IN-PERSON: Planting Hope: One Yellow Tulip Bulb at a Time – Presented by Ysanne Bethel with YTP
Join us at NAMI’s annual Beyond the Basics conference on March 20, 2025.
Are you looking for creative ways to cultivate connection and spark conversations about mental health? Join the Yellow Tulip Project (YTP) to learn how to plant a Hope Garden and host a Hope Day in your community! Hope Gardens are The Yellow Tulip Project’s signature program and have brought together over 500 communities (and counting!) across the United States and the world. The yellow tulip is a symbol of hope – we place these bulbs in the ground during Mental Health Awareness Week in October, where they survive a harsh winter, emerging strong and beautiful come spring. The perennial serves as a reminder of the resilience we all demonstrate in life, especially when it comes to mental health. When you plant a Hope Garden, you dig deep and smash the stigma surrounding mental health as a community.
In May during Mental Health Awareness Month, communities can host a Hope Day celebration – a day that centers hope and connection through a walk to a local Hope Garden, storytelling, music, good food, and interactive activities for all ages. In this breakout session, you will leave knowing how to:
• Plant a YTP Hope Garden and host a Hope Day in your community, from start to finish.
• Incorporate elements of social emotional learning by highlighting ‘self-awareness’, inspired by the life cycle of a tulip bulb as it relates to our own seasons in life.
• Cultivate connection in dynamic ways that offer opportunities for everyone in the community to meaningfully engage.
Here’s to planting hope – one yellow tulip bulb at a time.