Get Creative This Summer with Free Lunchtime Terrarium and Floristry Outdoors Workshops

Looking for a unique way to spend your lunch break this summer? Eastern City BID is hosting a series of free outdoor workshops designed to help workers and visitors reconnect with nature, learn a new skill and enjoy some of the area’s most beautiful green spaces.

Taking place in hidden gardens and historic churchyards across the Eastern City, these hands-on sessions offer the chance to create your own terrarium or learn professional floristry techniques while enjoying a relaxing hour outdoors.

Outdoor Terrarium Workshops
Join Jar and Fern to create your own miniature ecosystem inside a glass vessel. You’ll learn how terrariums work, how to care for them and take home your finished creation.

Seething Lane Garden
📅 Monday 16 June | ⏰ 12:30pm – 1:30pm
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St Peter-upon-Cornhill
📅 Wednesday 25 June | ⏰ 12:30pm – 1:30pm
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Outdoor Hand-Tied Bouquet Workshops
Learn the art of floristry and create a beautiful hand-tied bouquet using seasonal flowers and foliage. Guided by the experts at Jar and Fern, you’ll discover professional techniques and leave with your own arrangement to enjoy at home.

Fen Court Garden
📅 Thursday 10 July | ⏰ 12:30pm – 1:30pm
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St Michael Cornhill
📅 Thursday 24 July | ⏰ 12:30pm – 1:30pm
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Whether you’re a keen gardener, flower enthusiast or simply looking for a different way to spend your lunchtime, these free workshops offer a chance to slow down, get creative and discover some of the Eastern City’s hidden green spaces.

Spaces are free but limited and booking is essential.