Tuesday Activities with Kaupunkiluontokeskus

Welcome to join us on Tuesday afternoons for activities open to all at Lapinlahden Lähde.
The activities are free of charge, unless a material fee is specifically mentioned.

Programme every Tuesday in autumn from 10.9. to 3.12. (not 1.10.):
- From 13:00 to 16:00, open and varied activities: e.g. free painting, poetry, crafts with natural and recycled materials, reflector workshop (small material fee), wild herb guiding and herbal tea tasting, presentation of nature sites in the capital region. Visitors can also make wishes about themes!
- 16:00-17:00 Rento mieli ja keho: guidance in Finnish, pre-registration for each session, see https://lapinlahdenlahde.fi/tapahtumat/. If the class is not full, you can also come without registering.

October & November programme:
- 29.10. All Saints’ Day crafts from natural and recycled materials – Come and make toilet paper roll ghosts or shrine cages, for example! The workshop is suitable for the whole family. (Voluntary small material fee)
- 5.11. Reflector workshop – Craft nice reflective jewelry to bring extra light in darkness. There are also real reflectors in materials, so you can for example weave macrame ornament to go with them. (2€ material fee on the spot, exact cash/Mobilepay)
- 12.11. Dream maps – Make the best out of kaamos (polar night time) and create your own dream map! You can use magazines (most in Finnish, some in English), colorful cardboards and other decorations. Free workshop.
- 19.11. Herbs and pampering – Let’s make lovely bath salt mixtures! There are also wild herb tea to taste and nature cosmetics recipes to see. (2€ material fee for one bath salt bag, on the spot exact cash/Mobilepay)
- 26.11. Nature related history tour in Lapinlahti – Get to know the fascinating history and nature of Lapinlahti! We start at 13 in Valo-tila with herbal tea and short relaxation exercise. Then we go for an adventure in the main building and outside in the park if the weather is good. The guide Ilona will be speaking mostly in Finnish but can translate some in English too. She will tell about the history and nature of the area, and we will do also short and easy wellbeing exercises. The tour ends around 15 depending on the participants and the weather. Free tour.

The venue is indoors in Valo-tila, located on the 2nd floor of the main building of Lapinlahden Lähde.
Directions to the venue: Enter from the main doors, walk forward to Gallery corridor, turn left and at the end of the corridor, go up the stairs. The door to Valo-tila is at the top of the stairs on the right.
Sometimes there are also activities outside in the park, we will announce this separately.

The activities are guided in Finnish and English by Ilona Rautiainen, instructor of Kaupunkiluontokeskus (City nature center). Sometimes another instructor Taina Laaksoharju may also be present, and in the autumn trainee Ronja is also there. The activity has received financial aid from the City of Helsinki, for more information visit the City Nature Center’s website (in Finnish so far): https://lapinlahdenlahde.fi/projekti/kaupunkiluontokeskus/