Check Out These Dahlia Workshops In Australia
Image credit: Southern Highland Farm’s workshop
If you’re looking for an expert hand on how to grow dahlias in Australia or would love tips on how to arrange the perfect bunch, there are a range of dahlia workshops emerging in Australia to help.
For those who love to mingle in a group setting and make flower friends, there are fantastic part day and whole day workshops to sink your teeth into. And for the introverts among us (me) or those who prefer to learn on their own schedule, there are also some great online tutorials making growing dahlias that much more possible, even for the newbies among us.
Here are four great dahlia workshops in Australia to get that flower garden growing this summer!
#1 Southern Highlands Farm, NSW
Image credit: Southern Highland Flower Farm
First up is Southern Highlands Flower Farm’s in-person Friday Florals workshops based near Bundanoon in NSW. The 3 hour workshop runs from 10am-1pm on Fridays and is led by flower farmer Jen and floral designer Erica Downes. Together they provide insight into both flower growing and flower arrangement. The best part is you get to create and take home your own floral arrangement full of beautiful blooms! Keep up to date with all their events here. Workshop price is $295.
#2 Palmer and Gunn, Gold Coast
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Palmer and Gunn hold collaborative workshops on their property in their farm shed in the Austinville Valley near the Gold Coast in Queensland. A couple of times a year, Palmer and Gunn collaborate with local dahlia experts on an in-person Dahlia Day where the group learns about the fundamentals of growing dahlias, and get to see Palmer and Gunn’s gorgeous cut flower dahlia flower next to the farm shed, in real life! Keep up to date with their Dahlia Day workshops here. Workshop price is $320.
#3 Floret Flowers Online Workshop
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Floret Flower’s Online Workshop is the Lamborghini of flower workshops! The 6-week online course takes you through all the elements of setting up a flower farm or garden, including a significant amount of detail for growing dahlias, saving dahlia tubers and displaying them in gorgeous bouquets. The Floret Online workshop opens registrations in October each year, with a new intake starting in early January. The cost of the course includes lifetime access to the video material. Keep up to date with the Floret Online Workshop here. Workshop price is approximately $2400 AUD.
#4 Salisbury Grange ‘Dahlias For Beginners’ online workshop
I share tips on how to grow backyard dahlias in my Salisbury Grange ‘Dahlias For Beginners’ workshop!
Salisbury Grange is me! My Dahlia For Beginners online course is a 6-part step-by-step guide to growing dahlias at home in The Australian climate. I started growing dahlias as a total newbie 7 years ago and although I now grow stunning dahlias every summer with ease, it took me a number of years to get the hang of it. I explain everything in my simple online course that I wish I knew when I started! Keep up to date with Dahlias For Beginners here. Workshop price is currently $111 on presale until 30 June.
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