From Flower Bed to Flower Bouquet - June Wellbeing Workshop

Theme: Design, Wellness, Botanical Memories, and Organic Heritage
🗓️ Dates in June | 🕒 Sessions: 14 June Sunday 14:00–15:30 & 18 June Thursday 19:00–20:30

This immersive 90-minute workshop will take you on a journey from planting to designing stunning floral arrangements using seasonal blooms and symbolic elements. Learn how to grow, harvest, and create bouquets that carry personal meaning while exploring the therapeutic benefits of gardening.

This hands-on 90-minute workshop takes you through the journey of growing, selecting, and arranging organic flowers. Learn the art and wellness of garden-based floral design using fresh seasonal cuts all rooted in botanical tradition and organic practice of Festina Lente Walled Garden.

• Meet your hosts and fellow flower lovers
• Introduction to the garden and the theme of flowering for wellbeing
• Walkthrough of today’s seasonal focus

• Guided walk through Festina Lente Garden
• How to grow and select fresh organic flowers for cutting
• What makes a flower "cut-worthy": stem structure, timing, scent, & sustainability
• Featured flowers:Alstroemeria, Sweetpea, Rudbeckia, Cosmos, Aster, Cornflower, Echinacea

• Demo: Harvesting seasonal cuts from the garden
• How to plan your garden for continuous blooming
• Tips on soil, spacing, and pairing
• Grow-your-own guide for:Tulips, Daffodils, Paperwhites, Iris Bucharica,Solidago, Helichrysum, Lavender, Eucalyptus, Fountain Grass

• The wellness aspect of working with flowers
• Basics of floral design: height, color, rhythm
• Flower symbolism and heritage varieties
• Hands-on: create your own bouquet using fresh flowers from Festina Lente Garden

• Reflective circle: share your bouquet & your botanical intention.

• Workshop booklet & planting guide
• Fresh flower selection from Festina Lente Garden
• Seed packs (Sweetpea, Cosmos, Solidago, Helichrysum)
• Biodegradable bouquet wrap
• “Design Your Own Symbolic Garden” template

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