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Vintage Gardener's Floral Workshops & Luncheons
Join us
throughout the Gardening Season for one of our Celebrated Floral
Workshops! You’ll create your own work of floral art, just as you have
admired in your favourite magazines! We offer a variety of tasteful
projects – all photo worthy - using natural materials, whether fresh
cut, dried or potted plants. Our workshops are informative and mostly -
a lot of fun!
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select one that tickles your fancy! Even if you have no experience at
all – our design team will effortlessly guide you (and take comfort – we
have never sent an ugly one home!)
Workshops are held in our studio in
The Distillery Historic District,
starting with coffee at 10:30 and usually
wrap up in time for you to treat yourself to lunch at one of the
terrific restaurants here in the District.
(For groups of
6 or more – we can arrange a private class that fits your schedule)
Luncheons are
also hosted throughout the year and they are a lot of fun! (the code
language here is – Workshop: you make something beautiful to take home,
Luncheon: you sit, have a wonderful lunch, a glass of wine if you wish,
watch us make many things beautiful and you can just buy it and take it
home!)
Book now to
assure yourself a spot - these workshops & luncheons are very popular!
Reserve online
or Call 416-862-9500 or
email us.

Everlasting Hydrangea Wreath
(Bring a Friend for Free!)
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Every Wednesday throughout the
summer !
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$125 for Two
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"Hi Elaine:
I thought I would send a quick note to tell you how much we
enjoyed the Saturday workshop on hydrangea wreaths. Both
Katie & I now have our beautiful wreaths hanging in our homes &
they are fabulous (in all modesty of course!)
In addition to learning how to make the wreath, we really
enjoyed the time in your shop "Vintage Gardener." It
certainly made quite a dull January day seem like spring
wasn't too far away. Here are some of the pics we took.
Thanks again."
-- Helen Lysakowski (Welland, ON)
& Katie Moroney (Toronto, ON)
The two of you each go home with a 22” wreath,
our signature wreath actually, salal entwined with hydrangea!
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August 16 to 29,
2010
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What is that saying?
.. You can never be too rich, too thin or have enough
lavender (or was it diamonds?). Come to our Lavender Festival to
find all manner of things lavender! Lavender wreaths, lavender
sachets, lavender hedges, lavender topiaries, lavender plants,
lavender bouquets, lavender soaps, even lavender pet
shampoo...well you get the picture! |
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For more information call 416-862-9500 or
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Monday,
August 16, 2010 - 10:30am or 7:00pm
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$55 pp or $95 for two
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Start the morning with coffee
and Lavender cookies ! Our Vintage Gardener will then share
with you lots of info about the growing, harvesting and
properties of lavender. You’ll fill an embroidered linen
sachet with dried lavender and also make a small Dried
Lavender Arrangement to take home ! (and we will be all
wrapped up just in time for you to carry on your day with
Brunch at one of the fab restaurants here in the Distillery
District!)
(If our date does not work for
you – but this sounds like something you might like to do with
a group – a shower, a corporate or spousal day, or just for
fun with friends – we do offer this workshop ongoing as a
private class for groups of six or more !)
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For reservation inquiries call 416-862-9500,
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Tuesday,
August 17, 2010
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$125 pp or $195 for two
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We’ll show
you how to place lavender, dried roses and grains into a
handcrafted stone windowsill planter to cleverly give the
elusion of a garland. This looks terrific on a window sill,
shelf, mantel or down the center of a
dining table.
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For reservation inquiries call 416-862-9500,
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Wednesday,
August 18, 2010
- 10:30am or 7:00pm
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$125 pp or $195 for two
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Start with fresh salal leaves (they dry naturally in the wreath)
and add eucalyptus, hydrangea, dried roses and mini bundles of
lavender. Kept properly, this wreath will take you through
several seasons.
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For reservation inquiries call 416-862-9500,
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Thursday,
August 19, 2010
- 10:30am or 7:00pm
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$75 pp or
$125 for two
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Dried lavender is designed like a hedge in this handsome
hand-crafted stone mini windowbox.
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Friday,
August 20, 2010 - 10:30am or 7:00pm
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$95 pp or $155 for two
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Lavender is
tucked into grapevine to create this pretty everlasting 12” to
14” (ish) wreath. |
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For reservation inquiries call 416-862-9500,
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Saturday,
August 21, 2010
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$55 pp or $95 for two
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Start the morning with coffee
and Lavender cookies ! Our Vintage Gardener will then share
with you lots of info about the growing, harvesting and
properties of lavender. You’ll fill an embroidered linen
sachet with dried lavender and also make a small Dried
Lavender Arrangement to take home ! (and we will be all
wrapped up just in time for you to carry on your day with
Brunch at one of the fab restaurants here in the Distillery
District!)
(If our date does not work for
you – but this sounds like something you might like to do with
a group – a shower, a corporate or spousal day, or just for
fun with friends – we do offer this workshop ongoing as a
private class for groups of six or more !)
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For reservation inquiries call 416-862-9500,
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Tuesday,
August 24, 2010
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$295 per person
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This is a drop dead gorgeous stone window box – a real focal
point in your home.
You can order ahead which colour you would like – rust, white,
sage (shown), verdigris, dark grey.
We call this a Master Class because you should have some
experience at floral art – or attending some of our courses
previously before you tackle this project.
This one also includes refreshments!
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Thursday, August
26, 2010 - 10:30am or 7:00pm
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$95 when you make it yourself: |
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$125 to order one made for you: |
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For reservation inquiries call 416-862-9500,
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Sunday, August 29,
2010
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$55 or $95 for two
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Mark Sunday, August
29th on
your calendar and plan to attend our Lavender Festival Luncheon at
Archeo Restaurant in The Distillery Historic District. You will
see first hand how we create those wonderful French-inspired
florals you see throughout our studio. Elaine and Anna will share
stories from their own experience creating their 20 year in the
making Hockley Valley, French Peasant Garden, where they learned a
great deal about growing, drying and cooking with Lavender!!!
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Harvest Festival

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Sunday, October 3rd, 2010
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$55 pp or $95 for two
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preserve those beautiful flowers featured in our studio … or how
to put those wonderful grand harvest arrangements together You
will want to mark Sunday October 3rd on your calendar!
Harvest is Elaine and Anna’s
favourite time of the year! The warm sun and cool breeze in the
garden….. wonderful soups of pumpkin
and squash, herb breads, and tons and tons of flowers!!!
They will be offering tips on
harvesting… not the vegetable garden – but rather – the floral
garden!
Learn when and how to cut and dry
flowers like peonies, lavender, larkspur, sunflowers, sea holly,
globe thistle, yarrow, hydrangea… well the list goes on….
And watch them toss together their
magical floral urns, centrepieces, garlands, swags and wreaths.
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For reservation inquiries call 416-862-9500
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Gifts from the Garden - Capturing the Harvest |
Wednesday, September 29th,
2010
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$55, includes materials
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This is a terrific light-hearted “introductory workshop”. You will learn a lot about dried flowers – harvesting, drying, decorating…… and you will make a variety of small gifts from the everlasting garden to take home with you.
Morning Workshop $55 includes materials!
Evening Workshop $55 includes materials!
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For Reservations call 416-862-9500
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Kitchen Harvest Wreath Master Class |
Thursday,
September 30th, 2010
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$125, includes materials
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This breath-taking Kitchen Harvest Wreath is choc-a-block full of the season’s finest. It is a tad intricate, so you will want to have had a bit of experience before tackling this one! (i.e. attended a few of our workshops previously, know how to use a florist’s pic etc.)
Morning Workshop $125 includes materials !
Evening Workshop $125 includes materials!
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For Reservations call 416-862-9500
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Harvest Windowsill Garland |
Friday, October 1st, 2010
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$75, includes materials
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Artistically place dried flowers and grains “garland-like” into a hand-crafted stone windowbox. This is a narrow arrangement so it fits nicely on a narrow dining table or a window sill. Follow the care instructions and this will last for many years. To remove dust – use a hair-blower on low setting.
Morning Workshop $75 includes materials !
Evening Workshop $75 includes materials!
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For Reservations call 416-862-9500
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Sunflower and Herb Wreath |
Saturday, October 2nd,
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$75, includes materials
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This is a simpler wreath to make than the one listed above – so no worries if you have never done anything since Brownie craft group !
You’ll entwine Fresh Sunflowers, Hydrangea, Lavender
and other herbs to create your own 24”(ish) wreath!
Complete with our signature French organza ribbon. This workshop includes light lunch at Archeo !
Morning Workshop $75 includes materials !
Evening Workshop $75 includes materials!
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For Reservations call 416-862-9500
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Evergreen Festival

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November 18th and 19th
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We are expecting a very busy Evergreen Season!
...and here is why !
Find us this November in Style at Home Magazine!!! (and gosh, darn – we are pretty excited!!!)
Last year Vintage Gardener was asked just what we thought would be important for the 2009 Christmas season (you’ll have to buy the magazine to discover the answer) – and it became a major 10 photo shoot in the Fermenting Cellar last December 23rd (imagine)!
…fun to work with Samantha Pynn and our photographer Paul – was so terrific ! He caught exactly what Vintage Gardener and The Distillery Historic District are all about – maintaining the integrity of history but with a keen sense for contemporary design!
So – here is what we have planned to give you the chance to experience our shoot !

November 18 & 19 we are launching our Evergreen Festival with
a two day Evergreen Fair in the Distillery Historic District !
Every hour Vintage Gardener’s Elaine & Anna along with special
guests like HGTV’s Gemini winner - Ambrose Price, will be
demonstrating on our Evergreen Stage. Evergreen Stations will be
set up where you can make your own evergreen wreath, planter or
hostess gift. There will be a “Ribbon & Bow Bar”, a “Twigs &
Wreaths Cart”, “Berry Wagon”, “Amaryllis & Paperwhite Hut” etc etc
etc
You can pick up or order your evergreens by the bundle, garlands,
wreaths and so on… for delivery/installation to your home or
office. Our design team will be on hand to assist you with lots of
O-SO-FAB ideas to make this a most memorable Holiday Season!!!
Also you can arrange a very very fun get-together for you pals or
office mates – with a private workshop – you each make something
wonderful to take home !
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For more information call 416-862-9500
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Evergreen Festive Wreath Workshop |
Wednesday November 24th,
2010
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$135 per person (includes all materials, instruction and lunch at Archeo Restaurant) $125 for Guild Members
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Evergreen Festive Wreath Workshop $135 includes lunch!!! At Archeo Restaurant. Entwine your own curb-stopper wreath, with salal, magnolia, seeded eucalyptus, hydrangea and pomegranates. Add evergreen favourites like pine and blueberried juniper for a festive look.
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For Reservations call 416-862-9500
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Three Kings |
Friday November 26th, 2010
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$135 (includes all the materials). $125 for Guild Members
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Mixed Evergreens, rose hips, pinecones topped with Three Potted Amaryllis in a glazed Garden Pot (9” tall x 11” wide at top of pot), or you can choose from a variety of pots once you get here – to suit your décor.
Friday November 27th - morning class 10:30 am, evening class 7:00 pm
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For Reservations call 416-862-9500
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Evergreen Festive Wreath Workshop Second Chance |
Saturday November 27th,
2010
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$135 per person
$125 for Guild Members
(includes all materials, instruction and lunch at Archeo Restaurant)
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For those who can not make it during the week we also offer a Saturday Evergreen Festive Wreath Workshop $135 includes lunch!!! At Archeo Restaurant
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For Reservations call 416-862-9500
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email us
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Evergreen Festival Brunch |
Sunday, November 28th, 2010
Distillery Historic
District
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$55 per person or $95 for two
(includes
lunch at Archeo)
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Our Annual, Evergreen Festival Brunch this year is at Archeo in the Distillery Historic District. Onstage will be our Vintage Gardeners, Elaine and Anna Martin, demonstrating festive fare and sharing all their tips with flair and style.

If you have ever attended one of their presentations in the past, you already know how fun this will surely be.

We are expecting a sell-out crowd and so you will want to make your reservation early!
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For Reservations call 416-862-9500
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Evergreen Festival Luncheon |
Wednesday, December 1st,
2010
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$55 per person or $95 for two
(includes lunch at Archeo)
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Each year, we also offer during the week, our annual, Evergreen Festival Luncheon this year is at Archeo in the Distillery Historic District. Onstage will be our Vintage Gardeners, Elaine and Anna Martin, demonstrating festive fare and sharing all their tips with flair and style.

If you have ever attended one of their presentations in the past, you already know how fun this will surely be.

We are expecting a sell-out crowd and so you will want to make your reservation early!
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For Reservations call 416-862-9500
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email us
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Christmas

Blue Christmas Evergreen Decorative
as seen in Style at
Home Magazine |
Thursday, December 2nd,
2010
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$175 includes all the materials, $165 for Guild Members
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In a handsome blue glazed flower pot, our top pics for the evergreen season – noble fir, white pine, blue-berried juniper, red pine, and salal are adorned with golden curly willow and over-sized sugar pinecones. We will guide you step by step to achieve this over-stuffed layered look! (pot shown is 11” tall x 14” wide at top of pot, or we have other containers you can choose from too!)
Thursday, December 3rd morning class 10:30 am, evening class 7:00 pm
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For Reservations call 416-862-9500
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Worth Repeating |
Friday, December 3rd, 2010
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$135 includes all the materials, $125 for Guild Members
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Worth Repeating, in a handcrafted stone urn size we place all the season’s best – greenery, hydrangea, seeded eucalyptus, rosehips and pomegranate. We like it so much that we think it is worth repeating! And so you will be making two! A great idea for a mantel, a dining table, two deep windows – well you get the picture.
Friday, December 4th - morning class 10:30 am, evening class 7:00 pm
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For Reservations call 416-862-9500
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Mantel Mania |
Saturday, December 4th,
2010
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$125 includes all the materials, $95 for those Guild Members !
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Mantel Mania – yes it is back by popular
demand!!! Many Guild Members attended this class years ago – and
want it back!!! You’ll start with a wallpaper tray (just the right
width for most mantels and allows you to water your arrangement
throughout the season). Add all the best greenery, rosehips,
pomegranates, hydrangea, French Ribbon – well on and on...
Saturday, December 5th - morning class 10:30 am, evening class 7:00 pm
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For Reservations call 416-862-9500
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White Christmas |
Sunday, December 5th,
2010
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$175 includes all the materials, $165 for Guild Members
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White Christmas, in a white container (you choose – cast iron, ceiling tile tin, stone or glazed) you will cleverly place a combination of greenery and plants like white amaryllis, white cyclamen, variegated ivy, fern etc etc etc . Next create an obelisk of birch and golden curly willow – weave up the ivy strands – and presto – gorgeous !!!
Sunday, December 6th - morning class 10:30 am, evening class 7:00 pm
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For Reservations call 416-862-9500
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Windowsill Garland |
Monday, December 6th, 2010
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$95 includes all the materials, $85 for Guild Members
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Windowsill Garland, in a narrow hand-crafted stone windowsill trough – you will create this pretty arrangement – great for a narrow table (or a windowsill of course!). The trough comes in dark grey, sage green or blue.
Monday, December 7th - morning class 10:30 am, evening class 7:00 pm
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For Reservations call 416-862-9500
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Caledon Christmas |
Tuesday, December 7th, 2010
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$135 includes all the materials $125 for Guild Members
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Caledon Christmas! Magnolia, BC Cedar, Pine, seeded eucalyptus, sumac tops, & rose hips set in a rustic ribbed garden pot (9” tall x 11” wide at top of pot)
Tuesday, December 8th - morning class 10:30 am, evening class 7:00 pm
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For Reservations call 416-862-9500
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WOW garland!
as seen in Style at
Home Magazine!!! |
Thursday, December 9th,
2010
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$275 includes all the materials, $245 for Guild Members
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This is our WOW garland!!! As seen in Style at Home Magazine!!! We chose noble fir as the base of the 12 ft garland; because it will stay green throughout the season – and get this – the needles will not drop! The version in the photo is full of roses in a monochromatic colour scheme combined with hydrangea and completed with an organza and satin ribbon. You select the colour of roses.
An outdoor version is also available with mixed greenery, magnolia, and pine cones.
Thursday, December 10th - morning class 10:30 am, evening class 7:00 pm
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For Reservations call 416-862-9500
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Ode to Joy Stone Urn
as seen in Style at
Home Magazine |
Friday, December 10th, 2010
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$275 includes all the materials. (the urn on its own is $195)
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Ode to Joy Stone Urn, as seen in Style at Home Magazine. This handcrafted stone urn (20” tall x 11” top of urn), is made by one of our fav artists and is available in several tones – including white, grey and sage green. (if you want another colour – it takes 3 weeks for delivery – so keep that in mind!) The display here is suited for indoors. You’ll start with greenery including salal, white pine, noble fir, blue-berried juniper, and seeded eucalyptus. Next add amaryllis, roses, tulips, & golden curly willow. You can select your own colour story.
Friday, December 11th - morning class 10:30 am, evening class 7:00 pm
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For Reservations call 416-862-9500
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Ode to Joy Centrepiece
as seen in Style at
Home Magazine |
Saturday, December 11th,
2010
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$95 includes all the materials ($85 for Guild Members)
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Ode to Joy, Centrepiece, as seen in Style at Home Magazine. In a glazed stone window box, you’ll start with evergreens like salal, white pine, noble fir, seeded eucalyptus – then stuff in way too many roses, then agapanthus, hydrangea & top it off with pine cones & candles. The greenery will last well throughout the festive season. Just freshen up the fresh flowers as needed. You choose the colours that best suit!
Saturday, December 12th – morning class only 10:30 am
….and here is an idea; make it a private workshop for
groups of six or more – a great idea for a Holiday Gathering
with your family, friends or colleagues. (way more fun than an
office party)
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For Reservations call 416-862-9500
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Mixed Evergreen Wreath!
as seen in Style at
Home Magazine |
Sunday, December 12th, 2010
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$175 includes all the materials $165 for Guild Members
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Mixed Evergreen Wreath with Drop-Dead-Gorgeous Hydrangea! As seen in Style at Home Magazine. Noble Fir, blue-berried juniper, salal Noble Fir is a terrific choice for indoors as noble fir will keep its colour and the needles won’t drop! (you can also place it outdoors)
….a great idea for your group’s festive get-together. Call us to arrange a private workshop for groups of 6 or more.
Sunday, December 13th - morning class 10:30 am, evening class 7:00 pm
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For Reservations call 416-862-9500
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Formal Christmas |
Monday, December 13th, 2010
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$175 includes all the materials, $165 for Guild Members
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Formal Christmas, Magnolia, salal, pine, oregonia, seeded eucalyptus, golden curly willow, and over-sized pine cones set in a vanilla coloured glazed urn (16” tall x 13” wide at top).
Monday, December 14th - morning class 10:30 am, evening class 7:00 pm
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For Reservations call 416-862-9500
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Ode to Joy, Coffee Table Arrangement
as seen in Style at
Home Magazine |
Tuesday, December 14th,
2010
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$95 includes all the materials. $85 for Guild Members
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Ode to Joy, Coffee Table Arrangement, as seen in Style at Home Magazine. In a glazed stone cachepot (10” x 10” at top of cachepot), you will entwine evergreens like salal, white pine, noble fir, seeded eucalyptus and popped in joyful accents – roses, tulips & pine cones. We like it a lot!!!! (we will have a few colour schemes so that you can choose to suit your style)
Tuesday, December 15th - morning class 10:30 am, evening class 7:00 pm
….and here is an idea; make it a private workshop! – a great idea for a Holiday Gathering with your family, friends or colleagues. (way more fun than an office party)
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For Reservations call 416-862-9500
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Gifts from the Garden |
Wednesday, December 15th,
2010
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$65 includes all the materials, $55 for Guild Members
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Gifts from the Garden. This is a really fun workshop and a traditionally popular one! We will be making a variety of miniature floral decoratives for the festive season – like this small rose hip swag.
Wednesday, December 16th - morning class 10:30 am, evening class 7:00 pm
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For Reservations call 416-862-9500
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A Cabin Fever
Breakaway
...a festival for gardeners longing for Spring!!!
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Join us in The Distillery Historic District, where spring comes
early this year at our Cabin Fever Breakaway. If you are a
gardener longing for warm soil under your nails and the site of
the first Robin, this may be just what the doctor ordered!
Cabin Fever Breakaway Festival starts with our annual Cabin
Fever Breakaway Brunch (always a sell-out crowd!) Feb 20th and
continues to Feb 28th with daily workshops, and even a floral
contest !!!
A great day with your client, mother or your friends,
More details
on our events page
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Sunday, February 21st 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 ish
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$55
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Attend our Cabin Fever Breakaway Brunch (or any one of our
workshops February 23 to March 1) and you’ll be surrounded by all
manner of Spring… branches of quince, magnolia, apple, pear…
forced to blossom, potted spring bulbs and fresh cut market
flowers – muscari, parrot tulips, daffodils…
Be inspired at our luncheon, with an entertaining and informative
Spring Floral demonstration by Vintage Gardener’s Elaine Martin.
She’ll offer tips on how to force branches and bulbs to bloom and
invite an early spring into your home décor.
(Yes you can purchase all of the demonstrated items – even say you
made it if you like!)
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Or...
choose a workshop to make something yourself. (we
really worked on special prices – call us recession busters !)
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Monday February 22 -
Spring Hanging Basket
$95 per person or
$175 for two
Plant up the season’s best – muscari, iris reticulata, mini daffodils,
crocus and the like, with trailing plants – all in a charming twig
hanging basket. The trailing plants will take you through to summer
and you can replace the bulbs as we go through the season with other
indoor plants or eventually move it outside to warmer weather with
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Tuesday February 23
- Everlasting
Window Box Garland
$75 per person or $125
for two
Cleverly arrange roses, hydrangea, lavender and boxwood to resemble a
garland laced together in a hand-crafted narrow stone window box. It
is very pretty and the flowers will dry and last for several seasons.
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Wednesday February
24 - A
Spring Tower
$95 per person or
$175 for two
First you’ll choose a wonderful flower pot – terracotta, moss stained
clay, glazed etc (no worries, they have all been vetted by our taste
level cop) and then roll up your sleeves and get ready to plant!
Hyacinth, muscari, narcissus along with mini ferns – topped with curly
willow …weave strands of ivy to create a vertical indoor spring WOW
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Thursday
February 25 - A Spring Window Box
$125 per person or
$195 for two
Create a burst of Spring Colour in this reproduction Ceiling Tile
Window Box! Hydrangea, muscari, hyacinth, ivy and ferns – and voila!!!
An indoor Spring Window Box!!!
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Friday
February 26 - Provence Everlasting
$75 per person or
$125 for two
In a hand-crafted stone urn, you will design this wonderful
arrangement of hydrangea, roses, lavender, pomegranate, boxwood and
the like. The ingredients will dry naturally to become an everlasting
– very Provence!
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Saturday February 27
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Hydrangea
Wreath Workshop
Bring a Friend for
Free! $125 for two
Bring your friend for a wonderful day in our “potting shed” – and you
will both make this beautiful hydrangea & salal wreath. (approx
22”). We sell this wreath in our studio for $125 each – so this
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Sunday
February 28 - Cabin
Fever Breakaway Floral Contest !!!
and your
opportunity to meet Gemini Award winner, Ambrose – host of HGTV’s
hit show “The Decorating Adventures of Ambrose
Price” (he is one of our judges).
This is your chance to shine! Take a
risk! Show off a little! Just have some mid-winter fun!!!
Our suppliers have donated some pretty cool prizes. There is no cost
to you – but Ambrose and I will ask you to drop your toonies into a
jar for our Cancer Research drive!
So take a look at the categories listed
below, unleash your creativity and Bring your entries in to our studio
in the Distillery Historic District before 11:00 am – Judging begins
promptly at 11:30 am !!! (You’ll need to RSVP to let us know you are
coming – because that is just polite!)
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Small Pleasures - Spring Miniature
– this is a fresh cut floral arrangement which must be smaller
than 5” measured in any direction. Judges will look for creative
containers and spring mini flowers for a charming miniature
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For the Birds
- Branches in Blossom – this is an arrangement
emphasizing tall branches forced to an early spring bloom. You
may add greenery and spring cut flowers also. You can set beside
the arrangement a co-ordinated treasure to make it a “vignette”.
Judges will be looking for a component for our feathered
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Give us a Song
and Name it! ..Dusting off your
Top Hat
(well, antique) – Open up your cupboards, attic or
an old hope chest and find something you have not used for a
while – a wedding gift, a hand-me-down, and in this, design a
spring arrangement of your own inspired by the title of an old
song – plants, cut flowers or everlastings – your choice. |
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Spring Window
Box Plantings – This is to be an arrangement
of plants – Spring plantings of course – so get your fingers
dirty ! Judges will look for
composition, plant choice and placement to make an interesting
“indoor” window box for a hopeful hint of
Spring. |
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The Centre of
Attention – a spring centrepiece for a dinner
party – This should be designed to have a conversation over and
around – at a Spring dinner party.
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Have
fun !!!! and
see you Saturday morning ! RSVP please – so we know to expect
you !
Mother's Day Floral
Festival

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Sunday May 2nd, 11:00
a.m. to 2:00 ish
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$55 or $95 for two
(includes a wonderful brunch & rose dome to take home)
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Treat your Mother, Daughter or
Friend(s) for a wonderful Day together, amongst beautiful flowers!
(that sounds inspiring!)

…. and join Anna & Elaine, our
Vintage
Gardeners, for our annual Mother’s Day Brunch, on
Sunday May 2nd, 11:00 am to 2:00 ish in The Distillery Historic
District.
You’ll glean tips on creating
romantic over-stuffed floral planters & container gardens, ideas
for streetscaping & terrace plantings. Elaine will also
demonstrate bringing your garden indoors, with
Spring flower arrangements to fill your home & enjoy a
gardening lifestyle.
………..and this year – something
new !
You’ll
be making something for your special guest to take
home – a Rose Dome!
The antique roses are specially
conditioned & fresh when set into a pretty cachepot.
…….and they dry
! to become an everlasting
arrangement. What a wonderful gift that will carry on
to remember a terrific day spent
together.
Our Mothers’ Day Floral Festival
continues to May 9 with daily workshops at Vintage Gardener, The
Distillery Historic District (details here soon! |
For reservation inquiries call 416-862-9500, or
Email us
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Monday, May 3, 2010
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$75 per person or $125 for
two
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| Cleverly arrange roses, hydrangea,
lavender and boxwood to resemble a garland laced together in a
hand-crafted narrow stone window box. It is very pretty and the
flowers will dry and last for several seasons. |
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Tuesday, May 4,
2010
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$95 per person or
$175 for two
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In a tin window box you’ll
artistically plant up your living arrangement with the best of May
– hydrangea, campanula, muscari, pansies, lavender …… terrific for
indoors or out ! |
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Wednesday, May 5, 2010
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$95 per person or $175 for two
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On a salal leaf base you’ll entwine this
beautiful wreath with Hydrangea, Eucalyptus, Roses and dried
Peonies. Top it off with French Lavender clusters & organza
ribbon. This is one of our favs !
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Thursday, May 6, 2010
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$95 per person or $175 for two
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Plant up the season’s best – muscari, iris reticulata, mini
daffodils, crocus and the like, with trailing plants – all in a
charming twig hanging basket. The trailing plants will take you
through to summer and you can replace the bulbs as we go through
the season with other indoor plants or eventually move it outside
to warmer weather with cheerful annuals like geranium and
lobelia.
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Friday, May 7, 2010
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$95 per person $175 for two
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| Pretty in Pink designed in a vintage-style (plastic lined)
basket is suited for early outdoor decorating! Pink hydrangea,
Pink Martha Washington Geranium, Pink Dianthus…..and well whatever
else pink looks terrific at the market that morning!!! |
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Saturday, May 8,
2010
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$55 per person $95 for two
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Take the morning off and join
Elaine, our Vintage Gardener for a “hands-on” “participaction”
experience right in our studio in the Distillery Historic
District. VG Potting Shed classes are always a lot of fun – and
very very informative (Elaine is not
afraid to share her floral secrets!)
Afterwards, we will head over to one
of Elaine’s fav haunts – Pure Spirits for a great lunch!
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Culinary Herb Festival

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Sunday, July
18th, 2010 11:00am to 2:00pm
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$55 or $95 for two
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The Festival
Brunch, is a Culinary Herb Celebration! Vintage Gardener’s
own Elaine & Anna, join their special guest, Chef Audrey Demers.
The threesome are both entertaining and informative as they share
tips on the cultivation and growing of a culinary herb garden,
container plantings, decorative uses of herbs and some of their
favourite recipes.
You'll have a chance to taste some
incredible edibles including a flower or two, and while you are at
it, you can purchase and plant up your own mini herb garden to
take home!
As well Elaine & Anna will share
stories about the creation of their own 20 year-in-the-making
French Peasant Garden (a 17th century style kitchen garden,
Grandmother to a Formal Potager).
Our Culinary Herb Festival continues
with daily workshops to July 25th (check back here for
details)
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For reservation inquiries call 416-862-9500
or
Email us
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Monday, July 19, 2010
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$ 55 pp or $95 for two
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First, you’ll learn how to dry
flowers and herbs - like lavender, sage, oregano, savoury,
delphinium, peonies, lady’s mantle …. Next you will assemble a
good looking French wire drying rack and attach all of your
bundles – ready to take home for drying !
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For reservation inquiries call 416-862-9500 or
Email us
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Tuesday, July
20, 2010
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$75 pp or $125 for two
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Suitable for either indoor or
outdoor gardens, you will design and plant your own edible
garden (herbs, veggies and edible flowers) in an Italian Terra
Cotta windowbox. Along with your new mini garden, you’ll go home
with a booklet on Culinary Herbs and a list of edible flowers
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For reservation inquiries call 416-862-9500 or
Email us
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Wednesday, July
21, 2010
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$75 pp or $125 for two
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For reservation inquiries call 416-862-9500 or
Email us
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Thursday, July 22, 2010
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$95 pp or $175 for two
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Terrace Planter – Choose from our
selection of Terra Cotta or Glazed Garden Pots (trust us – they
are really nice! 14” – 16” planters) and you will design and
plant your own edible garden (herbs, veggies and edible flowers
– some are climbers - so you will also be constructing a twig
topiary)
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For reservation inquiries call 416-862-9500 or
Email us
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Friday, July 23, 2010
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$125 pp or $195 for two
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Culinary Herbs planted up in a drop
dead gorgeous French Wire Hanging planter
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For reservation inquiries call 416-862-9500 or
Email us
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Saturday, July 24, 2010
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$75 pp or $125 for two
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You will be seeding Herbs & edibles
in an assortment of pots – placed then in a wooden flat – and
ready for August/September harvest – an entire Flat of Herbs
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For reservation inquiries call 416-862-9500 or
Email us
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Sunday, July 25, 2010
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$55 pp or $95 for two
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| Start the morning with coffee and
Lavender cookies ! Our Vintage Gardener will then share with you
lots of info about the growing, harvesting and properties of
lavender. You’ll fill an embroidered linen sachet with dried
lavender and also make a small Dried Lavender Arrangement to
take home ! (and we will be all wrapped up just in time for you
to carry on your day with Brunch at one of the fab restaurants
here in the Distillery District!)
(If our date does not work for you – but this sounds like
something you might like to do with a group – a shower, a
corporate or spousal day, or just for fun with friends – we do
offer this workshop ongoing as a private class for groups of six
or more !)
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For reservation inquiries call 416-862-9500 or
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