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For organizations · remote teams

Virtual Lunch & Learn

Live, remote sessions that give your team a real. Start with The Art of Noticing, or build a series over time. Each topic works on its own, so your team never has to take them in order.

Katie Iarca leading a virtual session from a sunlit desk with houseplants

Choose a topic

Topics can be booked one at a time or combined into a quarterly series. Many teams begin with The Art of Noticing and add follow-up sessions later.

Topic 01

The Art of Noticing

A one-hour introduction to therapeutic horticulture. Your team learns how plants and attention can steady the nervous system, with a simple desk-side practice to keep using after the call.

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Topic 02

More topics coming soon

Future sessions will build on The Art of Noticing with deeper plant-care skills, seasonal resets, and team rituals. Each topic works on its own or as part of a series.

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What your team leaves with

  • An understanding of therapeutic horticulture and what the research supports
  • A repeatable practice to interrupt stress and refocus attention 
  • A shared experience that helps teams talk to each other differently
  • A simple practice to use even after the call ends

How it runs

Format
60 minutes live on Microsoft Teams. I join your tenant or send a link.
Group size
No cap. Works for 3 to 300 people across any time zone.
What you provide
A calendar invite. That's it.
What I bring
The session, slides, and a one-page takeaway to send afterwards.
Recording
Happy to be recorded for anyone who can't attend live.
Also available on
Zoom, Google Meet, or Webex if your team lives elsewhere.

What organizations are saying

"Rooted in Respite provided a phenomenal experience for our team. The session was perfectly paced and truly felt like a break from the work day."
Syd
"A perfect way to reconnect with colleagues without the pressure of forced networking. We just made beautiful things together."
Katie
"The Art of Noticing lunch and learn was exactly what our department needed. It gave us practical tools for stress that we actually use."
Jessica

Request a virtual lunch and learn

Tell me about your group and I'll come back with availability and a one-page summary to forward internally.

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