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Private Corporate Group Programs and Workshops

Desert Botanical Garden & La Bella Terre Private Programs and Workshops Are you
ready for something new and different to offer your clients or employees?

La Bella Terre Botany for the Body offers an environmental “eco-education” experience inspired by the garden. We’ve offered group workshops since 2000, hosting groups of all types and sizes. Destination management companies and resorts contact us when they need a program for groups, conference attendees or spouses. Corporations and small businesses contact us when they want to create team-building programs, or provide a special event for their employees or clients. We specialize in customizing programs to meet the needs of each client. We take pride in making every workshop guest feel relaxed, inspired and welcomed at the Desert Botanical Garden.

La Bella Terre’s class room is located at The Desert Botanical Garden.

The “DBG” is a unique place to introduce your guests to Phoenix. Arriving at The Desert Botanical Garden, home to more than 50,000 plants on display; featuring edible flowers, aromatic herbs and native plants. Guests will experience being surrounded by beauty and the sounds of serenity, arriving at the La Bella Terre classroom to begin their five sense experience.

Hands-on workshops designed to entertain, enlighten and educate.

Hosted by the vibrant and fun eco-ista Terri Nacke, and her team of eco-istas, each student is greeted with a hug and a scentual-spritz of pure aromatherapy mist, as they begin an adventure to remember.

We are happy to help you get the business!

We host on-site tours for prospective clients and can present mini-demonstrations of our most popular workshops.

Dine at The Desert Botanical Garden.

Breakfast, lunch, dinner or snacks can be provided for your group. Catering prices available upon request, or ask your La Bella Terre consultant for details.

Shopping at the Desert Botanical Garden.

We reserve time at the end of each workshop for guests to shop at the “DBG” gift shop, or stroll the grounds, so they can take home a bit of the Garden. Be careful, your guests will have so much fun with us that we often have to coax them out to their waiting bus!

All workshop fees include Desert Botanical Garden admission and a 1 hour private Garden tour, workshop instruction, supplies and handouts, and all items are packaged in a beautifully prepared La Bella Terre “eco-to-go box.”

Desert Botanical Garden & La Bella Terre “Eco Edu-tainment” Programs include a custom private 1 hour Desert Botanical Garden tour, admission, La Bella Terre instruction, supplies, handouts and items beautifully packaged for “eco-to-go”.

Adventures in Aromatherapy

This rejuvenating introduction to the world of pure aromatherapy is our most popular workshop. We invite you to be introduced to a Gallery of Herbs. In this class you will learn how essential oils are created, the therapeutic and restorative properties of each oil and a bit of herb folklore. You will touch the featured living plant and smell the essence of each plant’s flowers, leaves, roots and berries captured in the essential oil. The adventure begins as we custom-blend the essential oils. In this gallery of herbs we will feature Geranium, R., Lavender, P., Orange, S., Peppermint, Rose, A. and Rosemary.

Tier 1) aroma mist
Tier 2) aroma mist, salt snifter or soak, and a 2mL vial of essential oil. (This is our special!)
Tier 3) aroma mist, salt snifter or soak, a 2mL vial of essential oil, & an organic olive oil body lotion

Sustainable Spa

The word “cosmetic” comes from the Greek word “kosmos” meaning “order in the universe.” You’ll learn Simple-Organic-Skincare creations you can make at home. We’ll step into the complexion garden and illuminate “Why Natural?” and “How to Read between the Labels”. Healthy skin is a result of seasonal nutrition, proper cleansing, moisturizing, exercise and water. Your skin mirrors the health of your body. Faced with pollution and stress, we feel challenged to keep our skin clean and healthy. Natural ingredients, when properly chosen and carefully applied are profoundly effective, better for the environment, and are most beneficial to your overall well-being. You will depart ready to read and understand a personal care ingredients label, and with recipe cards so you can locally source and create “order” in your own everyday ritual! This class includes hands on blending and is great for teambuilding.

Tier 1) facial exfoliating grains, 4oz
Tier 2) facial exfoliating grains, 4oz, and desert dew of the sea scrub, 4 oz
Tier 3) facial exfoliating grains, 4oz, desert dew of the sea scrub, 4 oz, and custom blended indigenous organic olive oil lotion, 2oz
Tier 4) facial exfoliating grains, 4oz, desert dew of the sea scrub, 4 oz custom blended indigenous organic olive oil lotion, 2oz, an “ayate” agave fiber wash cloth, and signature calendula sugar scrub, 4oz

The “Herban” Gardener

Harvest from the “herban” garden. We’ll dig in to topics such as current sustainable food trends including community and rooftop gardens, seasonal food a la “the slow food movement”, and what it means to be a “locavore”. We’ll plant the seed to enlighten you how to eat economically, healthfully, organically and seasonally all while supporting your community. Grow the confidence to throw your own “Herb-A-Queue” with the resources necessary to become a part of the nation-wide food movement. You’ll take with you flavors-for-food recipe cards, tips and techniques to create meals at home for your very own savory occasions. In this Gallery of Herbs we will feature Basil, Lavender, Rosemary, Savory and Tarragon.

Tier 1) signature Desert Botanical Garden herb blend, 1oz
Tier 2) signature Desert Botanical Garden herb blend, 1oz, and Tuscan sea salt, 1oz
Tier 3) signature Desert Botanical Garden herb blend, 1oz, Tuscan sea salt, 1oz, and lavender pepper, 1oz
Tier 4) signature Desert Botanical Garden herb blend, 1oz, Tuscan sea salt, 1oz, lavender pepper pairing, 1oz, and culinary herb “colander pot” you’ll plant with 3 of our featured herbs to grow and use at home

Market Fresh “Mixology”

Forage for flavor that will make your palate pop! Learn how to use essential oils and herbs to infuse your salts, sauces, sips, sugars, and syrups. Agave nectar and olive oil are the perfect ingredients for health made simple. Learn to prepare and layer flavors in these sips and nips using simple e-scentual techniques as ancient as time. Scent-sational sugars can sweeten teas and cocktails, add them to cakes, fruit desserts, sorbets or brush them on right out of the oven. You may already know how to muddle your mint…yet in this class we’ll teach you new ways to become a kitchen alchemist, from Appetizers to Zests that will pack a punch! In this gallery of plants we will feature Basil, Grapefruit, P., Lavender, Lemon, Orange, S. and Spearmint. Attendees will make and take recipe cards away.

Tier 1) seasonal scented sugar, 4oz
Tier 2) seasonal scented sugar, 4oz, and scented salt, 1oz
Tier 3) seasonal scented sugar, 4oz, scented salt, 1oz, and infused agave nectar, 2oz
Tier 4) seasonal scented sugar, 4oz, scented salt, 1oz, infused agave nectar, 2oz, and infused olive oil, 2oz

Aromatic Art of Perfumes

From Cleopatra to Coco Chanel, perfume has been a woman’s secret weapon since the ancients crafted it thousands of years ago to attract the goodwill of the gods. We unlock the inner goddess of each guest by customizing the perfect scent to create a desired mood. We explore the art and craft of making perfumes, and then introduce single-note or synergy blends, like the French perfumer’s of late. Each guest will create and take a pure perfume or cologne mist. We provide a sumptuous soft “eco-itsa” pouch for safekeeping.

Tier 1) eau de cologne mist, 2 oz, select from citrus, floral, herbal or wood synergy blends
Tier 2) botanical pure-fume, 2mL, select from citrus, floral, herbal or wood synergy blends
Tier 3) a customized personal pure-fume, 2mL, including but not limited to our most exquisite essential oils: Cognac, Jasmine, S., Jasmine, G., Neroli, Rose, O., Vanilla, A., and Ylang Ylang, III

Clean Green Home

Are you confused by all the messages about going green? Let us guide you to awaken your “Eco-Chic” self. We will teach you how to go green and be chemically dependent no more! This twelve step program is designed to teach you how to detoxify your home and work environment. Essential oils have 3 things in common; they are anti-viral, anti-bacterial and anti-fungal. We will introduce aromatherapy scents using La Bella Terre’s pure essential oils, and then create custom blends for each clean green item. In this gallery of plants we will feature Bergamot, Lavender, A., and Spearmint.

Tier 1) va-va-vinegar all purpose cleanser with our signature go-green scent
Tier 2) va-va-vinegar all purpose cleanser with our signature go-green scent and scented-soda-scrub, an herbal and essential oil infused, baking soda scrub
Tier 3) va-va-vinegar all purpose cleanser with our signature go-green scent, scented-soda-scrub, an herbal and essential oil infused, baking soda scrub, and pure-room-fume synergy-blended aroma mist
Tier 4) va-va-vinegar all purpose cleanser with our signature go-green scent, scented-soda-scrub, an herbal and essential oil infused, baking soda scrub, pure-room-fume synergy-blended aroma mist, lovely-laundry infused liquid laundry soap, and an “ayate” agave scrub-cloth

“Botany for the Body” Seasonal Organic Cooking

Celebrate the seasons with hands on cooking classes, using the simplest of ingredients while incorporating the just harvested organic produce, herbs, edible flowers and sometimes essential oils, for a three or four course class. Take the guess work out of how to eat organically and then feast on a delicately-delicious meal. We also offer wine education, tastings and pairings with our sommelier. People walk away feeling empowered to incorporate these simple tips & tools into their daily lives.

“Botany for the Body” Eating for Beauty, In-&-On

Did you know that the skin is the body’s largest organ? Terri will share ancient secrets, the molecular structures of plant oils, “Essential Fatty Acids” (EFA’S) and aromatherapy blends for the simple how’s and why’s of taking care of your skin. We’ll taste and make pretty an EFA vinaigrette for in-the-body, and we’ll create and take a custom EFA oil for the three facial skin types, and a custom EFA oil for on-the body.

Short, but sweet, programs lasting 1-2 Hours

Simple Organic Skincare; Why Natural & How to Read Between the Labels: Aromatherapy Short Course

Healthy skin is a result of seasonal nutrition, proper cleansing, moisturizing, exercise and water. Your skin mirrors the health of your body. Faced with pollution and stress, we feel challenged to keep our skin clean and healthy. Natural ingredients, when properly chosen and carefully applied are profoundly effective, better for the environment, and are most beneficial to your overall well-being. We’ll take away how to read and understand a personal care ingredients label, and cover the simple every day steps and recipes to create your very own everyday ritual. We’ll create and take a custom botanical deodorant sea-mist and a botanical tasty tooth powder.

Loving Lavender: Aromatherapy Short Course

Queen Victoria kept her castle filled with it, Napoleon bathed using sixty bottles of it per month, the Pilgrims packed it for their trip to America, and now La Bella Terre has it for you! Lavender is one of the oldest and most highly regarded herbs in the world. Known for its relaxing, healing and balancing properties, it is one herb you shouldn’t live without! Guests create a soothing, solar soak and a refreshing aroma mist using 100% pure, organic, Provence Lavender essential oil from La Bella Terre’s botany for the body own aromatherapy line!

Sweet Dreams: Aromatherapy Short Course

“If you walk barefoot upon the morning dew, you will become beautiful” – American Folklore. As you’re flying about your day, learn how to get grounded and cast the anxiety away. In this class you will learn balance for a better life. Quiet your breath and calm your body and “soul” as you rest your two “soles” in our “heeling” garden. Make a relaxing sleeping salt snifter or soak and a soothing eye pillow with a blend of organic lavender and chamomile from La Bella Terre’s botanical blending bar. We’ve selected a French-inspired fabric, softened with a silk backing, to send you on a relaxing rest, a good night’s sleep and a more enjoyable journey. You will learn about the benefits of chamomile and lavender, plus touch and smell the living plants.

Tier 1) sleeping snifter/soak, 4oz,
Tier 2) sleeping snifter/soak, 4oz, and soothing custom eye pillow
Tier 3) sleeping snifter/soak, 4oz, soothing custom eye pillow, and environmental mist, 2 oz
Tier 4) sleeping snifter/soak, 4oz, soothing custom eye pillow, environmental mist, 2 oz, and 2ml renew vial

Botanica the Beautiful

Say it with flowers and herbs! Explore the myth, language and & lore of these enticing plants. The Herb Society of America defines “herbs” as plants valued for their “flavor, fragrance, medicinal and healthful qualities, economic and industrial uses, pest management properties and coloring materials." We’ll share stories of flower and herbal heritage from antiquity originating from the Mediterranean, Asia, India, Middle East, and North America. We’ll discuss the invigorating partnerships of botanicals, herbs, water, and bees as nature’s beauty unfolds right before your eyes. This class is accompanied by a 1 hour “pathway to pollination” tour of the Desert Botanical Garden that emphasizes wildflowers, pollination (how flower’s market themselves!), bees, and our herb garden. You’ll gain understanding about the amazing benefits of edible flowers, botanicals, and herbs by creating sips, soaks and scents. All classes will take home recipes.

Tier 1) custom blend a “T is for Tisane” and taste from dried botanicals and herbs
Tier 2) custom blend a “T is for Tisane”, taste from dried botanicals & herbs, and blend scented honey
Tier 3) custom blend a “T is for Tisane”, taste from dried botanicals & herbs, custom blend scented honey, and custom blend a botanical bath from dried botanicals and herbs
Tier 4) custom blend a “T is for Tisane”, taste from dried botanicals & herbs, custom blend scented honey, custom blend a botanical bath from dried botanicals and herbs, and experience Le Language des Fleurs tasting of Purple Haze artisanal cheese with fennel pollen & lavender blooms on an olive oil whole grain crostini

Fragrant “Farmacy”

Create your very own “essential” kit featuring natural remedies for first aid. Learn the economical, effective, and efficient way to use essential oils for therapeutic purposes. Did you know that a few drops of peppermint oil in your water can calm your digestion? Did you know that lavender oil helps to heal your skin or that essential oils can be used to keep the “bugs at bay”? The skin readily absorbs these oils and we’ll tell you how. A naturally sourced ‘farmacy’ can healthfully enhance your daily ritual. In this gallery of plants we will feature Eucalyptus, Grapefruit, P., Lavender, P., Rosemary, and Peppermint.

Tier 1) travel toner, 2oz, with organic cotton balls
Tier 2) travel toner, 2oz, with organic cotton balls and a sneeze proof snifter/soak
Tier 3) travel toner, 2oz, with organic cotton balls, sneeze proof snifter/soak, and olive oil salve
Tier 4) travel toner, 2oz, with organic cotton balls, sneeze proof snifter/soak, olive oil salve, and organic keep the “bugs at bay” spray (pun intended)

O’ Live the OLIVE

Love the skin you are in by treating your body both in and on. The health and therapeutic benefits of olive oil were first mentioned by Hippocrates, the father of medicine. For centuries, the nutritional, cosmetic and medicinal benefits of olive oil have been recognized by the people of the Mediterranean. Did you know that the skin is the body’s largest organ? We will share ancient secrets and explain the molecular structures of plant oils, “Essential Fatty Acids” (EFA’S) and offer simple solutions to care for the body. You’ll create and take a custom EFA oil for on-the-body. We’ll taste a custom EFA oil for in-the-body and incorporate it into a vinaigrette to taste with micro-greens. Participate in the latest trend of olive oil tastings which you can pair with our delicious cured olives. Attendees will make and take recipe cards away.

Tier 1) EFA oil for on-the-body, 2oz
Tier 2) EFA oil for on-the-body, 2oz, and EFA Oil for in-the-body, 2 oz,
Tier 3) EFA oil for on-the-body, 2oz, EFA Oil for in-the-body, 2 oz, and tasting of infused olive oils of vanilla, blood orange or Meyer lemon and truffle olive oils
Tier 4) EFA oil for on-the-body, 2oz, EFA Oil for in-the-body, 2 oz, tasting of infused olive oils of vanilla, blood orange or Meyer lemon and truffle olive oils, and make and taste cured olives

Ga Ga for Agave: Cooking Short Course

We are crazy for this desert’s fine nectar, learn how to use this valuable culinary diamond as an optimal sweetener to lighten the caloric load, gain understanding of the glycemic index as it pertains to blood sugar and its anti-oxidant value. For our version of tea and crumpets, we’ll make and taste a seasonal herbal tisane, and an old world rose petal nectar served with a mild local Farmers Cheese from Rainbow Valley and Simply Breads’ OOH LA LA Whole Grain Baguette. There will be plenty of sampling, nutritional information, recipes and 4oz jar of our favorite rose petal nectar for each to take home.

Join Us or, We Join You for a Five Senses Experience

Brides, Moms-to-Be and Birthdays

Enjoy a private gathering to celebrate an upcoming wedding, arrival of a new baby or a milestone birthday with a relaxing aromatherapy workshop! We customize a program to fit your needs. To linger at the Desert Botanical Gardens a bit longer, why not add breakfast, lunch or dinner to your experience, or let us come to you and create a magnificent memory event.

Girls Spa date: Aromatherapy To Go

Enjoy the gift of relaxation and rejuvenation! Gather a group of family or girlfriends to create a spa-in-a-box from the kitchen spa pantry. This gathering features La Bella Terre’s botany for the body line of pure, organic ingredients. The girl’s are guaranteed to leave feeling stress free, enlightened and loaded with goodies to make your own home feel like a spa.

Seasonal Organic Cooking Gathering

Grab a group of friends or couples to enjoy a private cooking demonstration and turn it into a fabulous dinner event in your own home or at the “DBG” customized just for you. We’ll combine organic produce harvested from a James Beard organic grower McClendon’s select along with the finest flavors for food and grass fed or wild caught poultry, meats or seafood. In this “slow meal” we’ll be glad to also offer wine education paired with each course too! Spending your time with us will be both entertaining and educational.

Did you know?

Herb: a plant that is useful in some way

The Desert Botanical Garden is home to over 4000 species of plants, many of which are useful in surprising and enlightening ways. Begin your discovery with a private guided tour of the Garden’s main trail as we focus on healing and healthful native Sonoran Desert plants and their traditional uses. Continue your exploration with a visit to the Herb Garden, where herbs from around the world grow vibrantly in the Sonoran Desert and are thematically planted to captivate your senses!

Carbon Footprints and Green Energy

La Bella Terre’s classes can be taken off-site for a $100 flat rate fee in the Phoenix area or for a $200 flat rate fee to Tucson. Please note that we include a complimentary “Admit One” pass for participants in an offsite program so that they may return to the DBG on their own time. Please see the Desert Botanical Garden Sustainability Statement at the end of this packet.

Booking Your Group:

Minimum for group booking is 15 people.

To secure and confirm your desired date, a 50% deposit for the minimum guarantee is required at time of booking (Visa, MC, or Check, written out to the Desert Botanical Garden, Accepted.)

Deposit is refundable for cancellations received 30 days prior to workshop date.

Final minimum guarantee of guest count is due 14 days prior to workshop. Final guarantee is due 48 hours prior to the workshop.

Workshops will be billed for the balance due, based on the final guaranteed number of guests, on the day of the workshop

All workshop fees include Desert Botanical Garden admission and a 1 hour private Garden tour, workshop instruction, supplies and handouts, and all items are packaged in a beautifully prepared La Bella Terre “eco-to-go box”.

Offered by:

Terri Nacke, Eco-ista & Founder La Bella Terre®, LLC.

W: www.LaBellaTerre.com E: Terri@labellaterre.com P: 602-573-1318

Eco-education, “botany for the body” products & services, in the fields of pure aromatherapy & seasonal cooking & Emi Koeckhoven, Group Sales Manager, Desert Botanical Garden, www.dbg.org, ekoeckhoven@dbg.org, 480-481-8104

Teaching Relationships with DMC’s

  • The Desert Botanical Garden
  • Royal Palms Resort and Spa
  • The Phoenician Resort
  • Wigwam
  • The Four Seasons
  • The Arizona Biltmore
  • Boulders Resort
  • The Scottsdale Princess
  • Desert Ridge Marriott
  • Hyatt Gainey Ranch
  • Silver Leaf Spa
  • The Sanctuary
  • Westin Kierland Commons
  • Delta Airlines
  • American Express

Corporate Relationships

  • AGF Funds
  • AICPA
  • American Association of State Colleges
  • Anheuser Busch
  • B Braun
  • Bank of New York Carnegie Mellon
  • BSNF Railway
  • Canadian Construction Association
  • Capital Financial
  • Choice Hotels
  • Common Wealth Financial
  • Entrepreneurs’ Organization
  • Equity Residential
  • Federal Mogul
  • Firestone
  • Fiserv
  • Honeywell
  • HPC Publishers
  • Humana
  • ING, USA, and Canada
  • IOIBD
  • Kelso
  • MetLife
  • Master Helco
  • NTT Verio
  • National Charity League
  • Pacific Care
  • Price Waterhouse
  • Raytheon
  • Sea Ray
  • Subaru
  • Utica
  • Viacom
  • Wellborn

Nov. 22, 2008- May 31, 2009 Season Price List at the Desert Botanical Garden

Please contact us at 480-990-1805 to schedule your program and for more information.

PLEASE ASK ABOUT OUR CUSTOM PROGRAMS NOT REPRESENTED IN OUR LITERATURE! La Bella Terre’s classes can be taken off-site for a nominal “carbon footprint” surcharge.