If the list below lacks the topics you need, please contact us. We have a "topic on request" on offer.

Academy of the Senses

Human senses were created as tools for learning about the natural environment at a time when vegetation was not just a background, but was the space of all human life. Nowadays their functions are somewhat reduced, because most people live in an artificial environment and in a completely different way than even a century ago. Classes can be devoted to the training of single senses or deal with the entire sensory perception.

Deadline: classes are available all year round

Phases of life
Dormancy, spring awakening, full bloom, time of maturity - observation of phenomena dependent on the seasons. Life cycles of different plant species.

Deadline: classes are available all year round

Botanical garden - which is actually what?

During the class we will explain what a botanical garden is, how it functions and fulfills its tasks. Participants will learn about the principles of protection ex situ, Examples of conservation activities and research work. Together we will try to design or inspect a botanical garden!

Deadline: classes are available all year round

If the climate changes...
What grew, what is growing, what may appear in the future? Participants will learn about plants that grew on the territory of present-day Poland in past eras, find out why they did not survive and why they can be grown here again. They will also learn about species that may form the plant cover after climate change.

Deadline: classes are available all year round

Plant Hunters

Native species, foreign species; human boundaries, natural boundaries, range limits - participants will understand these concepts and learn who the "plant hunters" were, where foreign species came to us and why the Nagoya Protocol had to be signed as a result. We will also explain why it is not always allowed to transport plants across the border. During the class we will play the role of plant hunters - we will follow the trail of exotic plants, we will also test our orientation in the field and practice using a compass.

Deadline: classes are available all year round

The conscious gardener
How to sow, plant, transplant; how to multiply and divide; how to take care of PLANTS. The class includes practical gardening exercises and, depending on the cognitive abilities of the participants, topics such as composting, mixing substrates, the impact of gardening on nature, invasive species, plants for the allergic.

Deadline: classes are available from March to October 

Kingdom of pots - cultivation and propagation of selected exotic plants

We will take a walk through the nooks and crannies of the greenhouse and learn where the plants we like to grow in our homes come from. We will propagate selected exotic plants, choose the right pots and substrate for them. At the end of the class, each participant will take home a hand-planted plant.

Deadline: classes are available from October to April

Systematic overview of the plant world

Join us for a class where we will talk about the evolution of the plant kingdom and discuss the structure of selected species. We will also explain why plants have two-pronged names and how we classify them.

Deadline: classes are available all year round

Properties of the leaves
Leaf blade, petiole, tissues - what is a leaf "woven" of? The class includes practical familiarization with the morphological and anatomical structure of leaves of different species and their functions. Participants test the mechanical strength of leaves, learn basic information about the process of decomposition. 

NOTE: during the class participants use sharp tools - at the time of booking it is necessary to inform about contraindications, so that instructors can prepare material that does not require the use of sharp tools.

Deadline: classes are available all year round

Among the mosses, horsetails and ferns
Recognition of spore-bearing plants, living conditions, importance in nature. Native and exotic species.

Deadline: classes are available all year round

Modifications of plant organs

What is the difference between thorns and thorns? What can we see in the trap leaves of sundews? What plant has aerial roots and what plant has supporting roots... During the class we will discuss the different life strategies of plants located in the botanical garden. With the help of pocket microscopes we will also check what secrets fern leaves hide.

Deadline: classes are available all year round

Smart people live in the dirt? - cleanliness of nature
We will remind participants that the basic environment of human life is nature. Together we will try to discover why animals eat "from the ground" and sometimes together with the ground without harming their health. We will talk about the human microbiome and what threatens us and what does not. We will consider together whether there is "dirt" in nature.

Deadline: classes are available all year round

Fabrics, tissues, linen...

Cotton, agave, flax..., are the main characters of the class explaining what fibers are in plants. We will talk about their durability and use. Together we will look at where to find them, and then how to clean and process them.

Deadline: classes are available from July to January

Microscope classes

Join us for a class that will show how to use microscopes to make basic observations of nature. The topics discussed can be adapted to the age and interests of the participants. We will provide pocket microscopes, optical microscopes for pair work and a stereoscopic microscope equipped with a digital camera. We encourage you to bring an SD card so that you can take with you a souvenir in the form of photos taken during joint observations.

Deadline: classes are available from October to April