Gardens Wellbeing Audio Trail

Take a relaxed audio trail, and travel the Gardens at your own pace.

A warm welcome to the beautiful Horniman Gardens. In this relaxed audio trail, you can travel the Gardens at your own pace, explore wherever you’d like, and do some simple activities along the way to help improve your sense of wellbeing and peace.

There are so many areas of the Horniman Gardens to explore, filled with trees, plants, animals and landscapes. Spending time in nature has been shown to improve mental health and wellbeing, and allows us to slow down and take a moment away from the pressures of life.

We created this trail to gently guide you in your exploration of the Gardens, with some optional activities which we have found useful ourselves. You can pause, rewind or resume the trail at any point. We hope you enjoy the experience.

This trail talks about the history of the Horniman.

See the transcript below

See photos taken by Ricky

A bench in Horniman Gardens on a sunny day
'I like to stop by this peaceful bench in the Grasslands Garden and take a moment to watch the plants and insects.' Credit: Ricky Dale
Green lamppost
'I’m drawn to old-feeling objects with character, such as this aged lamppost on the Avenue path.' Credit: Ricky Dale
Orange plant
'Macro photography helps you to notice tiny details, like on this Kniphofia plant – also known as the Red Hot Poker.' Credit: Ricky Dale
Lots of branches
'I loved how ancient and tangled these branches felt – the sky is only just visible.' Credit: Ricky Dale

This trail is part of collaborative project between the Horniman Museum and Gardens, South London and Maudsley NHS Trust Recovery College and the Lewisham Creative Futures Programme. It was created by a group of local people who came together for two months to spend time in nature and learn about the benefits for the planet and their personal wellbeing.