These are short sessions for those who would like to introduce nature connection and gardening activities to their work with clients. They build confidence and suit beginners or anyone looking for inspiration, or to refresh knowledge and skills in running practical activities. The gardening ideas featured in these sessions can be adapted for all abilities and will extend your tabletop gardening repertoire. Easy to access online via Zoom, the sessions can be fitted into the working day. CPD certificated.
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If you do miss any of the Live Demo sessions, try out our videos on the Trellis YouTube channel for inspiration instead.
Upcoming Events: Live Demos
Garden Bird Special
Garden Bird Special
Garden Bird Special
Join us for this Garden Bird Special Edition. Everything from how to attract birds to your garden, what to grow...
Make a Sweet Valentine Pot
Make a Sweet Valentine Pot
Make a Sweet Valentine Pot
Decorate a pot, jar or tin by stencilling on a design. Then plant up with miniature flowering bulbs or violets...
Houseplants - what to buy, how to care for and propagate
Houseplants - what to buy, how to care for and propagate
Houseplants - what to buy, how to care for and propagate
Don't miss this guide to what houseplants to buy, how to care for them and how you can make more...
Bottle Gardens and Terrariums
Bottle Gardens and Terrariums
Bottle Gardens and Terrariums
Explore the exotic world of bottle gardens and terrariums! Beautiful enclosed containers creating a microclimate to support plants. Originating in...
Live Demos Archive
The Craft Garden: Snow Globes
The Craft Garden: Snow Globes
Join us for this fun Do-A Long session! Engage in this delightful activity by repurposing glass jars and natural materials...
The Autumn Garden
The Autumn Garden
Autumn is the perfect time for plant care and preparing your garden for winter. Engage in tidying tasks, learn overwintering...
How to Create a Sensory Garden
How to Create a Sensory Garden
Design ideas and what to consider when creating a sensory garden. This session brings together the elements covered in The...
Spring Flowering Bulbs - Alpine Style!
Spring Flowering Bulbs - Alpine Style!
The Alps in miniature! Create a colourful, vibrant display for Spring with alpine bulbs, plants, gravel, rocks and upcycled containers...
The Sensory Garden: Sound - Create a Bird Bath Water Feature
The Sensory Garden: Sound - Create a Bird Bath Water Feature
Create a decorative bird bath and water feature to attract birds to your garden and enjoy their melodious songs. Get...
The Craft Garden: Pressing Flowers
The Craft Garden: Pressing Flowers
Discover the art of flower pressing! Including: Which flowers are currently available for pressing? Methods of pressing flowers An array...
The Sensory Garden: Taste - Easy fridge pickles and oils!
The Sensory Garden: Taste - Easy fridge pickles and oils!
Discover which plants to cultivate and learn to create your own oils and vinegars for culinary use from your garden's...
Growing Series: Climbing Edibles Part 3
Growing Series: Climbing Edibles Part 3
Building on our previous 'Climbing Edibles' sessions, we will explore fruit and vegetables that thrive vertically. These tasty crops, whether...
The Sensory Garden: Smell- Growing for scent
The Sensory Garden: Smell- Growing for scent
Using our sense of smell as a means of engaging in the outdoors, this sessions takes an in-depth look at...
Growing Series: Climbing Edibles Part 2
Growing Series: Climbing Edibles Part 2
Join us for a session on nurturing your climbing and sprawling fruit and vegetable plants. Learn the essentials of feeding...
Growing Series: Edibles - Salad in a box
Growing Series: Edibles - Salad in a box
Growing in a compact garden space or outdoors in a container on the doorstep or windowsill? We all like a...
The Sensory Garden: Touch - Within reach container gardening
The Sensory Garden: Touch - Within reach container gardening
Using touch as a means to engage individuals with nature, this session focuses on plants that offer a diverse array...
Growing Series: Climbing Edibles Part 1
Growing Series: Climbing Edibles Part 1
Grow fruit and veg vertically! You can make the most of your available space by growing crops that climb upwards...
Tree Identification Workshop
Tree Identification Workshop
Trees are all around us in the natural world, in our town streets, parks and gardens. Not only are they...
The Sensory Garden: Sight - Visual interest in the garden
The Sensory Garden: Sight - Visual interest in the garden
Nature is visually stunning! Using sight as a means of engaging people in the outdoors, this sessions takes an in-depth...
Winter Windowsill Crops
Winter Windowsill Crops
Longing for some green growth? Here's some suggestions for what and how to grow on your windowsill, coldframe or greenhouse...
Hapa Zome- Japanese printing
Hapa Zome- Japanese printing
'Hapa zome' is a Japanese term meaning 'leaf dye'. Create beautiful flower and leaf dye prints directly onto fabric and...
Dried Flowers & Winter Finds
Dried Flowers & Winter Finds
Bring a bloom to the gloom - celebrate nature indoors ! Have a go at using flowers and stems dried...
Wildlife Gardening
Wildlife Gardening
Lots of ideas of what to grow in the garden/on the patio, doorstep or windowsill to attract wildlife. How wildlife...
Indoor Flowering Bulbs
Indoor Flowering Bulbs
Bring nature indoors this winter with beautiful flowering bulbs! Specially prepared to bloom in the darkest months of the year...
Planting Outdoor Bulbs
Planting Outdoor Bulbs
Plant outdoor bulbs for year round colour and interest! Pimp your containers for enjoyment and display on the patio, doorstep...
Printing Using Natural Materials
Printing Using Natural Materials
Create printed cards & wrapping paper using natural materials for all occasions including Christmas!
ALISS - A Local Information System for Scotland
ALISS - A Local Information System for Scotland
Information is empowering, enabling self-referral & green social prescribing to wellbeing support services like yours! Would you like to optimise...
Lavender Care & Activities
Lavender Care & Activities
Scented lavender plants, easy to grow in the garden or on the patio with a little care and bees love...
Saving Seed & Drying Flowers
Saving Seed & Drying Flowers
Summer provides our favourite flowers and lots of seed heads! In this double bill - find out how to preserve...
Taking Cuttings
Taking Cuttings
Plants for free - create more of your garden favourites! Use this time of year to take softwood cuttings which...
Do-A-Long: Suncatcher
Do-A-Long: Suncatcher
Celebrate Summer with a Suncatcher! Join this session to create a Suncatcher using easy to find materials including pressed flowers...
Tumbling Tomatoes & Marigolds
Tumbling Tomatoes & Marigolds
Growing juicy tomatoes alongside marigolds - do the marigolds keep the pests at bay? Try companion planting and learn how...
Herbs
Herbs
From 'Grow your own Pizza' to making 'Bouquet Garni' to flavour a casserole- delicious herbs to touch, feel, smell and...
Simple Summer Basket
Simple Summer Basket
Simple, delicious, delightful - easy to grow ornamentals and edibles in a basket or container! Find out how to plant...
Fabulous Flowers for Cutting
Fabulous Flowers for Cutting
Beautiful blooms for enjoyment and colour! Whether you have a small outdoor space or large - grow gorgeous flowering plants...
Do-A-Long: Grow Pea Shoots
Do-A-Long: Grow Pea Shoots
Embrace Spring and grow delicious green pea shoots on the windowsill. Register before 16th March to receive your Peas Shoots...
Sow & Grow Marigolds & Borage
Sow & Grow Marigolds & Borage
Plant the seeds of these two flowering plants now and harvest a season of activities! From pressed flowers to mocktails...
Do-A-Long Mindful Mandala
Do-A-Long Mindful Mandala
Get your group together round the table to create a mandala! Or enjoy your own company and create these simple...
Do-A-Long: Luscious Bath Bags
Do-A-Long: Luscious Bath Bags
Make fragrant herbal bath bags to perfume a relaxing, luxurious bath! Using natural herbs and flowers - create bath bags...
Composting
Composting
Composting demystified! Learn the basics of composting and get some top tips on setting up a composting area. What to...
Growing Series: Fruit Growing & Pruning 4
Growing Series: Fruit Growing & Pruning 4
Catch up with our small garden/patio grown fruits: Rhubarb, Raspberries, Bramble, Blueberries that were planted last year. Lots of tips...
Draw- A-Long: Garden Birds
Draw- A-Long: Garden Birds
Get your group together and draw-a-long with Laura Cuppage. Have a go at sketching a beautiful garden bird – all...
Do-A-Long: Pimp Your Pot
Do-A-Long: Pimp Your Pot
Get your group together round the table to decorate a container along with us in this 45 minute online live...
Houseplants: Making more of your indoor favourites
Houseplants: Making more of your indoor favourites
How to make new plants, including spider plant babies and learn general houseplant care. Join our live demo to learn...
Do-A-Long: Simple Stem Floristry Part 2
Do-A-Long: Simple Stem Floristry Part 2
Get your group together and make a simple stem arrangement along with us in this 45 minute online live session...
Do-A-Long: Simple Stem Floristry Part 1
Do-A-Long: Simple Stem Floristry Part 1
Get your group together and make a simple stem arrangement along with us in this 45 minute online live session...
Sensory Impairment Awareness Training
Sensory Impairment Awareness Training
Do you support people who have sensory impairments? Free live, interactive, online two hour training course led by deafblind trainers...
Easy Floral Decorations
Easy Floral Decorations
Create an easy-to-make floral decoration to be proud of! From the gathering and preparation of foliage and flowers to decorating...
Jingle Bulbs & Indoor Flowering Bulbs
Jingle Bulbs & Indoor Flowering Bulbs
Plant flowering bulbs to bring colour and scent indoors in December & January. Lots of ideas, including a fun tabletop...
Seasonal Container Display Replant
Seasonal Container Display Replant
Spruce up your containers and hanging basket displays for the coming Autumn and Winter. Replant for seasonal interest and colour...
Draw-a-Long with Laura Cuppage Art
Draw-a-Long with Laura Cuppage Art
Draw-a-long with Laura Cuppage Art Learn how to and have a go at sketching a colourful seasonal garden flower –...
Growing Series: Autumn Fruit
Growing Series: Autumn Fruit
Patio fruit harvest: how when and what to do with your fruit treasure! An abundance of fruit growing, harvesting advice...
Summer Flowers & Tea in the Garden
Summer Flowers & Tea in the Garden
Enjoy the Summer Garden! Simple flower arranging, care of cut flowers, flower pressing and drying. Have fun using your summer...
Hanging Baskets
Hanging Baskets
Organised especially for the Chelsea Fringe - Summer gardening joy! Join us for a live tabletop gardening demonstration, online from...
Growing Series: Growing Fruit 2
Growing Series: Growing Fruit 2
Summer is around the corner! Time has flown since we first looked at planting easy-to-grow fruits in January. Find out...
Summer Flowering Corms & Edible Flowers
Summer Flowering Corms & Edible Flowers
Prepare for Summer! Pops of colour, delicious scents and tastes - plant a variety of summer flowering corms and edible...
Growing Series: Patio Vegetables
Growing Series: Patio Vegetables
Spring is in the air! Vegetables: carrots, peas, spinach and pumpkins! Pimp your patio with a Salad Box! How to...
Herbal Bath Bags & Wildflower Meadows
Herbal Bath Bags & Wildflower Meadows
Embrace Spring with Emma & Joan's garden inspired crafts! Make herbal bath bags for a relaxing, fragrant soak in the...
Growing Series: Fruit
Growing Series: Fruit
Fourth in the NEW Trellis Growing Series Online training video and live Q&A session. You'll be surprised how easy it...
Growing Series: Windowsill Growing
Growing Series: Windowsill Growing
Third in the NEW Trellis Growing Series Online training video and live Q&A session. Learn food growing skills combined with...
Houseplants
Houseplants
Welcome in the New Year with our feature on houseplants! Brighten up January with plants indoors. Caring for your plants...
Festive Floristry
Festive Floristry
Easy to make floral arrangements! Have a go at the kitchen table! Make a decorative arragement for a festive meal...
Small Space Gardening
Small Space Gardening
Limited outdoor space? No problem! Create a garden space to enjoy... No prior knowledge required. Join us online for a...
Mindfulness in Nature
Mindfulness in Nature
Mindfulness can enhance wellbeing and lift mood. Learn how to use this activity to connect your clients with nature...
Composting
Composting
Composting demystified! What is compost? How do you make it ? Why use it? The what, why, where and 'how...
Autumn Basket
Autumn Basket
Want to know how to plant up containers for Autumn interest? Hanging baskets or summer flowering container plants looking a...
Growing Series: Tomatoes
Growing Series: Tomatoes
Second in the NEW Trellis Growing Series Online training video and live Q&A session. Learn food growing skills combined with...
Taking Cuttings
Taking Cuttings
Want to increase your plant numbers? Ever wondered how to take successful plant cuttings? No knowledge of how to? Join...
Growing Series: Strawberries
Growing Series: Strawberries
Learn food growing skills combined with top tips from our Occupational Therapist on adaptive techniques - so you can support...
Water Feature
Water Feature
Create you own garden water feature! No cement, water pumps or special landscaping required! Calming, cooling beauty - water features...
Hanging Baskets
Hanging Baskets
Join us for an online, live tabletop gardening demonstration via Zoom. Hanging baskets with a twist - try growing strawberries...
Herb Planter & Tea in the Garden
Herb Planter & Tea in the Garden
Join us for an online, live tabletop gardening demonstration via Zoom. Stimulate the senses of touch, smell and taste! Herbs...
Wild Flowers & Seed Bombs
Wild Flowers & Seed Bombs
Join us for an online, live, gardening demonstration via Zoom. How to grow wild flowers and make seed bombs. Seed...
Froglife
Froglife
Froglife’s Wildlife Gardening Workshops will help you enhance your local space for wildlife by learning about all sorts of wildlife...
Edible Flowers
Edible Flowers
Learn how to sow, look after the seedlings and grow edible flower plants. Enjoy their colourful flowers and brighten up...
Bird Feeders
Bird Feeders
Winter gardening joy - feed and watch the birds! Join us and learn how to make a bird feeder, birdwatch...
Succulents - Plant up a mini Terrarium!
Succulents - Plant up a mini Terrarium!
Winter gardening joy - plant a mini Terrarium! Join us and learn how to plant up a warmth loving, indoor...
Rhubarb & Garlic - Winter Planting!
Rhubarb & Garlic - Winter Planting!
Winter gardening joy - plant these delicious crops! Join us and learn how to plant these two tasty crops in...
Jingle Bulbs - Festive Fun!
Jingle Bulbs - Festive Fun!
Bring gardening joy to the festive season! Join us and learn how to plant indoor scented bulbs to bring fragrance...
Year Round Windowsill Growing
Year Round Windowsill Growing
Bring gardening joy into everyone's lives this Autumn! Join us and learn how to grow tasty crops on your windowsill...
Plant up a Bulb Lasagne
Plant up a Bulb Lasagne
Bring gardening joy into everyone's lives this Autumn! Join us and learn how to plant up a container of spring...