Wreath making is the primary activity but we also take some time to celebrate the season before the nursery closes for its two week Christmas break.
During the year we have a craft group that meets a couple of times a week to make some amazing items from materials that have been donated to the nursery. These include candles, button crafts, nightlight holders in decorated jars, knitted items, bags, cards, jewellery and woodwork items.
We also have a woodwork workshop which is currently making bird boxes and bird tables. In future we will be adding some wood turning items for the garden and for decoration.
So, with our own compost, water harvesting and non-chemical approach to growing our plants, we have quite good green credentials!
Some of our members are asked by various local organisations to give talks about the nursery’s eighty year history. This is very useful way of raising our profile as well as giving some useful additional income. We also have gardening groups and other organisations who like to visit the nursery for a guided tour. Sometimes they combine their visit with a workshop e.g making hanging baskets.