Botanic Garden

A workshop to create a beautiful hand-crafted gift-wrapped Mother’s Day bouquet.

Our Mother's Day workshop celebrates the best flowers and foliage of the season with a hand-tied bouquet tutorial.

We will start with a short session on the best flowers to use and how to condition them, before demonstrating the techniques of a hand-tied bouquet and the key principles for creating a balanced design. We will show you how to gift wrap and make a water bubble for your bouquet.

Come along and enjoy being creative, have a chat and make your own masterpiece, bursting with seasonal blooms.

Whatever your skill level this is the chance to learn something new and take away a stylish display.

Tea and homemade cake will be provided to make it extra relaxing. Includes all the take home materials.

Location: Beaumont Hall, Botanic Garden, Stoughton Drive South, Oadby LE2 2NA

Date: Saturday 18 March 2023

Time: 10.30am - 12.30pm

Cost: £58

Discounted rate available for Friends of the Garden (please enter membership number when registering): £50

Discounted rate available for University staff and students (please enter your University email address): £50

A workshop to create a Spring Wreath full of fresh flowers and greenery, dried flowers and planted spring bulbs.

Celebrate the joys of Spring and join Kathryn and Vanisha from Beauty and the Rose florist who will show you how to make a wreath full of fresh greenery, dried flowers and fresh flowers and planted spring bulbs. 

This will be a fabulous, bright and cheerful addition to your door or have it in the home as a table decoration with candles.

Whatever your skill level this is the chance to learn something new and take away a stylish display.

Tea and homemade cake will be provided to make it extra relaxing. Includes all the take home materials.

Location: Beaumont Hall, Botanic Garden, Stoughton Drive South, Oadby LE2 2NA

Date: Saturday 1 April 2023

Time: 10.30am - 12.30pm

Cost: £55

Discounted rate available for Friends of the Garden (please enter membership number when registering): £50

Discounted rate available for University staff and students (please enter your University email address): £50

A workshop to create a quirky floral arrangement in a tea cup and saucer.

Join Kathryn from Beauty and the Rose for a really lovely relaxing floristry session making an arrangement in a 'tea cup and saucer' - a different and quirky make.

Using dainty foliage and flowers create a pretty arrangement for your home. Learn about flower names and foliage that you could use from your garden. This is a great opportunity for being creative and using vessels around your home to make wonderful displays.

Whatever your skill level this is the chance to learn something new and take away a quirky arrangement.

Refreshments will be provided for an extra relaxing experience.

Location: Beaumont Hall, Botanic Garden, Stoughton Drive South, Oadby LE2 2NA

Date: Saturday 18 March 2023

Time: 2pm – 3.30pm

Cost:

£50 if you bring your own tea cup and saucer

£60 if we supply a tea cup and saucer

Discount available for Friends of the Garden, University staff and students:

£45 if you bring your own tea cup and saucer,

£55 if we supply a tea cup and saucer

A workshop to create a bespoke hand-crafted everlasting heart wreath using dried flowers.

We bring you a new workshop this year. Bring along some friends or just come along to make this gorgeous everlasting heart wreath using dried flowers.

You will learn how to wire small bunches of dried flowers and foliage together to form your heart wreath and it will all be handmade by you with love! 

It's a great crafty make and will look great displayed in your home or as a gift for someone.

Includes all the take-home materials. Tea and homemade cake will be provided to make it extra relaxing.

Location: Beaumont Hall, Botanic Garden, Stoughton Drive South, Oadby LE2 2NA

Date: Saturday 11 February 2023

Time: 10.30am - 12.30pm

Cost: £50

Discounted rate available for Friends of the Garden (please enter membership number when registering): £45

Discounted rate available for University staff and students (please enter your University email address): £45