Art in Nature - 2025

Get creative and make art inspired by nature.  

Students will engage their senses and use their observations and imagination to create visual artworks in nature. They will identify different patterns, colours, textures and forms as they explore the landscapes of Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne.  

Students will 

• Explore the Drylands Precinct and discover how Landscape Architects take inspiration from nature. 

• Create a rubbing in the Arid Garden.  

• Learn about the natural world through Nature Journaling at Nymphaea Lake.  

• Go on a discovery walk.

Key focuses 

• Patterns, textures, colours and forms in nature 

• Interconnections between art, wellbeing and nature 

• Curiosity, wonder and looking with an artist's eye in the natural environment   

Curriculum Links 

• Level F-2 Visual Art  

• Level 3-4 Visual Art 

• Level 5-6 Visual Art