Corporate Nature Based Art Workshops

Nature-based artist and corporate international speaker and trainer, Catriona Pollard, develops tailored workshops in nature-based art experiences that enhance your team’s collaboration, resilience, and problem-solving skills through immersive, nature-based creativity workshops. The sessions integrate traditional art techniques with foraged natural materials, offering a refreshing alternative to conventional corporate training.

Reconnect, create, and inspire with Catriona Pollard’s Corporate Nature-Based Art Workshops—unique, hands-on experiences designed to foster creativity, mindfulness, and team collaboration.

These workshops offer a refreshing break from the corporate routine, inviting participants to explore the therapeutic power of nature and art while developing skills in team building, resilience, innovation, and problem-solving.

Blending traditional nature based art techniques with foraged natural materials, these sessions provide a meaningful way to engage with sustainable creativity and mindful making.

Through the transformational practice of nature based art activities, teams will experience a new way of thinking and collaborating, encouraging focus, patience, and adaptability—essential skills in today’s fast-paced professional world.

Why Choose a Nature-Based Art Workshop?

These immersive workshops help teams to:

  • Cultivate creativity and innovation in a hands-on, engaging way.
  • Enhance mindfulness and stress management through the unique art processes.
  • Strengthen team connections by working with organic materials in a relaxed setting.
  • Harness the power of creativity to build resilience and drive transformative change.
  • Gain a fresh perspective on sustainability, design, and resourcefulness.

Tailored Experiences for Your Team

Each workshop is customised to suit your team’s needs, time frame, and objectives, whether it’s a leadership wellness retreat, leadership development session, or creative team-building event. No prior experience is required—just a willingness to explore, connect, and create.

Give your team an inspiring, creative reset with a Corporate Nature-Based Art Workshop led by award-winning fibre artist Catriona Pollard

Types of nature based workshops:

  • Woven sculptures using foraged material
  • Art in nature techniques involving creating temporary art works using found objects from nature such as leaves and sticks and placing them into patterns and shapes.
  • Specific basketry weaving techniques such as making a looped basket or random weave form
  • Forest bathing exercises
  • Foraged Wreath making
  • Rock weaving
  • Expressive painting using ink and collected material from the landscape.

Tailored Creative Training for Corporate Excellence

Empower your workforce with a suite of innovative, experiential training programs designed to build critical soft skills and drive organisational success. Our tailored creative training solutions leverage hands-on activities and nature-inspired art to foster collaboration, resilience, and strategic problem solving.

Engaging, Hands-On Learning: Experience dynamic, interactive sessions that combine basketry and ephemeral art to promote creative expression and teamwork.

Soft Skills Development: Enhance essential skills such as communication, adaptability, and creative thinking that are vital in today’s competitive business environment.

Team Building Through Art: Use innovative, craft-based exercises to strengthen team cohesion and encourage a collaborative mindset.

Innovative Problem Solving: Stimulate out-of-the-box thinking with play and storytelling methodologies that lead to breakthrough solutions.

Nature-Driven Collaboration: Tap into the power of nature-inspired creative exercises to foster cross-departmental collaboration and fresh perspectives.

Digital Detox Initiatives: Integrate natural art practices into digital detox sessions, refreshing your team’s focus and boosting overall productivity.

Resilience & Stress Management: Build long-term resilience and effective stress management strategies by nurturing a creative and supportive corporate culture.

Designed for forward-thinking organisations, our programs create a sustainable foundation for creativity, innovation, and employee well-being—ensuring that your teams remain agile, engaged, and ready to meet future challenges.

Key Learning Outcomes

Solving Organisational/Team Issues: Develop strategies to identify and resolve challenges within your teams and across the organisation through innovative, creative problem-solving techniques.

Unblocking Creativity: Learn how to overcome creative obstacles by applying structured, yet flexible methodologies that encourage out-of-the-box thinking and strategic innovation.

Developing Storytelling Approaches: Enhance your communication by crafting compelling narratives that effectively convey your organisation’s vision and values, fostering deeper engagement.

Uncovering Shared Experiences: Leverage collaborative exercises to discover common ground among team members, strengthening organisational culture and driving collective success.

Discovering the Natural World Through Creative Exercises: Integrate nature-inspired activities to stimulate fresh perspectives and innovative ideas, bridging the gap between environmental awareness and creative strategy.

Infusing a Sense of Fun and Play: Cultivate an environment where learning is both enjoyable and effective, using playful techniques to promote engagement and sustained creativity.

Reconnecting with Nature: Encourage a mindful approach to professional development by reconnecting with natural elements, enhancing well-being and sparking innovative thought processes.

Learning Through Your Hands: Embrace experiential, hands-on learning to solidify new skills and approaches, ensuring that theoretical knowledge is effectively translated into practical, actionable outcomes.

Perspectives Specific to Resilience and Stress Management 

  • Embrace play and experimentation
  • Approach creative work with a sense of curiosity rather than pressure.
  • Engage in playful exercises to reduce stress and spark new ideas.
  • Cross-disciplinary learning sparks new connections and innovative ideas.
  • See impermanence as a strength—let wind, water, and time collaborate with you.
  • Stay flexible and allow plans to evolve organically.
  • A meditative practice—focus on each movement, texture, and placement rather than rushing toward completion.
  • Walking through landscapes, gathering materials, and arranging them is a rhythmic, body-engaging process.
  • Let movement guide creativity—wander, explore, and let ideas emerge organically.
  • Use constraints as creative fuel – Limited materials, environmental conditions, or temporary timeframes can spark new ideas.
  • Accept change and let go – accepting that wind may scatter leaves, water may wash away patterns, or time may erode structures. Instead of resisting, embrace the transformation as part of the beauty.

Get in touch if you would like a tailor made workshop for your organisation. Go to Contact us  or call 0411023974 to chat about it. 

Corporate Creativity & Nature-Based Team Building

Unlock new ways of thinking and collaborating through sustainable creativity and mindful making. Our workshops blend traditional nature-based art techniques with foraged materials, offering a unique and immersive experience that fosters innovation, resilience, and teamwork.

Why Choose Nature-Based Creativity?
In today’s fast-paced business environment, fostering adaptability, innovation, and mindfulness is key to success. Through hands-on creative activities, teams develop focus, patience, and new ways of thinking, improving their ability to tackle challenges with fresh perspectives, all while engaging with nature in a meaningful way.

Workshops Include:
Sculptural Thinking – Create woven structures using foraged materials to inspire problem-solving
Collaborative Foraged Art – Work as a team to design temporary nature-based installations
Basketry & Weaving Techniques – Build intricate forms that develop attention to detail and patience
Rock Weaving– Serves as a mindful, hands-on exercise in creative problem solving and innovate approach to design
Forest Bathing & Mindfulness – Enhance focus and well-being through guided nature immersion
Expressive Painting with Natural Inks – Explore creativity through landscape-inspired materials

Transformative & Engaging for Your Team
These sessions range from an hour to a full day and are tailored for corporate teams, organisations, and creative groups looking for a fresh approach to problem-solving and idea generation.

Interested? Let’s design a bespoke workshop for your team, workplace, or community. Contact us to start the conversation!

Ephemeral Land Art For Corporate Creativity & Team Building

Step away from the office and into nature with this engaging, hands-on creativity workshop designed to inspire fresh thinking, collaboration, and mindfulness. Using found natural objects like leaves, sticks, and stones, your team will create temporary art installations that encourage innovation, adaptability, and a deeper connection to the environment.

Why Ephemeral Art?
Encourages creative problem-solving through hands-on exploration
Fosters teamwork and collaboration in an open, inspiring setting
Develops mindfulness and presence by embracing impermanence
Enhances adaptability and flexibility—essential skills for today’s workplace

A Unique & Immersive Experience
Your team will work directly in the natural environment, guided through a series of creative exercises to design one or multiple ephemeral artworks. These installations will be left in place, reinforcing themes of transience, connection, and new ways of seeing the world.

This is a fun, inspiring, and unconventional team-building experience that sparks creativity and encourages a fresh perspective.

Let’s Design Your Perfect Workshop
We tailor sessions for corporate teams, leadership retreats, and creative professionals. Contact us to create a bespoke experience for your team!

Basketry for Corporate Creativity & Team Building

In a world that moves fast, slowing down can unlock new ideas, creativity, and innovation. Our basketry workshops provide a hands-on, immersive experience where teams can connect, collaborate, and create using foraged natural materials.

Why Basketry?
Encourages creative problem-solving through tactile, hands-on making
Fosters mindfulness & presence by working with organic materials
Strengthens teamwork & collaboration through shared creative experiences
Inspires innovation by engaging with new techniques and approaches

A Transformational Team Experience
Through sculptural basketry techniques, your team will learn to weave and shape organic materials into unique forms—a powerful metaphor for adaptability and interconnectedness in the workplace. They will build intricate forms that develop attention to detail and patience. No prior experience is needed—just an open mind and a willingness to explore.

Workshop Options:
There are many different types of basketry and we can develop a workshop suited to the skill level and outcome. For example:

  • Participants can weave a fun simple basket for themselves
  • All participants can weave a basket which can then be stitched together to create one large collective wall sculpture.
  • Participants can weave a basket which they then need to hand over to another to finish – exploring ownership and teamwork

2-hour to full-day sessions. Custom-tailored for corporate teams, leadership groups, and organisations. Hands-on learning with expert guidance in nature-based weaving techniques

These workshops are inspiring, engaging, and transformative for teams looking to develop fresh ideas and new ways of thinking.

Tailor a Workshop for Your Team
Let’s craft an experience that fits your organisation’s needs. Contact us to start weaving creativity into your workplace.

ABOUT CATRIONA POLLARD – Award winning fibre artist and international corporate speaker and trainer

Catriona Pollard is an award-winning fibre artist, international speaker, and corporate trainer known for her inspiring and transformative approach to creativity and business. A sought-after keynote speaker, she delivers engaging, practical, and motivational presentations that empower attendees to immediately implement new insights for real results.

She has presented a TEDx talk and shared her expertise with thousands of people across the globe, working with leading organisations including TEDx, DELL, CeBIT, CPA Australia, Commonwealth Bank, Westpac, and the University of Sydney, among many others.

As a result of intense stress and pressure from her business she recognised she was facing burnout, and to help resolve this she decided to reconnect with creativity—not as a pursuit of perfection but as a form of exploration, play, and mindfulness.

This shift was transformational, unlocking new ways of thinking, problem-solving, and embracing change. In addition to making changes to her business, it led to writing a book, launching online business, and developing a fresh leadership approach that harnessed the collective strength of her team. Creativity became the foundation for resilience, clarity, and success.

Through nature-based art, she discovered new perspectives on business challenges, risk, and innovation. This journey not only reshaped her business but also propelled her to international recognition as an acclaimed artist, using traditional fibre techniques to transform foraged plant fibres and recycled metals into evocative sculptural works.

Her art investigates the deep relationship between humans and nature, exploring transformation, energy flow, and the potential for harmony with the ecological world. Her intricate weaving techniques create repetitive patterns that symbolise interconnection, while the interplay of shadows and form sparks conversation around light, dark, and balance.

Catriona has exhibited in numerous solo, group, and touring exhibitions, including the Australian Design Centre and Sturt National Craft Centre. Her work has been recognised in major art awards, including the Australian Textile Art Award, International Art Textile Biennale, National Capital Art Prize, Environmental Art & Design Award, and Ravenswood Women’s Art Prize.

Her sculptures are featured in galleries, high-end design spaces, and private collections nationwide, and her work has been profiled across major art and design media. She has been featured on ABC TV and Gardening Australia and a feature in Good Weekend, SMH/The Age. and is profiled in the book Woven Together: Weavers and Their Stories.

As a passionate educator, for over 10 years she has facilitated nature based training and sculptural basketry workshops in Australia and internationally, teaches for leading design and craft institutions, and founded The School of Basketry Art, an online platform with students worldwide.

Discover more about Catriona Pollard’s art, speaking engagements, and workshops.  You can see Catriona present here and watch her interview on ABC TV Gardening Australia and see her talk through a body of work “The Volume of Hope”.