Join us for everyone’s favorite Succulent Pumpkin workshop! This hands-on workshop will encourage creativity while sharing techniques on how to make a Succulent Pumpkin that will add a touch of whimsy to your holiday decor. Heirloom pumpkins, handpicked and harvested at a local farm, topped with living succulents and air plants, dried flowers, preserved moss and other botanical. Long lasting (we don’t carve into them so they last as long as you’d like) and easy to care for.
Registration Details
Registration includes instruction, one 8 inch pumpkin, a variety of succulent cuttings and air plants, dried flowers and decorative moss. All materials and tools will be provided.
PLUS – workshop attendees get 10% off all plants in the store!
Please arrive 5–10 minutes early to check in, and we’ll start right on time. Our workshops are held in our new location at 105 E Davis Street. Kids aged 9 and up are welcome to join, but space is limited to one guardian per participant under 18.
Please note: All registrations are non-refundable. Come make something that smells as good as it looks!
About The Instructor
Leslie Geer is a botanical designer with a design studio in downtown Staunton, in the historic Stonewall Jackson Schoolhouse on Beverley Street.
She creates custom botanical pieces, with a focus on succulents and airplants, repurposing found and collected vintage treasures. Since 2021, she has collaborated with the Staunton Downtown Development Association, designing and maintaining the planters of over 30 businesses in Staunton’s shopping district from May to October during their Shop & Dine Out season. Leslie also tends gardens year round on the grounds of Pharsalia, a 200 year old flower farm and event venue in Nelson County. She has been developing a program of botanical workshops that have been well received at Pharsalia and also in Staunton Harrisonburg, and Culpeper, VA.
