Gardening

There is indigenous plant life in the city, OMG! Come with us on a pleasant evening stroll and you too can meet them.

With fun activities based around plants and a touch of story-telling, you’ll experience the best way to learn about plants: get acquainted and interact with them. By so doing you’ll take some steps towards releasing your inner botanist.

In this class we will learn how to construct a beautiful posy, using the season of colourful spring as our inspiration.

We’ll be looking at what flowers are best in spring, how to display them and how to make your posy fresh and bright to fit the season. This bouquet will brighten up any home or indoor space as we venture in to the season of spring. This time of year focuses on the fresh and bright side of the colour palette – pinks, greens, purples, reds, oranges and yellows.

In this class you will learn how to make a fascinator that you could wear to the races, a party, or just to do your shopping. With these ideas you will be able to jazz up any outfit!

Ever wonder how to start a garden without paying for plants? Join this interactive lesson on how to cut, divide and grow seeds. From the science to the practice, after the workshop you will have the necessary knowledge to propagate any plant you like!

Have you ever looked at a plant and wondered what it was? Which of the approximately 1000 local native plants could it be? Or was it a weed?

Whether you are already in touch with nature or not this class will inspire you to know more about the wonderful world of plants. We are going to learn about some of our local natives and how you can figure out, from the thousands of possible plants, what it is you happen to be looking at.

The latest new plant trend is here! It involves replacing all of the picture frames on your wall and hanging architectural plants that will stay green and lush while you watch them proudly, your very own living picture!

Learn to mount your very own fern to take home and hang in pride of place on a wall and get all the basics to keep these plants alive.

In this class we will learn how to make a wild winter posy, looking at what flowers are best in winter, how to display them and how to make your posy look wild. This bouquet will brighten up any home in the middle of winter!

Kokedama are likened to bonsai; small, trained gardens for the home but with one major difference. Set in a freestanding ball of green, moss-covered soil rather than planted in a pot, kokedama are individual ornamental plants that, when hung up, appear as small and verdant floating planets.

The class will cover the messy (but fun) process and design aesthetics of making kokedama.

Flowers are great for a table arrangement but sometimes they can be hard on the wallet. So why not make a living succulent table arrangement of your own?

Learn the skills to make your very own living table centrepieces. These will continue to grow, while providing you with endless colour throughout the year. With tips and tricks, you will be able to find out how to make sure your succulents never die! Think of a dinner table arrangement that will live forever.

Kokedama are likened to bonsai; small, trained gardens for the home but with one major difference. Set in a freestanding ball of green, moss-covered soil rather than planted in a pot, kokedama are individual ornamental plants that, when hung up, appear as small and verdant floating planets.

The class will cover the messy (but fun) process and design aesthetics of making kokedama.