Rare Plant Botanic Art Workshop

Create botanical gardens in pots!



2.5 hours Class size 1 to 15 guests

$165 (Afterpay available)
If you want to bring some greenery to your space and learn how to grow your own garden, join this gardening class at the Garden Pot Workshop in Sydney's Northern Beaches.
In this class, you will learn about growing plants in pots. Topics such as pruning, transplanting, propagation and design will be covered, including practical demonstrations on how to handle plants and how to repot overgrown garden pots.
Then, you are invited to choose plants from our abundant smorgasbord of plant life with over 200 plant varieties to choose from.
Comfortable workspaces and expert horticultural guidance will be provided so that you can build your own garden pot filled with an assortment of plants for you to take home.
Note: Classes may be postponed due to rain.
Add-ons available for this class
  • Upsize to Medium Bowl with Plants ($125)
  • Gardening Took Kit - to Keep ($125)
You can add these when you book (optional).
 
Knowledge required
No prior learning is required!
 
What you'll get
  • Round white ceramic bowl (16cm diameter).
  • Plants to fill you 16cm bowl from our propagation nursery of over 100 plant varieties (these include a range of succulents, flowering annuals, hoyas, grasses, ferns, vegetable seedlings, various bulbs and some edible berries such as Strawberries Blueberries & Raspberries).
  • All associated materials, tools, gloves, potting soil included to fill the included pot.
What to bring
  • Enclosed shoes, boots or sneakers please (no thongs or sandals).
  • Hat and raincoat/umbrella, sunscreen and water bottle.
  • A sturdy cardboard box (30cm) and rag/towel/plastic bag to leave in your vehicle for garden pot storage - may continue to drip after watering.
Suitable for

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

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

Location

The Garden Pot Workshop - Australia, Wilson Avenue, Elanora Heights NSW

The Garden Pot Workshop is located inside Powderworks Nursery, located near the end of Wilson ave, Elanora Heights / Ingleside 2101. Drive to the end of Wilson Ave, continue past the no through road sign, onto the gravel road, then take the first right hand turn & follow signs to The Garden Pot Workshop.

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The Garden Pot Workshop is a plant nursery on Sydney's Northern Beaches, that encourages human connection with nature by promoting container gardening.
Botanical garden pots can be filled with a diversity of plants including, succulents, ferns, perennials, annuals, mosses, indoor plants, water-plants, even vegetables and small fruit trees.
Our hands on, practical gardening classes provide all plants, pots, associated materials and demonstrations required for you to create your own garden pots with guided supervision at our specialist 'Bonsai' style nursery, designed specifically for making gardens in pots. Our potting bench workstations are ergonomically designed making these gardening activities easy and comfortable.
At The Garden Pot Workshop, we provide practical demonstrations and discussions to show you how to build and maintain garden pots, including topics such as:
How to handle plants & seedlings
Mixing soil for garden pots
Garden pot drainage requirements
How to adjust sunlight & shade
How to pull apart and re-pot overgrown container gardens.
Pruning, training/directing the growth of plant life
Identifying some common pests and diseases
Watering your plants
Propagating new plants by division or cuttings & germinating seeds
About the Instructor:
Daniel Rosenbaum is a Horticulturalist, Designer & Sculptor with a background teaching Design at universities in Sydney (UTS, UNSW & TAFE).
Over the past 10 years Daniel has established the Garden Pot Workshop as a rare plant nursery & sculpture studio that makes innovative container gardens with a diversity of plant life.
Daniel gained inspiration to start the Garden Pot Workshop during Post Graduate studies into Ceramics at the Nation Art School in Sydney where he conducted research into Horticultural Therapy, Healing Gardens & 'Greening City' movements.

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