CREATIVE FLORISTRY
WITH JENNY OF STUDIO SEAPINK
SPRIGS, BULBS & BLOSSOM - Springtime Floral Styling
Saturday 5th April
10am - 12.30pm
£70
A playful floral styling workshop to celebrate the Springtime season and it’s bounty of botanicals, in all their wonderful forms, shapes, colours and scents. We will explore the arching shapes and nodding heads of delicate flowers, the pretty twigginess of early blossom and the heady perfume of jewel-like blooms. Think tulips, fritillaries, narcissus, muscari, hyacinth and lots more besides! We will create flat-lay arrangements to photograph or sketch; you will learn how to combine and arrange these flowers artfully into different types of small vessels to show them at their best; and also how to create a gorgeous tablescape with them. A relaxed morning of flowery, creative immersion where you will learn all about this early season of British and local flowers and how to bring this perfect moment of beauty into your home.
All flowers used will be sourced as locally as possible. Full guidance will be given, no previous floristry experience is necessary. This is the perfect workshop if you’d like to gain experience of floral styling for a wedding, party or just for your home - or simply if you love flowers!
Seasonal refreshments and snacks will be on hand throughout and your filled floral vessels will be yours to take away after the workshop. Any styled photographs taken, in addition to your own, will be shared with participants after the workshop too.
To book a space, please complete the form below and Jenny will confirm with you shortly.
Cut Flowers From Your Garden
Studio Seapink x Mill Pond Flower Farm
Sunday 4th May: 10am - 3pm
10 spaces available
Is there anything more satisfying than arranging flowers you’ve grown yourself, while knowing that in the process you’re helping garden pollinators too? From a window box to a full garden plot, you can grow flowers to support wildlife, to enjoy outdoors and to cut for some beautiful home arranging too. And it’s easier than you think! Let Paula of Mill Pond Flower Farm and Jenny of Studio Seapink show you how in this full day workshop.
Based on 20 years of our combined experience in growing flowers ecologically and of sustainable floristry, we will lead you step by step from ‘seed to vase’, developing your skills in growing and floristry, whatever your prior experience. Early May is the perfect time to get sowing outdoors - for flowers to enjoy and arrange for this year and beyond.
This workshop will include:
How to approach your growing space to get great results
Flower farmer methods in use in your garden e.g. to get the best seed germination, crop timing, spacings and strategies for growing flowers for cutting in our Scottish climate without chemicals
Tips on the best flowering plants to grow to support pollinators and other wildlife too
Suggestions for year round plants for cutting as well as garden interest
How to cut and condition flowers and foliage to get the best vase life, including specific tips for tricky varieties
Learning how to create beautiful vase arrangements and bouquets, with tips on working with the unique character of garden grown flowers and foliage through the seasons
Making your own arrangement with flowers from Mill Pond Flower Farm to take away
You’ll leave inspired, full of knowledge and confidence to grow and arrange your own cut flowers, plus your own floral arrangement and some seeds to start you off at home.
We’ll be hosting this workshop at Duke’s of West Barns, a gorgeous new gallery, cafe & studio space in Dunbar which is in a fantastic location close to Belhaven Bay, with ample parking.
£100
To book a space, please complete the form below and Jenny will confirm with you shortly.
Rosa Adora - Growing and Arranging Garden Roses
Studio Seapink x Mill Pond Flower Farm
Sat 14th June: 10am - 3pm
10 spaces available
Roses, roses, roses - climbing, rambling or shrub - we just can’t get enough of them. Not only do they look incredible in the garden and can be great for wildlife too, roses are the ultimate cut flower. Inspired by our combined love of the exquisite shapes, colours and scents of ‘proper’ garden roses, this day workshop will be a celebration and a deep dive into our favourite flower.
Based on 20 years of our combined experience in growing flowers ecologically and of sustainable floristry, Paula of Mill Pond Flower Farm and Jenny of Studio Seapink will lead you into their world of garden roses, to inspire you and develop your skills in growing and in floristry, whatever your prior experience. Mid June is the perfect time to experience Paula’s first flush of roses - and there will be plenty of roses in which to bury your noses!
This workshop will include:
Roses in our Scottish gardens - what roses grow well in Scotland and tips on the best varieties to grow for scent, colour and for benefit to wildlife as well as for cutting
Where (and how!) to plant them and look after them so they produce great flowers year after year and how to promote plant health naturally without chemicals
What plants to grow to combine with roses in the garden and in arrangements.
Best techniques for cutting stems and pruning
Conditioning for vibrant blooms in the vase and for maximum vase life
How to arrange with garden grown roses to show them at their best
Learn how to create a beautiful bowl arrangement and simple posy to take away
All materials and equipment will be provided and refreshments will be freely available throughout. Following the workshop, you’ll leave with the knowledge and confidence to grow and arrange your own roses as cut flowers, as well as your own floral arrangement and posy.
We’ll be hosting this workshop at Duke’s of West Barns, a gorgeous new gallery, cafe & studio space in Dunbar which is in a fantastic location close to Belhaven Bay, with ample parking. Lunch can be ordered in the venue’s own cafe or alternatively please bring your own packed lunch.
£120
To book a space, please complete the form below and Jenny will confirm with you shortly.
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