Workshops and games on medicinal plants

Description

Botanical workshops of a different kind! Discover plants through fun workshops and Escape Game-style games!
Fun ways to reconnect with nature and our surroundings!
Come and discover the secrets of plants through creative workshops, collaborative games and lectures.

Woundi, a specialist in Réunion's medicinal plants, will immerse you in the stories, uses and anecdotes associated with our plant heritage. We run workshops for your festive, family and professional events.

Ideal activities for Christmas trees, fun days, theme days, team building and seminars.

Enigmas / Escape games :

Tizan' a ou : 1H to 1H30 | 4 to 16 people | from 12 years old

A sensory and puzzle game in which you scour the island of La Réunion in search of specific plants to combat certain illnesses.
But beware, while some are good for your health, others are poisonous!
Spot them! This workshop will introduce you to the use of medicinal plants and the dangers they can pose.

Les plantes médicinales du Lazaret : 1H to 1H30 | 4 to 16 people | from 12 years old

A puzzle game combining history and botany.
When the colonists arrived on Réunion, their personal belongings often contained medicinal plants from their countries of origin. The problem was that the new arrivals were ill! Identify their ailments and save them by using the plants in their luggage! By the end of this workshop, you'll know which medicinal plants from the past are still used today.

Creative workshops :

Vegetable painting & dyeing: 2H | 10 people maximum | from 8 years old.

Create plant-based paints and dyes!
crush, squeeze and dilute flowers, leaves and roots to extract their natural pigments. Then let your creativity run wild! Young and old alike can create painted canvases and plant-based prints on fabric. At the end of the workshop, you can take your creations home with you!

Loto des senteurs : 1H to 1H30 | 10 people maximum | from 6 years old.

Become an expert in plant scents and challenge the others!
Do fresh and dried plants and their extracts smell the same? Come and find out in this workshop in the heart of the Garden of Eden! Smell and memorise the scents of as many plants as you can, and take part in the great scent lottery game! And for even more fun: Work out which part of the plant is scented! At the end of the workshop, you can take your lotto coupon home to play again whenever you like.

Art Herbariums: 1 to 1.5 hours, maximum 10 people, from age 6.

Make 3 stylised herbariums for a first approach to plant diversity.
Serrated or smooth edges, small and thin, or wide and thick, with veins running in all directions - leaves come in all shapes and sizes! The little ones can learn to recognise this diversity through 3 creations:
1 - A decorative collage herbarium
2 - A herbarium with paint prints
3 - Leaves transformed into animals
This workshop will be rounded off with a few botanical notions for the older children!

At the end of the workshop, you can take your creations home with you!

Let's get started! Discover the secrets of plants from Réunion Island and beyond!