is made possible with The National Lottery Heritage Fund. Thanks to National Lottery Players, the project is working to restore the Cascade, safeguarding it for the enjoyment of future generations and enabling more people to get involved with Chatsworth.
If you would like to support this project, please make a donation to Chatsworth House Trust here.
All events in the 'Celebrating the Cascade' series...
Green Connections
21 May 2024
An eco-therapy session designed to support well-being.
Riverside Tai Chi for Families
30 May 2024
A family focused Tai Chi session in the park, suitable for age 7+
Movement and Mindfulness
25 June 2024
A tutor-guided session merging yoga with mindfulness and breath techniques.
Go with the Flow
28 June 2024
Connect with emotions via movement and sensory awareness by being close to water.
Dance Free by the River
29 June 2024
Dance freely in nature by the River Derwent while listening to music through a provided headset.
Summer Flower Wellness Day
3 July 2024
A wellness day focusing on personal reflection and connection in the calm and healing environment of the garden.
Mindful Waterways Walk - Lakes & Woods
19 July
A mindful walk along the riverside with Caroline Cook, from Well with Nature.
Mindful Crafts
17 September 2024 - tickets coming soon
Explore guided creative activities in a calm and supportive space.
Mindful Waterways Walk - River
21 September
A mindful walk along the riverside with Caroline Cook, from Well with Nature.
Growing Minds
23 July 2024 - tickets coming soon
Utilise your senses as you try out a range of allotment-style activities.
Sound Minds
20 August 2024 - tickets coming soon
Discover the ways we can use music and art to enhance well-being.
Mindful Waterways Walk - Garden
6 September
A mindful walk, following the water flow through the garden.
Autumn Berry Wellness Day
3 October 2024
A wellness day focusing upon herbs and fruits to help enhance physical wellbeing.
MindSpace
22 October 2024 - tickets coming soon
Join a walk-and-talk group in the fresh air of the Chatsworth Garden.
Historic Waterways Tour
24 October 2024
Join our landscape team on a walking tour of Stand Wood, exploring the historic waterways
Stay with us
With so much to see, do, and explore in the Peak District, it's a shame to only come for the day, so why not stay a little longer? Our country cottages, shepherd's huts, hotels, and inns are the perfect base for exploring all that Chatsworth, Derbyshire, and the Peak District have to offer. Find out more.
