Saturday 15 August, 10:00

Humorous Writing Workshop

Booking Required

An intensive workshop exploring the craft of comedic writing, focusing on voice, timing and comic structure. Participants analyse humorous texts, practise joke construction and develop short pieces with guided feedback. Practical exercises emphasise observation, rhythm, word choice and narrative surprise, and include iterative drafting to sharpen comedic effect. The programme highlights techniques for performance and written formats, encouraging revision, peer critique and strategies for sustaining a distinctive comic voice.

In French.

6 Avenue Cardinal Mermillod

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28 January – 23 December

Create Your Own Rousseau-Style Herbarium

Lectures & Workshops

Jardin botanique

This workshop explores the traditional process of assembling a herbarium specimen, inspired by Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s collections. Participants learn scientific techniques for pressing and mounting dried plants on old paper, practice botanical labelling and nomenclature, and select specimens to create a personal herbarium sheet. The session examines preservation methods, identification principles and the historical context of Rousseau’s approach, combining practical skills with scientific insight to produce a lasting botanical object.

In French.

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28 January – 23 December

Our Biodiversity: Memory game

Lectures & Workshops

Jardin botanique

This interactive memory challenge invites participants to test their memory while exploring practical ways to preserve biodiversity based on Geneva’s municipal strategy. Players match “before-and-after” images that illustrate individual and institutional actions, and each correct pair reveals concise information explaining the measure. The activity examines themes such as habitat restoration, species-friendly practices, urban greening and policy responses, helping participants understand the impact and rationale behind everyday and organisational conservation choices.

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Wednesday 5 August, 18:00

Cropettes Community Journal Workshop

Lectures & Workshops

Buvette IASP

The collective 100noms facilitates a co-writing and co-drawing workshop for the Journal des Cropettes, inviting local residents and passersby to share experiences of urban life and contribute through creative collaboration.

This session examines how social markers—gender, skin colour, age, disability, health and class—shape access to public space and the shared urban commons. Participants co-create texts, drawings and actions to surface invisible barriers, reflect on city use, and amplify marginalised voices while exploring collective practices that prioritise community and biodiversity.

In French.

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9 – 30 August

Harvest and Cooking at the Kitchen Garden

Lectures & Workshops

Théâtre de l'Orangerie

From garden to plate: a convivial, hands-on workshop exploring seasonal vegetable harvesting and simple cooking techniques for families. Participants of all ages harvest produce outdoors, learn basic preparation and knife skills, discover flavour combinations and seasonal cooking methods, then prepare and share dishes together. The session emphasises sensory discovery, sustainable food practices and practical culinary confidence. Suitable for children and adults; no prior experience required.

In French.

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28 June – 30 August

Real/Fake Workshop — Art Classe

Lectures & Workshops

Art Classe

Stéphane Ducret, artist, leads hands-on workshops inspired by various renowned contemporary artists (painters), focusing on figurative or abstract painting, depending on the theme of the day’s workshop. The foundation is self-expression: opening oneself up to experimentation, even without (thinking one knows how to) draw. Participants also explore composition, the layering of colors, and the application of paint—whether acrylic or oil—on primed canvas.

In French.

This summer, join us for workshops every Sunday, preceded by a barbecue and salad lunch starting at 12:00.

Sunday 28 June, 14:00 : Katherine Bradford
Sunday 5 July, 14:00: Henry Taylor
Sunday 12 July, 14:00: Lynette Yiadom-Boakye
Sunday 19 July, 14:00: Mamma Andersson
Sunday 2 August, 14:00: Rose Wylie
Sunday 9 August, 14:00: Ida Ekblad
Sunday 16 August, 14:00: Henry Ward

Sunday 23 August, 14:00: Richard Prince

Sunday 30 August, 14:00: Nicolas Party

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Thursday 13 August, 18:30

Yoga Class

Lectures & Workshops

MAH

This class blends dynamic yoga practices with functional conditioning, emphasizing breath, alignment and mobility. Participants work through flowing sequences and targeted strength exercises to improve posture, flexibility and core stability. The session examines movement principles and sequencing strategies that support sustainable progress and injury prevention. It is preceded by a short presentation of an artwork, offering a cultural frame for embodied practice.

In French.

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