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Beginners Terrarium Making Class

Learn how to make a terrarium with an expert!

The Plant Whisperer

4.9 (181)

1k followers

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1.5 hours

1 to 100

$80 (or 4 payments of $20 via- Afterpay)

($100 per class surcharge applies for private classes)

What you'll do

In this relaxing class, you will make a regular-sized terrarium for beginners.

You will learn about soil layering and composition, how to pick the right plants for your environment, and then how to care for your beautiful little garden so that it thrives in the years to come, with minimal maintenance required.

We’ll have an interesting range of tropical plants, rocks and playful figurines for you to choose from, as well as of course the glass vase and soil. Pick what you like and personalise your little garden just the way you like it.

This class includes all materials to create your miniature world and up to three beautiful plants for a regular size terrarium.

Check out our other listings for smaller terrariums and other plant workshops.
We offer discounts for groups of over 18 people.

Please note: A private event fee of $100 applies. Additional charges may apply for certain custom events, or for mobile events depending on the distance, available parking etc.

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Knowledge required

None. Perfect for beginners.

What you'll get

Everything is provided!

Suitable for

This class is a great indoor activity idea for individuals and couples as well as for a birthday, hens party, team building activity, bucks party or Christmas party.

This would also be a unique gift for her, gift for mum or Xmas gift.

The Plant Whisperer adheres to COVID-19 government guidelines. They won't run this class if they've had flu symptoms in the last 14 days.

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All materials are sanitized, craft boxes packed by me in steralized conditions.
In person workshops offered with groups of up to 5 in well ventilated areas / outside.

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Location

The Plant Whisperer - Building B - 420 Victoria Street, Brunswick VIC

Your teacher can also travel within 30 kms of Brunswick for private classes

Beginners Terrarium Making Class location

Your teacher

The Plant Whisperer

4.9 (181)

1k followers

The Plant Whisperer is an offer from Melbourne's own queen of the jungle, Haylee Magendans and her team of Plant Whisperers, Bel, Renee and Tilly.

Our mission is to brighten bodies and homes with beautiful, well made and original pieces and luscious jungle plants. Our work is continuously changing and evolving with my current inspirations and all items are one off or limited numbers. If you have something special you would like custom made, or for wholesale enquiry please get in touch.

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Emiliya Trenkovska • Jul 2021

Teacher was amazing. Venue was quick and easy to find as well! Overall such an amazing experience

Beginners Terrarium Making Class review by Emiliya Trenkovska Sydney

Tamika McKleaine • Jul 2021

Haylee was very lovely. Was a fun and informative class and everyone in the class made a great looking terrarium

Yandi Choong • Jul 2021

Hayley was very knowledgeable about terrarium and plants. Her class was easy to follow while still allowed for each individual's freedom of expression. The workshop location was a bit difficult to locate without proper instructions.

Yan Choong • Jul 2021

Had a fantastic afternoon making my terrarium. Hallie was knowledgeable and provided ideas and tips for building our terrariums and keeping the plants healthy. Highly recommend!

Amélie Masclef • Jun 2021

Good venue and my daughter very much enjoyed her class. The finished terrarium looked great.

Addison Hollibone • May 2021

Interactive and just the right level of information for beginners. Teacher was positive and helpful

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Laura Humphreys • Dec 2019

Hailey ran a fabulous class for our team’s Christmas party. She brought all the equipment required to our office, including a great range of plants. Strongly recommend this class. Thank you!

Ganga Selvarajan • Jul 2019

Great teacher. Learnt a lot from Hayley about Terrariums. Got a lot of variety of plants to choose from. Really enjoyed my day and the best part was what I took home.

Terrarium workshop review by Ganga Selvarajan

Kerry Shaw • May 2019

Our team had a great time making our terrariums! Hayley was amazing, super knowledgeable and guided us easily through the steps. Everything was provided on the evening and we all had fun making our creations.
Thank you for a great evening! Highly recommend using Hayley for an event

Beginners Terrarium Making Class review by Kerry Shaw

Hayley West • May 2021

The class was so much fun and Haylee was amazing! Everyone in our group had a great time and created some beautiful terrariums.

Alana Couvreur • May 2021

The teacher was fantastic! The venue was a little hard to find but well worth it, and well worth the money - you get to make a terrarium which would be honestly quite expensive bought in-store, and the "tipsy" part of the program wasn't just one measly glass of champagne. Alcohol selection was great and bountiful. A huge bonus is also learning about plant care generally on top of terrarium creation!

Heather Wearne • May 2021

What a great class! All materials provided by the friendly and knowledgeable teacher. I love my new terrarium and would recommend this to others. The venue behind the main building was unclear.

Mary Butler • May 2021

This was such a fun workshop! The steps were clear and simple, I learned heaps, the group size was perfect, there were lots of laughs and I LOVE my terrarium
Thank you

Dominique Khan • Mar 2020

Was a fun class, with great information on back ground of Terrariums and how to make them. My daughter and I had alot of laughs and came out with AMAZING Terrarium's to show off. Would recommend and do again.

Kate Hawken • Feb 2020

The teacher was amazing, so friendly and knowledgeable. The materials provided were great value and only quality products were used. I learnt a lot, great venue and space. Highly recommend for anyone wanting to expand their knowledge and skills - will definitely check out the other classes available.

Terrarium workshop review by Kate Hawken

Caroline Bray • Sep 2021

A very enjoyable and fun class. I loved it. Lots of info on how to make and care for the terrarium

Terrarium workshop review by Caroline Bray

Jazamyne Alexander • Sep 2021

12 ClassBento workshops attended • 8 reviews

Amazing. I love that I am able to do a class I've always wanted to try online and have the kit delivered.

Paula Guerra • Sep 2021

Such a fun family experience. We made 3 Terrariums! Kids loved it. Much needed after months of lockdown. Would definitely recommend. The teacher was great.

Terrarium workshop review by Paula Guerra Sydney

Emma Gillingham • Sep 2021

2 ClassBento workshops attended

A fun and relaxed session - enjoyed doing something a bit different! They were happy to answer all our questions

Patricia Johnpillai • Sep 2021

35 ClassBento workshops attended • 19 reviews

Really enjoyed this class putting together my terranium and learning about plant care. Presentation of the class was great.

Terrarium workshop review by Patricia Johnpillai Sydney

Elvis Hu • Sep 2021

great session to enjoy with your friends!

Lilla Kiss • Sep 2021

I can only recommend taking a class with Bel, The Plant Whisperer. She was very knowledgeable and helpful. She started off with the background history of terrariums, explained how to build one and gave really good tips in between. She generously offered to advise on any plant questions and enabled me to learnt a lot about caring better for my green housemates.
The random group was very nice too with all level of plant lovers: novice to plant experts. Everyone was sharing in with showing their plants, asking questions, sharing experiences and giving advice. I loved how interactive the class was.
The 1.5hrs was sufficient time to get our terrariums done and Bel gave a lot of ideas for other types of terrariums.
I had a really good time and already booked the Kokedama class with the Plant Whisperer team. Looking forward to meet Bel again and a new group of plant lovers.

Lisa Gregory • Sep 2021

Fantastic experience. Fun, educational and we love the Terrarium we made. Thanks Bel and team.

Lauren Buckley • Sep 2021

Was a nice and informative class. Was a different way to spend the weekend and mix it up during lockdown.

Came with three plants and everything you need for the terrarium.

Our bowl came broken but they were good at helping us figure out a solution so that we were able to join in.

Terrarium workshop review by Lauren Buckley Sydney

Sharron Jackson • Sep 2021

Bel was sooo lovely. She was funny, engaging and very knowledgeable on plants too. The kit they provided was well packaged and had really great quality plants in them too.

Terrarium Making at Home review by Sharron Jackson

Margaret Agostinelli • Sep 2021

Today’s class making a terrarium was great, Bel explained each step throughly.
I would recommend this class to everyone.
Thanks again Bel
Margaret

Terrarium Making at Home review by Margaret Agostinelli Sydney

Ann Cook • Sep 2021

Really enjoyed this workshop! I learned a lot from a delightful, knowledgeable young woman! The others in the group were very nice as well I will have no hesitation in recommending this to others. Thank you

Michael Chung • Sep 2021

Really well led class, I enjoyed it

Catherina Tay • Sep 2021

I’ve enjoyed the class very much! Boost the mood for lockdown. Thanks Belle for the great session

Chris Trotman • Sep 2021

Lots of fun! Learnt a bunch about how to care for plants and very helpful tips on how to care for the terrarium! Everything was included in a nicely packaged box and didn't have to worry about not having something!

Gaby Tedja • Aug 2021

We did the terrarium class as a corporate team activity. The team had wonderful feedback and loved making the terrariums! Bel our teacher was fantastic and engaging, and Hayley who helped organise the terrarium kits was very responsive. Highly recommend!

Jasmine Fernance • Aug 2021

A thoroughly enjoyable session. Love my terrarium. Very interactive, was able to ask all sorts of plant related questions.

Steph Royales • Aug 2021

We had a fantastic time on this class. Our teacher was knowledgeable, funny and even helped up with questions for our own plants. On top of that we get our own terrarium, love it!
Thank you so much, we'll definitely be recommending to others!

Bonnie Purcell • Aug 2021

I really enjoyed this class. The materials were delivered quickly, were packaged well and the plants were in good health. Belle did a great job explaining each step and keeping the group engaged. My terrarium looks great!

Terlya Hunt • Aug 2021

The team absolutely loved it.

The kit was amazing quality and the Zoom class was the perfect thing we needed to spice up the lockdown blues. Huge thanks to the Plant Whisperer Team and would 100% recommend!

Terrarium Making at Home review by Terlya Hunt Sydney

Leanne Nicholson • Aug 2021

Beautiful class! We did it for a team building day during lockdown online and it definitely put a smile on our faces! Thank you Bel x

Belinda Ruth • Aug 2021

8 ClassBento workshops attended • 4 reviews

This was a great kit delivered quickly, with everything you needed. The teacher was engaging and interesting. Class went quicker than expected so could have been more involved but other than that I’m very happy with what I’ve learned and what I have made. Recommended!

Terrarium workshop review by Belinda Ruth

Aylin Riquelme • Aug 2021

We really enjoyed our class, the teacher was super friendly and our terrarium looks so pretty!

Terrarium Making at Home review by Aylin Riquelme

Ashlee King • Jul 2021

We did this class as a end of year team event.

Haylee was a great host talked us through all the directions as well as giving us some information about plants along the way.

Thanks!

Cherish Hedstrom • Jun 2021

Great class, informative and fun to do and loved that it was virtual with everything sent to your door.

Desi Day • Jun 2021

3 ClassBento workshops attended • 3 reviews

Our company (employees in MEL, SYD and ADL) signed up to do a Terrarium making class during lockdown and it was a very enjoyable experience! We were all very excited for this class and to get hands on with making terrariums for the first time! It was also a great opportunity to get the team together during trying times. Haylee was so knowledgeable about all things plants! She was very sweet and patient with the team- we had a lot of questions! The class was delight and lifted our spirits!

Carer Vmch • Mar 2021

103 ClassBento workshops attended • 94 reviews

Thank you Haylee for another beautiful, relaxing and educational workshop for our clients. So good we have booked a third - can't wait to see you then :)

Andrea Herbert • Feb 2021

2 ClassBento workshops attended

This was a corporate team activity that was very well received. Comments ranged from 'relaxing, soothing' to 'fun, interesting.' Overall, a really enjoyable team activity!

Amanda Bertus • Feb 2021

My team loved this class! Hayley was an amazing teacher and the terrariums are so beautiful!

Carer Vmch • Nov 2020

103 ClassBento workshops attended • 94 reviews

This was such a perfectly executed class, from the gorgeous kits, speedy postage and clear informative instructions. The facilitator was incredibly friendly and professional and our clients loved it.

Keri • Oct 2020

It was a good and informative class and i enjoyed the experience, it was fun

Lena Smythe • Oct 2020

Great fun! Haylee was amazing and everyone had a good time learning the history of terrariums and also how to care for them.

Ruby Wallden • Oct 2020

2 ClassBento workshops attended • 2 reviews

Absolutely loved the class! Booked for a team building event and everyone was thrilled. Haylee was fantastic in guiding us through making our terrariums and very informative. It was great learning some new things plants wise and expanding our green thumb knowledge. Would book again in future!

Heather Vmch • Sep 2020

103 ClassBento workshops attended • 94 reviews

Another fantastic class from Haylee of "The Plant Whisperer".
Haylee is so knowledgeable , friendly and patient, and everyone thoroughly enjoyed themselves.
Thanks Haylee, and 'HAPPY BIRTHDAY" :-) :-) :-)

Terrarium workshop review by Heather Vmch

Carla Carvalho • Sep 2020

3 ClassBento workshops attended

We have done 2 classes with Haylee from the plant whisperer and have a few more booked, we have been doing them with clients and the feedback has been amazing
Haylee is so friendly And the classes are really relaxing and fun
Looking forward to the rest

Carla
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April Huggins • Aug 2020

18 ClassBento workshops attended • 2 reviews

Lolita:
“Most beautiful thing ive ever made, It’s just so lovely we have these events and I can use my new skills with zoom to access them. I am so thankful its must so exiting real achievement. “

Hi to the Events team,
A very big thank you for organising today’s terrarium event.

It was the best few hours I’ve had for a few weeks.
Life has been challenging as a Carer & then a hospital stay for myself.
I feel brighter this morning participating in this fun event.
Hayley was excellent & it was lovely having interaction from other carers.

Sadly my glass bowl arrived with a break in the side of it , plus broken plant.

I enjoyed learning from Hayley today & if it is possible I would love to participate in the
plant ball session , if that is ok.

I loved seeing what the other ladies had made with their terrariums & I have lots of ideas to follow up on.
Like visiting an op shop to source vessels & to involve my grandson in helping to create terrariums for gift making, when we are able to leave the house post Covid

Kind thanks for the bright spot of my last few weeks.

Suzanne Kelly

Catherine Lee • Sep 2021

16 ClassBento workshops attended • 12 reviews

The kit was well presented and easy to do.
There was a problem with delivery however this was fixed
Nice size bowl with a range of decorations

DIY Terrarium Craft Box / Kit review by Catherine Lee

Jessica Ford • Sep 2021

This was a fun way to spend an evening. The instructions were easy to follow and a few days later everything is still alive (which is impressive for me)

DIY Terrarium Craft Box / Kit review by Jessica Ford

Michele Cameron • Sep 2021

It was fun and easy to make. A very quick activity. It would be good to do with children. The end result was very attractive

Natalie Martinez • Jul 2021

So cute! Love it. Everything you needed was there. My instructions were not in the box but it's all good they got emailed to me. :))

Hayden Low • Jul 2021

2 ClassBento workshops attended

Lovely little kit of a good size, with healthy plants, cute decorations, and easy-to-follow instructions.

DIY Terrarium Craft Box / Kit review by Hayden Low

Ben Mollard • Jun 2021

5 ClassBento workshops attended • 5 reviews

The decorations are wonderful, the plants are healthy and it was so fun for my 11 year old daughter to create, thank you!

Terrarium workshop review by Ben Mollard

Leanne Glenister • Mar 2021

Perfect for a relaxing afternoon project, this project would be amazing for all age groups

Beverley Goetze • Jan 2021

Thanks so much! I sent it to my daughter in hotel quarantine in Brisbane She loved it! So nice to have a bit of greenery in her room

Jess Molloy • Jan 2021

5 ClassBento workshops attended • 5 reviews

A great activity, very clear instructions (and care instructions too) and as a complete beginner I was able to achieve success very quickly. I am inspired to keep building now that I know how. I also have a home worthy of the figures I had (forest spirits from two different movies).

Terrarium workshop review by Jess Molloy

Kerrie Daniel • Dec 2020

I gave the terrarium kit to my granddaughter for her birthday and she made a beautiful terrarium for her bedroom. It looks lovely.

DIY Terrarium Craft Box / Kit review by Kerrie Daniel

Ben Mollard • Sep 2020

5 ClassBento workshops attended • 5 reviews

My ten year old daughter created this with me assisting with the instruction sheet. She loved it and the terrarium looks amazing. The plants are just beautiful and she is very proud of her creation that is sitting on her desk. As a visual learner it would be great to have a video to watch along with the instructions but they were very clear for me to help her. Highly recommended and love the decorations included also. Thank you !