As per Toronto Botanical Garden Website:
Get creative this summer and join for a Fun with Flowers hands-on workshop!
Join at the Toronto Botanical Garden for Fun with Flowers, a playful, hands-on floral design experience using locally-grown blooms. Guided by artist/designer/farmer florist, Sylvia Cheng of Growing Tkaronto Floristry, you’ll learn about sustainable floristry and simple expressive design techniques to make your flowers shine at home!
Whether you’re a beginner or a budding florist, this is your chance to tap into your creativity, connect with nature, and leave with a one-of-a-kind floral arrangement that celebrates the beauty of seasonal flowers.
What’s Included:
All flowers and materials (100% locally-grown)
Professional floral design instruction
A completed floral arrangement to take home
A beautiful indoor setting at the Toronto Botanical Garden
We will have some shears available for use. If you have your own, we recommend bringing them!
Perfect for:
Gardeners
A fun girls’ night out
Aspiring floral designers
Sustainable living enthusiasts
Wednesday, August 20 from 6:30-8:30 PM.
Registration: Public $145, TBG Members $140 (plus applicable taxes and fees)
About Sylvia Cheng
Sylvia Cheng is an award-winning artist, designer, and the founder of Growing Tkaronto Floristry — a queer, BIPOC-owned urban flower farm and contemporary floral studio based in Toronto.
With formal training in fine arts and design from OCAD University and the Institute of Design (Chicago), Sylvia brings a bold, interdisciplinary approach to floristry, blending visual storytelling with ecological responsibility. Her work centers sustainability, anti-oppressive values, and design principles that challenge the status quo. Through Growing Tkaronto Floristry, she creates audacious, sustainable florals for weddings, events, and editorials using 100% local flowers.
Follow along and learn more:
Instagram: @growingtkaronto
Website: www.growingtkaronto.com
TV: Watch Sylvia on County Blooms: A Flower Power Adventure, Episode: Grow with the Flow
Media: Featured on BlogTO: Toronto is getting an amazing flower farm with help from homes across the city