The Garden House is a secret garden tucked away behind houses in Warleigh Road, Brighton. It's run by Bridget and Deborah who host a variety of workshops there. And a really special place as you'll see from the photos.
The writing prompts we used were inspired by a visit to the North Wales forest last year for a weekend of writing facilitated by poetry therapist Jill Teague.
Writing 1: Find a space in the garden and write about what you see looking out and around into the distance. Go with the flow of your writing.
Writing 2: Find something you're drawn to. Focus in on it. Write about what you find.
Writing 3: Re-read your writing and underline the words and phrases that stand out to you. Use them to create a shorter piece of writing or poem.
We found these prompts worked really well.
Feedback from participants:
"It felt a safe environment with everyone being supportive. It felt like the words wanted to spill out of me during the exercises and the course more than fulfilled my hopes and expectations."
“A wonderful experience of having time and space to write creatively amidst the beauty of a summer garden."
“I found the exercises varied and challenging but in a good way! I would have liked more time for the workshop as it goes so quickly!"
