Christmas Wreath Workshop (Afternoon)

Spinney Cottage Flowers are running a Christmas wreath workshop on Saturday 12 December, an afternoon session where you make your own door wreath from scratch. You'll start with blue spruce, eucalyptus, berried ivy and winter foliage, and then finish it off with dried fruit, hydrangeas and cinnamon sticks. All the materials are provided, and the session is led with step-by-step tuition, so you don't need any prior experience to get one sorted.

It's run by Spinney Cottage Flowers, an independent St Albans florist that specialises in hands-on seasonal floristry workshops. The whole thing is set up so you can just turn up and work through it, with the tuition guiding you from the base greenery through to the final touches. There's coffee and a homemade cake or mince pies served, so it's as much about the afternoon as it is about the wreath you walk away with.

If you're driving, the closest parking is Townsend Avenue Car Park, about a six-minute walk from the venue. The workshop is £80, which covers all your materials and the tuition.