Wreaths in December, hand-tieds in spring, dahlias in the garden in September, £48
Workshops
Two-hour workshops at the long table in the shop or, in summer, at the cutting garden: a Christmas wreath, a hand-tied bouquet, a spring bulb bowl, a dahlia afternoon in the garden. Six to eight people, tea and cake, everything provided, and you take home what you made. £48, dates on the booking page.
The workshops are the nicest two hours of our week and, we are told, of most people's. Six to eight round the long table, a technique taught properly, a great deal of foliage, tea and cake halfway, and something at the end you made and are surprised by.
December is wreaths, every Saturday afternoon and two evenings a week from the last week of November: a moss base, the foliage from the garden and the hedgerows, dried seed heads, ribbon if you want it. Spring is the hand-tied bouquet workshop, which teaches the spiral that makes a bunch stand up in a vase, and a bulb bowl workshop in February. September is the dahlia afternoon at the cutting garden in Llanblethian: pick, condition and arrange, with tea in the garden.
Everything is provided including an apron, and you take home what you made. Workshops are £48 and fill a month ahead; the dates and spaces are on the booking page. A private workshop for a hen party, a birthday or a work team is from £300 for six people, in the shop after hours or at the garden, with fizz instead of tea if you like. Vouchers for a workshop are the most-given present we sell.
What is included
- Two hours, six to eight people
- Wreaths, hand-tieds, bulb bowls, the dahlia afternoon
- Everything provided, including the apron
- Tea and cake halfway
- Take home what you made
- Private workshops from £300 for six
What it costs
£48 for two hours, everything included. Private workshops for a hen party or a birthday from £300 for six. Dates on the booking page. Delivery is £5 within five miles of Cowbridge, £8 across the Vale and free over £60; every postcode and cut-off is on the delivery page, and what is in flower this month on the seasons page.
Questions about workshops
I am not creative. Will I manage?
Everyone says this and everyone manages; the techniques are simple and taught slowly, and foliage is forgiving. The wreath workshop has an eighty-six-year-old regular and a nine-year-old who came with her mother.
Can children come?
From about eight with an adult, to the wreath and bulb workshops. The hand-tied is better for twelve and up.
Order by 1pm and it is there this afternoon.
A hand-tied from the best of the morning, a bowl for someone grieving, a bunch every fortnight, or an hour in the shop to talk about a wedding: ring, send the form, or come in. Same-day delivery across the Vale by electric van, £5 local, £8 across the Vale, free over £60.