WORKSHOPS
Exciting selection of Workshops coming in 2025.
Numbers are strictly limited at each workshop and bookings have to be made directly with the workshop convener – so make sure you get in early and pre-book via the link in the particular workshop details below. Unless otherwise specified, workshops will be held in the Workshop Shelters – the area at the Northern end of the Children’s Playground.
**Remember – you must also purchase a Botanical Bazaar festival entry ticket to attend these workshops.
Native Flower Arrangement Workshop
Saturday
2 August
1pm to 2pm &
Sunday
3 August
11am to 12pm
$30 per person
Join Flowers by Friends of the Gold Coast Regional Botanic Gardens for a demonstration/ workshop to be guided through effective techniques to create your own floral arrangement using our beautiful Australian native flowers and foliage.
Create Your Own Bonsai
Saturday
2 August &
Sunday 3 August
12pm to 2pm
$80 per person
Learn the history, care and styling rules of bonsai with Kim from Lilliannah Bonsai. With over 35 years experience and a qualified Japanese teacher, your lesson will include all the vital steps to create and maintain a healthy tree. Choose 1 from 3 species of tree ( Clerodendron, Japanese Box or a Murraya- Mock Orange )
Grow Your own Dragon Fruit
Saturday
2 August
11am to 12pm
Sunday
3 August
1pm to 2pm
$35 per person
Introduction to Dragon Fruit – Brief overview of varieties, benefits, and why they’re great for home growers.
Potting Demonstration – Step-by-step guide on choosing the right pot, soil mix, and planting techniques.
Care Tips – Watering, fertilizing, sunlight needs, and common issues.
Take-Home Planting – Each participant pots their own dragon fruit cutting to take home.
Q&A & Resources – Answer questions and provide a care guide.
Bee all Natural - Make a Seed Bomb
Saturday
2 August
11am to 12 pm
$10 per person
Join us for a fun and educational hands-on workshop where kids can become junior beekeepers for the day! At “Bee A Beekeeper,” children will explore the fascinating world of honeybees, learn how honey is made, and discover the vital role bees play in our ecosystem. Through interactive activities, they will get to see, feel and taste honeycomb and honey that they will hand extract. Guided by experienced educational beekeepers, kids will gain insights into hive maintenance, bee behavior, and honey extraction. Each participant will take home a newfound appreciation for these incredible insects. Perfect for curious minds and nature lovers, this workshop promises a buzz-worthy adventure!
Learn to process & 2 strand twine weaving using Lomandra sourced from the Creek Cottage Gardens. Create the beginning of your own unique sculptural basket ,
Bee a bee Keeper
Saturday
2 August &
Sunday
3 August
10am to 11am
$10 per person
Join us for a fun and educational hands-on workshop where kids can become junior beekeepers for the day! At “Bee A Beekeeper,” children will explore the fascinating world of honeybees, learn how honey is made, and discover the vital role bees play in our ecosystem. Through interactive activities, they will get to see, feel and taste honeycomb and honey that they will hand extract. Guided by experienced educational beekeepers, kids will gain insights into hive maintenance, bee behavior, and honey extraction. Each participant will take home a newfound appreciation for these incredible insects. Perfect for curious minds and nature lovers, this workshop promises a buzz-worthy adventure! Presented by Bee All Natural.
Grow your own Microgreens
Saturday 2 & Sunday 3 August
10am to 11am
$50 per person
Grow Wise Microgreens provides delicious, nutritious, LIVING microgreens along with Grow kits and seed. Want to start growing your own greens in the easiest way?.Hands on workshop and take home a beatifuldisplay bowl and supplies for further growing
Paper Leaf Printing
Saturday 2 August
10am to 11am
Sunday 3 August
1pm to 2 pm
$10 per person
Suzeela’s unique botanical artworks are by and about plants, using paper created from plants and decorated with botanical images and inserts and motifs created with inks also made from plants.
Natural Flower Essences
Saturday 2 August
10am to 11am
Sunday 3 August
11am to 12pm
Free of Charge
Recycling Small Things
Saturday 2 August
3pm to 3.30pm
Free of Charge
Workshop on recycling with props and ideas on how to get the most out of your recycling. How to help the planet with recycling ideas and where to recycle. Presented by Frank Sauter from Rotary Rotate program.
Extracting Eucalyptus from Leaves
Saturday 2 August
1pm to 2pm
Sunday 3 August
12pm to 1pm
Free of Charge
Extract essential oil from eucalyptus leaves through distillation. This process captures the aromatic compounds, creating a concentrated oil used for various therapeutic and aromatic applications. Presented by Snowy Mountains Eucalyptus.
Biodiversity Collage Workshop
Saturday 2 August
2pm to 4pm
$20 per adult
$10 per student
People for Nature is a registered environmental charity that empowers people to reconnect with the natural world and take meaningful action to protect it. By fostering a deep understanding of environmental challenges and encouraging collective participation, we aim to build a nationwide community of citizen conservationists driving lasting, positive change for biodiversity and humanity.
How to plant and keep Bromeliads
Saturday 2 August
2pm to 3pm
Sunday 3 August
10am to 11am
Gold Coin Donation for Cancer
Learn the different types of bromeliads and how to grow and care for them with Greg Aizlewood from Greg and Narelles’s Bromeliads
Bokashi Bucket Workshop
Saturday 2 August
1pm to 2pm
$60 per person
Partitpants would make a bokashi bin from a bucket and learn how Bokashi works as well as methods of disposing of Bokashi watse , such as a soil factory.
Growing Oyster Mushrooms in Reusable Buckets
Saturday 2 August &
Sunday 3 August
12pm to 1pm
$50 per person
Perfect for total newbies, this introductory workshop will give you a taste of mushroom growing. Get hands on and learn the basics of mushroom cultivation, and create your own reusable Mini Farm to grow your own oyster mushrooms indoors at home!
Climate Change Workshop - Creating Positive Futures Together
Saturday 2 August
Sunday 3 August
$5 per person
Come along for fun and creative conversations to dream up a future Gold Coast full of possibilities!
Together with members of the Gold Coast Climate Action Network we’ll take a micro tour through a wide variety of ideas and positive local solutions in a climate changing world.
Using props and uplifting conversations, we’ll build visions for a more connected and resilient community, cheap clean energy for all, active transport, a nature-loving Goldie protected from heat and hazards, and more.
Come and join this relaxed mini-workshop for a fresh vision, and fun conversations!
Numbers are strictly limited at each workshop and bookings have to be made so make sure you get in early and pre-book below.
