Christmas Wreath Workshop (Afternoon)

Spinney Cottage Flowers is running a Christmas wreath workshop on Saturday 5 December, from 13:45 to 16:30, at their cottage in St Albans. It's an indoor session, so you'll be working out of the cold. The idea is simple: you build your own Christmas door wreath from scratch, and you take it home when you're finished.

The base is made from blue spruce, eucalyptus, berried ivy and winter foliage. Once that's in place, you finish it off with dried fruit, hydrangeas and cinnamon sticks. There's step-by-step tuition throughout, and all the materials are provided, so you don't need to bring anything with you. You don't need any prior experience either — it's designed for beginners, so you can just turn up and get stuck in.

While you're working, they serve coffee and homemade cake or mince pies, which makes for a decent afternoon. Spinney Cottage Flowers is an independent St Albans florist that runs hands-on seasonal floristry workshops, and this one is part of a run of six dates across early December, with a morning and an afternoon session each day. If the afternoon doesn't suit, there are other slots to choose from.

The workshop is at Spinney Cottage, Townsend Drive, St Albans, AL3 5LJ. The closest parking is Townsend Avenue Car Park, about a six-minute walk away. It costs £80, and the session runs from 13:45 to 16:30.