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It's back! Our popular "Winter Sleigh Ride" Workshop will be offered for those who already have the wooden sleigh and wish to "re-green it" and for those who are new to this project. Come one, come all! NEW DATE ADDED: Saturday November 30, 1:00 p.m. The wooden sleigh (about 30" long) is a sturdy construction and colour choices are natural and painted red and black. Participants will strap on a foam block and 'green it up" with boxwood, pine, cedar and silver fir evergreen snipets. A bow and accents decorate it to your personal style. This is an outdoor project; it can not remain indoors for more than 1-2 days (greens will dry out). The string allows it to be hung or it can lean against the wall/fence. All materials are included for new participants. Those returning who have the wooden sleigh from one of our previous workshops (see notes below) can bring it to re-do and pay a lower price for this experience. -
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Sexy Succulents Workshops Sunday June 09, 2:00 p.m. 55.00 + HST. Using a very nice long, rectangular metal trough, seven succulents will be planted. A variety of sizes, colours and shapes will be included, along with proper succulent soil, decorative rocks and fun touches. Discussion will highlight succulent care and design techniques. Maximum 8 participants. -
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This is an indoor potted plant workshop for folks who value houseplants they can grow on after the holidays. In an 8” natural toned tin planter (with protective liner) participants will plant five seasonal bloomers. Choices will include: cyclamen, poinsettia, lemon cypress, lavender, rosemary, fluffy ferns, ivy, winter berry, calandivia and seasonal frosty fern. Accents to finish the project will be a wooden tree stake, a metal deer pick, birch and pine cones. Au Natural! -
NEW for 2024! This lovely 8" cement planter with etched cardinals will be filled with mixed fresh evergreens in floral foam, for freshness and longevity, plus fanciful dogwood, pine cones and light floral accents. Nestled amongst the greens will be a live waxed red amaryllis that will grow throughout the month, hopefully bursting open for the holiday (plants will be plants...) Of course, red cardinals will be clipped to the dogwood branches, to complete the arrangement. Once the greenery arrives, a photo of the completed project will be posted. -
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NEW SPRING WORKSHOP for OUTDOOR DECOR! Note: CANCELLED due to poor weather; RESCHEDULED to Sunday April 06, 1 pm A gorgeous teal metal coal bucket planter is the container to fill with beautiful Spring plants. The unit is 13" oblong and a perfect as a country-inspired outdoor arrangement. It will be fantastic on your porch steps or small bistro table. Caution will be required in the early days and this arrangement will need to come in on nights where temperature is below minus 1 or 2 degrees; otherwise, it will love the cool temps outdoors throughout April. Each participant will choose six seasonal Spring plants from a selection including pre-sprouted tulips, mini daffodils, hyacinths and muscari along with ranunculus, primula and pansies. Mosses, sticks, pussy willows and accents will be offered to complete the planter. As always, care, advice and education will be discussed as the group works alongside your host, Vikki and the Design Team. Choice of colours and plants will ensure your creation is very unique - unique to you! -
NEW SPRING WORKSHOP with an EASTER THEME Saturday April 05, 1:00 p.m. PLUS NEW SESSION ADDED: 10:00 a.m.* A beautiful, classic white cement footed planter* is the container to fill with beautiful Spring plants. The unit is 9" round and perfect as a clean and classic indoor table arrangement that will last for weeks in the house (discussion will surround how to remove the seasonal plants to ensure years of longevity for the other plants you choose to use). Each participant will choose six seasonal Spring plants from a selection including pre-sprouted tulips, mini daffodils, hyacinths and muscari along with ranunculus, high value anthurium or calla lily, various ferns and houseplants, ivy, and more. An abundance of choices will ensure yours will be one-of-a-kind! Mosses, sticks, pussy willows and Easter-themed accents will be offered to complete the planter. As always, care, advice and education will be discussed as the group works alongside your host, Vikki and the Design Team. The photo of the completed product posted is an example - the choices of plants and accents will be numerous and yours will be one-of-a-kind! *for the newly added 10:00 a.m. time slot for this project, a slightly different white planter container will be used. It is 8" round, glossy white, with light ribbed pattern. Very pretty and very functional for this beautiful Easter themed arrangement! -
NEW SPRING WORKSHOP for EASTER DECOR! Friday, April 18, 11:00 a.m. (Good Friday Holiday) Let’s make a fresh potted table arrangement for Easter! Using an 8" square wooden box with a metal handle, we’ll plant a collection of approximately seven Spring bloomers and/or fresh green houseplants. Choices will include: sprouted Spring bulbs (tulips, mini daffodils, hyacinth, muscari), primula, ranunculus, pansies, ferns, ivy, and polka-dots. An option to add a mini orchid will be offered (an add-on, payable at the workshop, if you decide to add it). Decorative moss, décor picks, a bow for the handle, Easter eggs and pussy willows will complete your project. Choice of colours and plants will ensure your creation is very unique - unique to you! As always, care, advice, and education will be discussed as the group works alongside your host, Vikki, and the Design Team. A picture of the completed project is coming soon - we're waiting on the arrival of the containers. -
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We've added an opportunity to go back to basics and create an outdoor evergreen arrangement in either a 12" round, fibre planter (works as an urn insert or stand-alone pot), 24" fibre window box /rectangular planter or 12" fibre hanging basket. Using a selection of fresh evergreens, participants will fill the planter of their choice (to choose upon arrival or make notation in NOTES section) with layers and layers for optimum fullness. Natural accents such as sedum, hydrangeas and pine cones will be offered, along with a visit to the "Accent Buffet" to choose up to 5 additional accents to make your arrangement truly unique and spectacular. -
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NEW LANTERN DESIGN FOR 2024! Our popular workshop is back, with a slight variation: a new lantern design! This year the wooden lantern is hexagonal in shape, 16" (same size as 2023 version) and will be offered in ivory only. It's a nice, new design! Whether you are a returning participant, with last year's style to re-do, or a new participant who will receive the new style of lantern, all will be have furniture safe floral dish sitting on the base of the lantern (with fresh floral foam). It will be filled with a fragrant mixed evergreens, pine cones and light floral accents. The greenery will spill out of the sides of the lantern and gently lay on the table around it. To light up the unit, a beautiful battery-operated LUXE candle will be added. All materials are included. If you are bring your lantern from the 2023 workshop, please choose the BYOL (Bring Your Own Lantern) registration under each date. The photo is of the 2023 lantern and does not show fresh flowers; a nice selection of long-lasting, light flowers will be offered as additional accents. A new photo, with the new style of lantern will be added soon! -
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Herbal Heaven Workshop Friday June 07, 4:00 p.m. $65.00 + HST. We’ll use a muted tone composite 14” round pot to plant in five herbs of your choice. Discussion will highlight uses of many of our favourite herbs (medical, culinary, fragrance), growth habits and harvesting methods. We even have some recipes to share! All materials are included: pot, soil, herbs, instruction and laughter! -
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What a fun DIY Kit! An 11” oval tin planter is the container for this project. It is watertight so the written DIY instructions will guide you in adding in a block of fresh floral foam, mixed evergreens (pine, boxwood and BC cedar). You will add a battery operated ivory pillar candle (batteries included) and a 6” woodland gnome holding a bottlebrush tree. This will be the focal point of your arrangement; accents will include short dogwood sticks and pinecones. Complimenting this muted pallet will be several stems of blue-green dried eucalyptus with instructions on how to scatter it throughout the arrangement for textural interest and remarkable fragrance. The instructions will guide you on how to care for this arrangement so it lasts well into January. Close to the holiday you can add in some light fresh flowers (not included) if you wish to make it more floral for your entertaining needs. We will provide you suggestions and ways to do this. Quantities are limited. This DIY Kit is available November 28-December 15. Please indicate your preferred Pick Up date in the NOTES section at Check-Out. -
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This is a workshop where you learn the techniques to create a fresh, new style of outdoor Winter planter: tree-top style. Participants will use a simple black pot (12" diametre) and pop in a 2-3 foot real evergreen tree (cut, not rooted) as the focal point. Then, layers of fresh evergreen boughs are added to the base of the planter to create a "skirt" that is lush and fragrant. Natural accents such as dogwood, pinecones and magnolia leaves are offered along with items from our "Accent Buffet" to create your own, unique masterpiece. Note: this planter can be stand-alone or pop inside another, decorative pot (fits standard urns too). In this workshop you will make ONE planter; if you require a second one, our staff can gather up the materials for you to make another at home or why not register a friend to work alongside you? -
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NEW for 2024! Your choice of container will be a wooden crate (13x18x9H) in either white wash or painted red. So quaint and country! It will be filled with quality mixed evergreens (pine, BC Silver Fir and Cedar), dried hydrangeas, pine cones and additional accents including a feature an accent of a felt evergreen tree. A truly unique outdoor planter! Don't miss this fun, new workshop - this project will be lush and full of value!NEW DATE ADDED! Saturday November 30, 10 amCANCELLED -
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Summer Lovin’ Planter Saturday June 08, 2:00 p.m $75.00 + HST. These plants like it HOT! For this unique workshop we’ll use a 14” composite pot (value of $40.00) to plant in a hot, tropical mix for hot, tropical Summer days. Plant choices will include: hibiscus, dipladenia, salvia, verbena, sedum, petunia and more. Your choice of five plants, in a variety of colours, will guide you in designing a unique planter. All materials are included. Vikki will be your host and instructional coach. -
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OUR MOST POPULAR WORKSHOP! Our super-popular Evergreen Wreath Workshop is back! Join us to make a lovely 16-18" outdoor wreath on a metal frame (which you will not see when we're done). We offer an abundance of fresh evergreen snipets such as boxwood, oregonia (variegated boxwood), pine, various cedars and silver fir along with accents such as pinecones, blueberry cedar and rosehips. Participants will travel along this Evergreen Buffet to gather up "bundles" that our design team will help you "crimp" onto the frame. The result is a sturdy, lush, fragrant deluxe wreath that will last until about March on your door! This is a wreath for outdoor use. NEW for 2024: accent add-ons will be available for purchase: magnolia leaves, bows, bottle-brush trees, metal accents and more. Add-on costs can be paid at the end of the workshop. UPDATE: Two new sessions have been added as of November 13! -
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Fall Festival: A Beautiful Porch Pot Friday September 13, 2:00 p.m. $80.00 + HST It’s time to change your porch pot for the season! Participants will use a simple, black classic pot filled with fresh potting soil and design a beautiful arrangement using 5-7 Fall-inspired annuals. Choices will be plentiful and include: ornamental grasses, rudbeckia, mums, asters, ornamental kale/cabbage, ivy, croton, celosia, sedum and more. To create a planter that is truly unique, a variety of accents will be offered. All materials are included. Vikki will be your instructor. 15 Participants Max -
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Fall Festival: A Beautiful Porch Pot Saturday September 14th, 9:30 a.m. $80.00 + HST It’s time to change your porch pot for the season! Participants will use a simple, black classic pot filled with fresh potting soil and design a beautiful arrangement using 5-7 Fall-inspired annuals. Choices will be plentiful and include: ornamental grasses, rudbeckia, mums, asters, ornamental kale/cabbage, ivy, croton, celosia, sedum and more. To create a planter that is truly unique, a variety of accents will be offered. All materials are included. Vikki will be your instructor. 15 Participants Max
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NEW SPRING WORKSHOP with an EASTER THEME Wednesday April 16, 6:00 p.m. or Saturday April 19, 10:00 a.m. A gorgeous gold and sage green metal hoop handle planter is the container in this hybrid workshop. We'll be planting houseplants and designing with fresh cut flowers - the best of both worlds! The unit is 12" oblong and perfect as an indoor table arrangement that will be a showpiece on your Easter table as a centrepiece. Each participant will choose five foliage plants from a selection including fluffy ferns, textured peperomia, syngonium, ivy and more. An abundance of choices will ensure yours will be one-of-a-kind! Once planted, we will choose fresh cut flowers in an Easter/pastel colour scheme (ranunculus, lisianthus, eucalytpus, waxflower) and put stems into water picks to slide amongst the potted plants - they will last throughout the holiday, and then after removed, the green plants will live on! Mosses, sticks, pussy willows and Easter-themed accents will be offered to complete this gorgeous planter. As always, care, advice and education will be discussed as the group works alongside your host, Vikki and the Design Team. This photo of the completed project is just one variation; there will be a lot of choice and accents to choose from. Each one created will be one-of-a-kind! -
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Back by popular demand! Winter Gnomes continue to be super-popular as outdoor decor. Using a metal frame, participants will create bundles of fresh evergreens that will attach to the frame, covering the body of the gnome. Layers and layers of evergreens will create a full body (no thin gnomes in this workshop!). A beard will be attached, using Silver Fir, and then his hat, nose and mittens will be affixed. Give your gnome a name before you leave - we'll help you come up with something clever! -
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Returning for 2024! You’ll make a hoop-la in your neighbourhood when you hang this unique Winter decoration. The large 36” black metal hoop has a middle hook to hang a 14" moss hanging basket that will be generously filled and designed with drapy mixed evergreens and pinecone accents. Choices to add a small embellishment to the top of the hoop will be offered: bows or elegant evergreens and accents. This is a unique outdoor arrangement that will be appropriate to display until early March (and can be repurposed to Summer too, just refill the moss hanging basket with Summer annuals)!
