Workshop: Terrariums: Growing a Self-Sustaining World
Join our terrarium expert Sanjana for an exploration of cacti, succulent and tropical plants at Walworth Garden, and how to use them to grow your own self-sustaining world. You’ll discover the magnificence of plants’ evolutionary adaptations, applying your new knowledge in a practical session, and leave with your own terrarium.
We will be covering:
The fascination of terrariums: your own miniature world
How to divide and replant to create an attractive terrarium display
The basic science of terrariums, and how they can be a ‘closed’ system that can live for hundreds of years
The differences between ‘tropical’ and ‘dry’ terrariums: plants to select, plants to avoid, and how to care for them
A practical session creating terrariums using recycled jars, peat-free compost and other sustainable materials
Participants are encouraged to bring their own jar to use as their terrarium, preferably with a lid and preferably a minimum of 2L in volume. Some recycled jars will be available from Walworth Garden in limited sizes and shapes.
Meet Sanjana
Sanjana is landscape gardener and a paper hoarding horticulturist, with a passion for anything creative and kitsch. Evidence of her skills can be seen all across the Garden - as our Plant Centre Supervisors, she is responsible for many of the beautiful, creative displays.
Price: £85 / Free for Southwark residents
Free places are available for Southwark residents aged 19+. Each resident can claim 1 place per year. To check whether you are eligible, please click here.
To claim your free place, click ‘Book Here’ below, and enter code ‘SOUTHWARK’ under ‘Redeem Coupon’.
You will then be charged a £10 deposit in order to claim your place, but this will be refunded to you after you attend the workshop.
Please note that you will be required to fill in a Southwark Council form, including some personal information, in order to confirm your place on a workshop, which will be sent to you via email. Your place will not be confirmed until this has been completed.