Workshop
Create your own
festive wreath
Brought to you by The Diggers Club
Your Workshop
Prepare for the festive season with Domenica Vavala, floral designer and artist as she guides you through the making of a festive wreath using both dried and fresh locally sourced flora and foliage. Invite a friend and catch up while learning from a true artist. Domenica’s work draws on a love of floriculture, natural history, sustainability and the organic forms of Japanese and Korean floral design. You will leave with a beautiful, sustainable festive door wreath, all ready for the silly season. All flowers and foliage have been sourced from the Diggers three award-winning gardens.
This Workshop is designed to teach you everything you need to know to design and create a sustainable wreath for summer!
What will you learn?
- How to create a strong mechanical base for your wreath and the art of securing flora
- Selection of flora, foliage, grasses and seed pods that are suitable for wreath making
- The symmetry of wreath design
- Considerations when practicing sustainable floristry
Member price
$140
Non member price
$200
Your Presenter
Brendan is a keen flower grower and horticulturist with 20 years’ experience in the industry. He enjoys creating floral works which capture the natural beauty of flowers with a preference for in season local materials. He has years of experience with event styling, arranging for numerous weddings, funerals and birthdays
The Location
The Diggers Club in South Australia has been situated in the beautiful and historic Adelaide Botanic Garden since 2011. The garden, including Botanic Park, occupies 51 hectares of land and is located in the north-eastern corner of Adelaide's CBD.
It was first established in 1855 and holds a variety of significant botanical collections, beautiful and diverse plants from across Australia and around the world as well as some noteworthy heritage structures.
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Workshop
Create your own festive wreath
Adelaide Botanic Gardens (Goodman Building Lecture Theatre)
Sunday 23 November 2025
1 pm to 3 pm
