Forever Blooms: Grow Your Own Dried Botanicals

Forever Blooms: Grow Your Own Dried Botanicals takes place on Saturday, October 24, 2026, at Gathering Ground, 5 Applecross Street, Glasgow G4 9SP. This half-day workshop explores the beautiful possibilities of growing, drying, and preserving your own flowers, and includes creating an autumnal wreath.

What to Expect

• Discover flowers and plants suitable for growing and drying in Scotland, with practical advice on growing, harvesting, and preserving them.
• Learn low-input, low-maintenance ways to grow botanicals.
• Create your own simple autumnal dried-flower wreath using supplied materials.
• Participate in a practical bulb-planting session in the Gathering Ground garden (weather permitting) to create next year’s flowers.

Who Should Attend

This workshop is suitable for anyone interested in growing, drying, and preserving flowers, with no previous gardening, growing, or wreath-making experience required.

Practical Information

• The event runs from 11 AM to 2 PM. The main indoor workshop is from 11 AM to 1 PM, followed by a short break and a gardening session from 1:30 PM (weather permitting).
• Refunds are available up to 7 days before the event.