HANDS-ON WORKSHOPS — NEW!
Hands-On Workshops
Hands-On Workshops
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2/17/2027, 10:00am |
Mounting Epiphytes: Fern Edition Jessica Scovel - Houseplant Expert, Owner of Buds Interior Plant Design Additional Ticket Required Turn a fern into living wall art. In this hands-on workshop, you’ll mount a fern onto natural cork bark, creating a lush, sculptural display inspired by the way epiphytes grow in nature. As your piece comes together, find out what mounted ferns need to thrive and how to care for your new creation at home. You’ll leave with your own living work of art ready to display, plus a mounting technique you can use with other epiphytes. All materials and plants are provided, along with a complimentary pair of WomansWork gloves. |
Mounting Epiphytes: Fern Edition
Turn a fern into living wall art. In this hands-on workshop, you’ll mount a fern onto natural cork bark, creating a lush, sculptural display inspired by the way epiphytes grow in nature. As your piece comes together, find out what mounted ferns need to thrive and how to care for your new creation at home. You’ll leave with your own living work of art ready to display, plus a mounting technique you can use with other epiphytes. All materials and plants are provided, along with a complimentary pair of WomansWork gloves. Hands-On Workshops 2/17/2027, 10:00am
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2/17/2027, 12:00pm |
Paper to Petals: Cherry Blossom Branches Quynh Nguyen - Author, Paper Flower Artist, Founder Pink & Posey Additional Ticket Required Welcome spring a little early by creating one of its most beloved blooms from paper. Transform crepe paper into a delicate cherry blossom branch filled with soft pink flowers. Cut and gently cup notched petals, gather them around fine, feathery stamens, then arrange your blossoms along a natural-looking branch just as they would grow on the tree. Along the way, you’ll learn how to shape and assemble the individual elements that capture the airy beauty of cherry blossoms in bloom.
You’ll leave with your own flowering branch and the techniques to keep creating beautiful botanical paper flowers long after spring has come and gone.
All materials are provided, along with a complimentary pair of WomansWork gloves. |
Paper to Petals: Cherry Blossom Branches
Welcome spring a little early by creating one of its most beloved blooms from paper. Transform crepe paper into a delicate cherry blossom branch filled with soft pink flowers. Cut and gently cup notched petals, gather them around fine, feathery stamens, then arrange your blossoms along a natural-looking branch just as they would grow on the tree. Along the way, you’ll learn how to shape and assemble the individual elements that capture the airy beauty of cherry blossoms in bloom.
You’ll leave with your own flowering branch and the techniques to keep creating beautiful botanical paper flowers long after spring has come and gone.
All materials are provided, along with a complimentary pair of WomansWork gloves. Hands-On Workshops 2/17/2027, 12:00pm
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2/17/2027, 2:00pm |
Sunshine & Spice: Turmeric Sun Prints Janice Cox - Author, Natural Beauty Expert Additional Ticket Required Turmeric is having a moment, and there’s much more to this vibrant golden-orange spice than its place in the kitchen. Discover its creative side by using turmeric as a photosensitive pigment to create your own botanical sun print with flowers, leaves, seed pods, and other natural materials. The fun goes beyond the print, with a closer look at turmeric as a plant, how to grow and use it, and your own rhizome to plant and take home. You’ll leave with your botanical creation, turmeric to grow at home, and a little sunshine-powered botanical magic to carry into your own garden and creative life. All materials are provided, along with a complimentary pair of WomansWork gloves. |
Sunshine & Spice: Turmeric Sun Prints
Turmeric is having a moment, and there’s much more to this vibrant golden-orange spice than its place in the kitchen. Discover its creative side by using turmeric as a photosensitive pigment to create your own botanical sun print with flowers, leaves, seed pods, and other natural materials. The fun goes beyond the print, with a closer look at turmeric as a plant, how to grow and use it, and your own rhizome to plant and take home. You’ll leave with your botanical creation, turmeric to grow at home, and a little sunshine-powered botanical magic to carry into your own garden and creative life. All materials are provided, along with a complimentary pair of WomansWork gloves. Hands-On Workshops 2/17/2027, 2:00pm
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2/18/2027, 10:00am |
Paper to Petals: Camellias Quynh Nguyen - Author, Paper Flower Artist, Founder Pink & Posey Additional Ticket Required Celebrate one of the Northwest garden’s earliest blooms by creating a remarkably lifelike camellia from crepe paper. Shape and layer softly cupped, ruffled petals, add finely fringed stamens, then finish your flower with sepals and glossy green leaves on a graceful stem. Along the way, you’ll learn the techniques used to capture the details that make paper flowers look wonderfully real. You’ll leave with your own handmade camellia and the techniques to keep turning simple sheets of crepe paper into flowers that never fade. All materials are provided, along with a complimentary pair of WomansWork gloves. |
Paper to Petals: Camellias
Celebrate one of the Northwest garden’s earliest blooms by creating a remarkably lifelike camellia from crepe paper. Shape and layer softly cupped, ruffled petals, add finely fringed stamens, then finish your flower with sepals and glossy green leaves on a graceful stem. Along the way, you’ll learn the techniques used to capture the details that make paper flowers look wonderfully real. You’ll leave with your own handmade camellia and the techniques to keep turning simple sheets of crepe paper into flowers that never fade. All materials are provided, along with a complimentary pair of WomansWork gloves. Hands-On Workshops 2/18/2027, 10:00am
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2/18/2027, 12:00pm |
Sunshine & Spice: Turmeric Sun Prints Janice Cox - Sheet-Mulching Queen, Content Creator Additional Ticket Required Turmeric is having a moment, and there’s much more to this vibrant golden-orange spice than its place in the kitchen. Discover its creative side by using turmeric as a photosensitive pigment to create your own botanical sun print with flowers, leaves, seed pods, and other natural materials. The fun goes beyond the print, with a closer look at turmeric as a plant, how to grow and use it, and your own rhizome to plant and take home. You’ll leave with your botanical creation, turmeric to grow at home, and a little sunshine-powered botanical magic to carry into your own garden and creative life. All materials are provided, along with a complimentary pair of WomansWork gloves. |
Sunshine & Spice: Turmeric Sun Prints
Turmeric is having a moment, and there’s much more to this vibrant golden-orange spice than its place in the kitchen. Discover its creative side by using turmeric as a photosensitive pigment to create your own botanical sun print with flowers, leaves, seed pods, and other natural materials. The fun goes beyond the print, with a closer look at turmeric as a plant, how to grow and use it, and your own rhizome to plant and take home. You’ll leave with your botanical creation, turmeric to grow at home, and a little sunshine-powered botanical magic to carry into your own garden and creative life. All materials are provided, along with a complimentary pair of WomansWork gloves. Hands-On Workshops 2/18/2027, 12:00pm
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2/18/2027, 2:00pm |
Moss, Mud & Magic: Make a Kokedama Davida Freeman - DIY Workshop Instructor, Houseplant Collector, Educator Additional Ticket Required Working with lush forest moss, rich soil, and a living plant, enjoy the tactile pleasure of shaping something beautiful with your hands. This Japanese planting tradition turns simple natural materials into a sculptural piece of botanical art. You’ll create your own kokedama to take home and display, while gaining the confidence to make more on your own. Leave with a beautiful living creation and, perhaps, the beginning of a new botanical obsession. All materials and plants are provided, along with a complimentary pair of WomansWork gloves. |
Moss, Mud & Magic: Make a Kokedama
Working with lush forest moss, rich soil, and a living plant, enjoy the tactile pleasure of shaping something beautiful with your hands. This Japanese planting tradition turns simple natural materials into a sculptural piece of botanical art. You’ll create your own kokedama to take home and display, while gaining the confidence to make more on your own. Leave with a beautiful living creation and, perhaps, the beginning of a new botanical obsession. All materials and plants are provided, along with a complimentary pair of WomansWork gloves. Hands-On Workshops 2/18/2027, 2:00pm
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2/19/2027, 10:00am |
From Garden to Keepsake... Dry, Press & Preserve Becca Mathews - Environmental Educator, Flower Farmer, Nature Photographer Additional Ticket Required Create something beautiful with flowers you can enjoy long after the growing season ends. In this hands-on workshop, participants will work with dried and pressed flowers to create their own botanical project to take home while learning the techniques behind successful flower preservation. Along the way, discover which flowers and plants preserve beautifully, when and how to harvest them, and the best methods for drying, pressing, and storing botanical materials. You’ll leave with your own creation, plenty of inspiration, and the skills to preserve flowers from your own garden for future projects. |
From Garden to Keepsake... Dry, Press & Preserve
Create something beautiful with flowers you can enjoy long after the growing season ends. In this hands-on workshop, participants will work with dried and pressed flowers to create their own botanical project to take home while learning the techniques behind successful flower preservation. Along the way, discover which flowers and plants preserve beautifully, when and how to harvest them, and the best methods for drying, pressing, and storing botanical materials. You’ll leave with your own creation, plenty of inspiration, and the skills to preserve flowers from your own garden for future projects. Hands-On Workshops 2/19/2027, 10:00am
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2/19/2027, 12:00pm |
Go Bog Wild: Build a Bog Bowl Krystal Duran - Author, Content Creator, Houseplant Educator Additional Ticket Required Create your own miniature wetland, a wonderfully wild little landscape that brings some of nature’s most fascinating plants up close. You’ll build and plant a bog bowl to take home, combining moisture-loving plants in a container designed for their unusual growing needs. As you work, you’ll discover what makes these plants different and get practical guidance for keeping your creation happy at home. You’ll leave with a planted bog bowl and the know-how to keep it thriving. All materials and plants are provided, along with a complimentary pair of WomansWork gloves. |
Go Bog Wild: Build a Bog Bowl
Create your own miniature wetland, a wonderfully wild little landscape that brings some of nature’s most fascinating plants up close. You’ll build and plant a bog bowl to take home, combining moisture-loving plants in a container designed for their unusual growing needs. As you work, you’ll discover what makes these plants different and get practical guidance for keeping your creation happy at home. You’ll leave with a planted bog bowl and the know-how to keep it thriving. All materials and plants are provided, along with a complimentary pair of WomansWork gloves. Hands-On Workshops 2/19/2027, 12:00pm
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2/19/2027, 2:00pm |
Moss, Mud & Magic: Make a Kokedama Davida Freeman - DIY Workshop Instructor, Houseplant Collector, Educator Additional Ticket Required Working with lush forest moss, rich soil, and a living plant, enjoy the tactile pleasure of shaping something beautiful with your hands. This Japanese planting tradition turns simple natural materials into a sculptural piece of botanical art. You’ll create your own kokedama to take home and display, while gaining the confidence to make more on your own. Leave with a beautiful living creation and, perhaps, the beginning of a new botanical obsession. All materials and plants are provided, along with a complimentary pair of WomansWork gloves. |
Moss, Mud & Magic: Make a Kokedama
Working with lush forest moss, rich soil, and a living plant, enjoy the tactile pleasure of shaping something beautiful with your hands. This Japanese planting tradition turns simple natural materials into a sculptural piece of botanical art. You’ll create your own kokedama to take home and display, while gaining the confidence to make more on your own. Leave with a beautiful living creation and, perhaps, the beginning of a new botanical obsession. All materials and plants are provided, along with a complimentary pair of WomansWork gloves. Hands-On Workshops 2/19/2027, 2:00pm
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2/20/2027, 10:00am |
Mounting Epiphytes: Orchid Edition Jessica Scovel - Houseplant Expert, Owner of Buds Interior Plant Design Additional Ticket Required Give an orchid a whole new way to show off. In this hands-on workshop, you’ll mount an orchid onto natural cork bark, creating a living botanical display inspired by the way these remarkable plants grow in nature. As you work, find out why many orchids are perfectly happy without a traditional pot, what they need to thrive when mounted, and how to care for your finished creation at home. You’ll leave with your own mounted orchid ready to display, plus the skills to try the technique with other epiphytes. All materials and plants are provided, along with a complimentary pair of WomansWork gloves. |
Mounting Epiphytes: Orchid Edition
Give an orchid a whole new way to show off. In this hands-on workshop, you’ll mount an orchid onto natural cork bark, creating a living botanical display inspired by the way these remarkable plants grow in nature. As you work, find out why many orchids are perfectly happy without a traditional pot, what they need to thrive when mounted, and how to care for your finished creation at home. You’ll leave with your own mounted orchid ready to display, plus the skills to try the technique with other epiphytes. All materials and plants are provided, along with a complimentary pair of WomansWork gloves. Hands-On Workshops 2/20/2027, 10:00am
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2/20/2027, 12:00pm |
Go Bog Wild: Build a Bog Bowl Krystal Duran - Author, Content Creator, Houseplant Educator Additional Ticket Required Create your own miniature wetland, a wonderfully wild little landscape that brings some of nature’s most fascinating plants up close. You’ll build and plant a bog bowl to take home, combining moisture-loving plants in a container designed for their unusual growing needs. As you work, you’ll discover what makes these plants different and get practical guidance for keeping your creation happy at home. You’ll leave with a planted bog bowl and the know-how to keep it thriving. All materials and plants are provided, along with a complimentary pair of WomansWork gloves. |
Go Bog Wild: Build a Bog Bowl
Create your own miniature wetland, a wonderfully wild little landscape that brings some of nature’s most fascinating plants up close. You’ll build and plant a bog bowl to take home, combining moisture-loving plants in a container designed for their unusual growing needs. As you work, you’ll discover what makes these plants different and get practical guidance for keeping your creation happy at home. You’ll leave with a planted bog bowl and the know-how to keep it thriving. All materials and plants are provided, along with a complimentary pair of WomansWork gloves. Hands-On Workshops 2/20/2027, 12:00pm
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2/20/2027, 2:00pm |
From Garden to Keepsake... Dry, Press & Preserve Becca Mathews- Environmental Educator, Flower Farmer, Nature Photographer Additional Ticket Required Create something beautiful with flowers you can enjoy long after the growing season ends. In this hands-on workshop, participants will work with dried and pressed flowers to create their own botanical project to take home while learning the techniques behind successful flower preservation. Along the way, discover which flowers and plants preserve beautifully, when and how to harvest them, and the best methods for drying, pressing, and storing botanical materials. You’ll leave with your own creation, plenty of inspiration, and the skills to preserve flowers from your own garden for future projects. |
From Garden to Keepsake... Dry, Press & Preserve
Create something beautiful with flowers you can enjoy long after the growing season ends. In this hands-on workshop, participants will work with dried and pressed flowers to create their own botanical project to take home while learning the techniques behind successful flower preservation. Along the way, discover which flowers and plants preserve beautifully, when and how to harvest them, and the best methods for drying, pressing, and storing botanical materials. You’ll leave with your own creation, plenty of inspiration, and the skills to preserve flowers from your own garden for future projects. Hands-On Workshops 2/20/2027, 2:00pm
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2/21/2027, 12:00pm |
Seed Snails: Sow, Roll & Grow Kendall Becherer - Content Creator, Educator, WSU Master Gardener Additional Ticket Required Roll up your sleeves and discover a wonderfully space-saving way to start seeds. Build your own seed snail from the ground up by adding potting mix and choosing from a selection of seeds suited to this clever growing method, then roll it all together into a compact little nursery for healthy, deep-rooted seedlings. As your snail takes shape, find out what makes some seeds particularly good candidates for this growing method, how to care for your seedlings through germination and early growth, and when they’re ready to up-pot or transplant. You’ll leave with your own planted seed snail ready to grow at home, a few complimentary seed packets to keep the growing going, and a clever new seed-starting technique to use season after season. All materials, including seeds, are provided, along with a complimentary pair of WomansWork gloves. |
Seed Snails: Sow, Roll & Grow
Roll up your sleeves and discover a wonderfully space-saving way to start seeds. Build your own seed snail from the ground up by adding potting mix and choosing from a selection of seeds suited to this clever growing method, then roll it all together into a compact little nursery for healthy, deep-rooted seedlings. As your snail takes shape, find out what makes some seeds particularly good candidates for this growing method, how to care for your seedlings through germination and early growth, and when they’re ready to up-pot or transplant. You’ll leave with your own planted seed snail ready to grow at home, a few complimentary seed packets to keep the growing going, and a clever new seed-starting technique to use season after season. All materials, including seeds, are provided, along with a complimentary pair of WomansWork gloves. Hands-On Workshops 2/21/2027, 12:00pm
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2/21/2027, 2:00pm |
Plan, Plant & Partake: Grow a Tea Garden Dagny Kream - Accessible Gardening Advocate, Garden Girls Podcast Co-Host, Content Creator Meagan Lloyd - Content Creator, Garden Girls Podcast Co-Host Design and plant your own tea garden from seed, choosing from tea-worthy herbs and flowers such as chamomile, lemon balm, and anise hyssop to create a combination that’s uniquely yours. Get your hands in the soil as you fill your seed-starting cells, sow your selections, and set up your miniature garden to take home and grow, with practical guidance for nurturing, harvesting, and drying what you’ve planted. And because waiting for seeds to grow requires patience, you’ll have something to sip in the meantime. Play with the scents and flavors of dried herbs to create a custom loose-leaf tea blend, then package it in a tin to take home alongside your newly planted garden. All materials are provided, along with a complimentary pair of WomansWork gloves. |
Plan, Plant & Partake: Grow a Tea Garden
Design and plant your own tea garden from seed, choosing from tea-worthy herbs and flowers such as chamomile, lemon balm, and anise hyssop to create a combination that’s uniquely yours. Get your hands in the soil as you fill your seed-starting cells, sow your selections, and set up your miniature garden to take home and grow, with practical guidance for nurturing, harvesting, and drying what you’ve planted. And because waiting for seeds to grow requires patience, you’ll have something to sip in the meantime. Play with the scents and flavors of dried herbs to create a custom loose-leaf tea blend, then package it in a tin to take home alongside your newly planted garden. All materials are provided, along with a complimentary pair of WomansWork gloves. Hands-On Workshops 2/21/2027, 2:00pm
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