Community Education Workshops

ADULT COMMUNITY EDUCATION | WORKSHOP | 3 HOURS Join Katherine Olmstead, Canadian International Master Florist, for a hands-on floral design class where you will create your own spring basket arrangement, blending plants, fresh-cut flowers, and foraged natural materials into a one-of-a-kind seasonal piece. You will be guided through selecting materials, building a natural basket armature […]

ADULT COMMUNITY EDUCATION | WORKSHOP |FULL-DAY This class is full. To join the waiting list, email [email protected] with a phone number where we can reach you. Explore weaving baskets with soft materials such as rush, sedge and daylily leaves with expert instructor Joan Carrigan. These materials are lovely to weave with and offer the opportunity […]

ADULT COMMUNITY EDUCATION | WORKSHOP |FULL-DAY This class is full. To join the waiting list please contact [email protected] and include a phone number where you can be reached. Instructor Joan Carrigan will guide you through the process of creating a “Cat’s Head” basket, with its  distinctive elegant shape. It starts with a square base and […]

Adult Community Education | 3-hour Workshop Capture the spirit of early of summer as you paint these cheerful, colourful "California Poppies" (Eschscholzia californica) in watercolour. Join instructor Richard Wong to work on this lovely image.  New to watercolour?  Not a problem!  Richard will guide you with each step.  Richard's classes are fun and relaxing, and […]

Adult community education | full day workshop Join artisan Andrew Kent from The Willow Way for this full day workshop. In one day, with Andrew's expert instruction, you can make and take home your own Bent Willow Rustic Chair. This is a great introduction to rustic building techniques. Learn how to make a square frame […]

Adult Community Education | Health & Wellness | 2-hour workshop (evening) **Please note: The original date/time of this class (June 14) has been changed.** Join Registered Holistic Nutritionist and Herbalist Racheal Schnarr for this year's new and refreshed Home Herbalist Series. This series is more immersive, covers new herbs, and features new seasonal info booklets. […]

ADULT COMMUNITY EDUCATION | WORKSHOP |FULL-DAY Instructor Joan Carrigan will guide you as you weave a traditional European style basket, used for centuries as a household gathering and storage basket. This version has 2 round hoops forming the handle and opening of the basket. Materials will include natural and dyed reed along with seagrass and […]

ADULT COMMUNITY EDUCATION | WORKSHOP |FULL-DAY Come weave a beautiful individualized pouch with plant materials harvested from the Pacific Northwest, perfect for holding your cell phone. Instructor Joan Carrigan will begin with a discussion on how to respectfully harvest materials, followed by a hands-on demonstration of how to prepare the materials including cedar bark, willow […]