It is beneficial to continue practising communication with nature on your own, in a group, or, even better, to connect with our teacher, Dr Claire Elouard. All of these avenues can guide us to deepen our practice and refresh our learning.

This Alumni Gathering focuses on grounding, opening our hearts, and building relationships with the well-maintained trees at KFBG. We will practice together and enjoy the opportunity to co-learn within the group by sharing your perceptions and listening to others' experiences. It will be a day of connection, joy, happiness, empathy, emotions, discoveries, wonders, and oneness.

Workshop Activities

The experiential activities* in this workshop provide an opportunity for participants to explore and practice the following aspects:

• Guided exercises: These exercises deepen our connection with the soil’s energy, anchoring and stability. We will explore how to open our hearts and our perception of that opening, and we will practise connecting with various trees.
• Solo time: As a tree energy practitioner, you will be invited to spend solo time in nature to connect with the energy of the beautiful environment at KFBG. This is a moment to re-encounter the same place with different sensitivities that can lead you to a new level of understanding and experience.
• Co-learning from the teacher and the group: Do you have questions from your own practice in nature or your daily life? There are opportunities to practise together and co-learn with Dr Claire Elouard and the group, sharing experiences and listening to the perceptions and comments of others.

*Note: the workshop’s agenda and contents may be modified depending on weather conditions, and other external factors, in accordance with Dr Claire Elouard’s professional advice.

If you wish to join a different level or prefer another workshop duration, click the relevant link below,

• [KFBG 70 Anniversary Limited] Loving the land - Honouring the trees at KFBG One-day Workshop 
• [KFBG 70 Anniversary Limited] Awakening of Memory – A Day with Four Elders 
• [KFBG 70 Anniversary Limited] Loving the land - Grounding and Connecting with the Heart 
• Introductory｜One-day Workshop
• Level One｜Five-day Residential Workshop
• Level Two｜Three-day Residential Workshop
• Level Three｜Three-day Residential Workshop
• Outreach Workshop｜Experience the Healing Power of Trees

Teacher

Claire Elouard

Claire is of French nationality; she spent her early childhood in Senegal, Africa, and later studied in France. She has a master’s degree in biology and a PhD in vegetal ecology from universities in France. She conducted her field research for her PhD in Indonesia, and afterward spent eight years researching forest pathology and ecology in Malaysia and south India. Subsequently, she directed an environmental project in the Mumbai area of India, from 2001 to 2015. She is now developing her workshops on ‘Energy of Nature’.

Claire has been deeply connected with nature since childhood. She later developed her perception of nature’s energy and deepened it by learning about the Hindu philosophy on the five elements and their corresponding chakras. She has been teaching people to communicate with nature and perceive its energy since 2004 in India, France, Belgium, Singapore, Malaysia, Mainland China, Hong Kong SAR and Taiwan.

Date 
26 April 2026 (Sunday)

Time
9:30am to 5:00pm

Venue
Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden, and nearby areas

Language
English

Target Audience
Alumni who have completed to Level One / Level Two / Level Three / Healing Power of Nature online course, aged 18 years and above

Capacity
Maximum 30 participants

Fee
HK$500 per person 
Including admission fee, guided and facilitated sessions and activities and a vegetarian lunch.
**Eligible individuals will receive a confirmation email and should complete payment after the email confirmation

Notes

• Please note that this is an experiential workshop. Participants are required to participate fully in all exercises to ensure progression.
• To ensure the quality of the workshop for all participants, KFBG reserves the right to select participants for this workshop, if we feel necessary. For unsuccessful applications a full refund will be arranged by bank transfer or cheque within one month.  
• Payment is not refundable after acceptance, unless the workshop is cancelled by KFBG due to inclement weather, under-enrolment or any other reason.

Application
Click HERE to apply on or before 19 April 2026.

Feedback from previous participants

• ‘It deepens and widens my connection with nature, and I have learnt so much about trees. Also, I am so glad to meet the teacher and amazing people in this programme.’

• ‘The workshop delivered beyond my expectation. I was able to proactively connect with nature and evolved. The exercise learnt can also be practised at home to further develop. Thank you, Claire, for her sharing.’

• ‘I got my energy recharged. I felt good to have [a] refresher day and be with all the tree-loving buddies’

•  ‘Very positive. Eye-opening. Very rare HK has this sort of workshop to teach how to connect to nature.’

• ‘Brilliantly organised. I love everything about the experience. To KFBG, thank you for putting together an exciting programme and every small, well-managed matter. To Claire, you know how much I have gained and I need not say more – thank you from the heart!’
• ‘The programme was well-designed and rich. Thank you, Claire, for the gathering. It helped me strengthen and refine my intuition and learn to slow down to perceive and feel more.’

Enquiry
Contact Ms Holly Ho at 2483 7111 / Ms Joanna Li at 2483 7112 during office hours or email holly.ho@kfbg.org.

Related Links

• Kadoorie Earth Programme (KEP) is an initiative co-created by KFBG and its network of collaborators and volunteers. By integrating the various strands of KFBG’s nature conservation, sustainable living and holistic education programmes, it provides life-transforming learning experiences that reconnect people with themselves, each other and the rest of nature and enable them to cultivate resilience in the face of global challenges.

• Nature Art Programmes: Immerse yourself in silent contemplation of nature. Deepen your awareness of beauty and connect with nature through art. KFBG organises a variety of art workshops including Zentangle drawing, sketching and wood art, and exhibitions to guide participants, with or without artistic background, to create nature art.

• Nature Education Programmes: Become animal detectives and explore the mysteries of wild animals. Use different senses to discover the beauty of plants. Learn about the significance of forest, trees and even soils through field visits, experiments and woodwork, to reconnect with nature.

• Group Guided Tours: Led by trained environmental interpreters, the content includes experiential and hands-on activities. We encourage a passion for nature, conservation and ecology by nurturing an appreciation of the natural world.
  
  
• Corporate Programmes: Our Holistic Education Department staff can design either half-day or full-day nature education and art programmes for corporate staff or their family members based on specific needs. Leveraging the unique natural landscape and cultural ambiance of Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden, our activities may include guided tours, farm-to-table experiences, nature-based workshops, talks and art activities, aiming to promote understanding and practice of sustainable living for organisations.