GARDDIO 🌱

Our Explore the Elements series is back! 🌱🌸🌼 Dates: April - June (details below) Location: Peilot Space, Chapter Arts Centre In Explore the Elements we will look into the five elements - earth, water, fire, air and space - through movement, mindfulness exercises, discussions, and play. Link to book in our bio ☺️ These sessions are a part of a weekly program running from April-June. We suggest attending as many sessions as you can to experience the full benefit of this practice and community building! ☀️ Here are the dates for the workshops for Spring 2026: *Earth: 23rd April Water: 30th April Fire: 7th May Air: 21st May Space: 28th May Elemental Orchestra: 4th June The workshops are based in the Peilot Space, Chapter Arts Centre. Chapter is a fully accessible venue. We have a fully refundable £1 deposit for each session. Art by @howel.hubbard ☀️🪷🌸🌼🌱 — Mae ein cyfres, Archwilio’r Elfennau, yn nôl! 🌱☀️ Dyddiadau: Ebrill-Mehefin (Manylion isod) Lleoliad: Peilot Space, Canolfan Celfyddydau Chapter Yn Archwilio’r Elfennau, byddwn yn edrych ar y pump elfennau - daear, dŵr, tân, aer, a gofod - trwy symudiad, ymarferion ymwybyddiaeth ofalgar, a chwarae. Cysylltiad i archebu le yn ein bio ☺️ Mae’r sesiynau yma’n rhan o raglen wythnosol sy’n rhedeg o Ebrill-Mehefin. Rydym yn awgrymu mynychu cymaint o’r sesiynau a gallwch i gael y profiad gorau o ymarfer ac adeiladu cymuned! ☀️ Dyma’r dyddiadau ar gyfer Gwanwyn 2026: Daear: 23ain Ebrill Dŵr: 30ain Ebrill Tân: 7fed Mai Aer: 21ain Mai Gofod: 28ain Mai Cerddorfa Elfennol: 4ydd Mehefin Mae’r gweithdy yma wedi lleoli yn y Peilot Space, yn Ganolfan Celfyddydau Chapter. Mae Chapter yn lleoliad gyda mynediad llwyr. Mae cyn daliad o £1 ar gyfer pob sesiwn. Celf gan @howel.hubbard ☀️🪷🌸🌼🌱

We got funding! 💫 Mae gennym ni gellid! 💫 We’re really happy to announce that we have been awarded the Awards for All Wales grant from The National Lottery Community Fund for Garddio for a second year! 🤍 Rydym yn hapus iawn i gyhoeddi dyfarnwyd ni y grant Arian i Bawb wrth y Loteri Genedlaethol Cymru Cronfa ar gyfer Garddio am yr ail flwyddyn! 🤍 Watch this space! ☀️ Cadw llygaid ar hyn! ☀️

🌱WELCOME TO GARDDIO🌱 Our new queer well-being workshop programme funded by the National Lottery Fund ✨ As a group, we will be exploring how creativity, movement and relaxation connect our emotions and bodies with nature. The sessions are process based and will be supported by a trained wellbeing safeguard. Each session will be influenced by the participants as we all guide the workshops towards an undetermined outcome ૮( ˶ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ˶ )ა The workshops are running out of the Peilot Space, Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. Every other Thursday 6-8pm. Session dates: 19th September, 3rd October, 17th October, 7th November, 21st November, 5th December. Due to limited spaces we require pre-booking! Please contact us [email protected]. This gorgeous artwork is by @sprog___ We look forward to seeing you 🪐🌞 • • Ein rhaglen gweithdy am les cwir wedi’i thrawsgronni gan y National Lottery Fund. ✨ Fel grip, byddwn yn archwilio sut mae creadigaeth, symudiad ac adloniant yn cysylltu ein hemosiynau ac ein cyrff gyda natur. Mae’r sesiynau wedi’i ei seilio ar brose a fydd ei chynorthwyo gan amddiffyniad les hyfforddedig. Bydd pob sesiwn yn cael ei dylanwadi gan y cyfranogwyr wrth i ni gyd arwain y gweithdy tuag at ganlyniad amhendant ૮( ˶ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ˶ )ა Bydd pob gweithdy yn cael ei rhedeg o’r Peilot Space, Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. Pob yn ail lau 6-8y.h. Dyddiadau’r sesiynau: 19eg o Fedi, 3ydd o Hydred, 17eg o Hydref, 7fed o Dachwedd, 21ain o Dachwedd, 5ed o Ragtyr. Mae yna wagleoedd cyfyngedig felly rydym yn ymofyn i gyn-bwciad! Cysylltwch ni [email protected] Mae’r gwaith celf gorjws yma gan @sprog___ Edrych ymlaen at weld chi cyn hir! 🪐🌞

🌳 Queer Tree Walk 🌱 A mindful woodland walk for queer community exploring Tree ID, folklore, and Forest Bathing. Led by @muccycloud and @howel.hubbard 💫 Saturday May 30th 11am-1pm Dinas Powys Woods Link to book is in our bio! ☺️ Join us for a walk in Dinas Powys Woods, starting at Cwm George (The Mill). Through ecology and folklore, together we will learn some simple ways to identify local trees, plants, and wildlife, and take part in a forest bathing exercise to help ground and reconnect with yourself and nature.

🔥 Fire element workshop 🔥 tomorrow Thursday 7th May 6.30-8.30pm at @chapterartscentre Spaces still available! DM @_garddio if you’re interested 🌀The fire element manifests as spirit, energy and community. 🌀 It is passionate, warming and the foundation for societies across the world. 🌀 It is potentially dangerous, and needs a balanced approach to maintain care. Too much control will smother, and too little will allow it to grow wildly or extinguish. 🌀 The fire element can reflect so much of our lives - relationships, burnout, creativity. 🌀 We will explore how embodying these themes feels like in our minds and bodies.

@_garddio / @loneworlds queer winter solstice gathering back last year 🕯🌀 “this time of year can feel a bit shallow and exhausting, but traditionally - and across so many cultures - the winter solstice has been a moment to come together, share warmth, and bring a bit of light into the darkest part of the year. wreath-making and lanie wosku (a Polish winter tradition) with annamusihum yalda celebration (Persian winter solstice) with @sahar.saki.art resting workshop with @muccycloud facilitated by @howel.hubbard ” #wintersolstice #safespace #queercymru #documentingwales #welshphotographer

Floralia Queer Flower Walk last Saturday! 🌸 What a lovely day led by the brilliant @mabjonespoet , supported by @howel.hubbard 🌼 Thank you to everyone who came! We hope you had a lovely time and got home before the rain hit ☔️ We’ll be posting our collective poem soon, collated by Howl ☺️

Yesterdays water workshop was playful and centring - like light water bubbles alongside a deep current 🌊 Next week we’ll be exploring the fire element. Looking at energy, burnout and collective care

In today’s workshop we’ll be exploring the water element 🌊 The water element manifests itself as a flowing state - both as gentle relieving rain, and turbulent stormy seas. Our bodies are around 60% fluids - and water joins our emotional and physical world through tears. It can manifest as continuous movement, stagnation, weightlessness, and submersion. We will explore how embodying these themes feels like in our minds and bodies.

We had a lovely time exploring the earth element as a community yesterday evening 🤍 a relaxing, warm and gratitude imbued space Next week we’ll be exploring the water element 🌊

🌱 Earth workshop 🌱 this Thursday 6.30-8.30pm @chapterartscentre We have a couple of spaces left! In the workshop we’ll be playing with earth (actual earth!), checking in on our bodies and exploring a bit of grounded moving. There will also be lots of tea, snacks and time to chill and be together as a community 💫 Link to book is in our bio ☺️

🌸🦋 Our first walk of the year - Queer Nature Walk: Ancient Floralia Festival and Flowers 🌼💫 This is a nature walk for queer community exploring flowers - both wild and cultivated - in Bute Park during the ancient Roman Floralia festival. The Floralia festival was dedicated to the goddess Flora, an ancient deity of flowers and spring. Date & Time: 2nd May 1-3pm Starting point: Secret Garden Cafe, Bute Park, Cardiff ☀️ Link to book on in our bio! ☀️ We’d like to invite you to wear bright, colourful clothing to honour the spritit of the festival! The walk will be led by @mabjonespoet @howel.hubbard ☀️ We have a deposit fee of £1 which is fully refundable upon request. If the deposit is a barrier of entry please email us at [email protected] to book your spot. It would be lovely to see some of you there! ☺️ xx