Make a Terrarium Workshop

RHS Garden Harlow Carr is hosting a terrarium making workshop on Thursday 11 February, from 10am to 12pm. It's held at the Bramall Learning Centre on the garden site, and everyone leaves with their own closed terrarium to take home.

The session is led by Alison Varley, an RHS Community Outreach Adviser who's been in the role for three years. She starts by talking through the wellbeing benefits of plants and gardening, then walks the group through the practical side: how to choose your plants, how to layer the materials, and how to look after the terrarium once you've got it home. It's a hands-on morning, so you'll be building your own as you go.

Varley brings a fair bit of experience to the room. Over the years she's helped create a wellbeing garden at St James's Hospital in Leeds, run her own garden maintenance business, worked with schools to set up edible gardens, and volunteers with her local In Bloom group. It's a good mix of professional and community gardening, and she'll be on hand to answer questions as you work.

Places are limited to 15, and it costs £45 for the session. It runs from 10am to 12pm at the Bramall Learning Centre, RHS Garden Harlow Carr, Crag Lane, Harrogate, HG3 1QB.