As lockdown number two is well under way we’ll all be spending more time at home. So why not get creative, learn a new skill, and feel good about supporting a great independent business all at the same time!
With Christmas around the corner these at-home kits make perfect presents too!
MAKE YOUR OWN TERRAZZO PLANT POT by Salt Studios
Follow Francesca’s online tutorial and learn how to pigment Jesmonite with your own choice of colours and make your own unique terrazzo chips in the process! With your personalised coloured terrazzo chips, you'll cast your own plant pot, pour your creations into moulds, then learn how to hand-sand your plant pots to reveal the terrazzo patten and add the final sealing finish to your pot. (£45)
MAKE YOUR OWN WINDOW BOX from Living Windows
Living Windows have created The Flat Pack Box Kit that has all you need to build and paint your own window box at home. Available in a range of super Ronseal Garden Paint colours. Just pick your favourite colour and you'll be ready to add a touch of colour to your green space. (£45) Plants sold separately.
Living Windows are participating in Black Pound Day this first weekend in November and offering 15% off with code BPD15 until 23:59pm on 5th December 2020.
PAINT YOUR OWN PLANT POT from Foxberry Ceramics
Be inspired by Foxberry Ceramics’ bright and bold designs to create your own with everything you need in this kit. If you would like to select your own paint colours please send a message along with your order, otherwise Foxberry will choose for you! (£16)
MAKE YOUR OWN MACRAME PLANT HANGER from BAM Botanics
Be surprised by how easily you can learn this brilliantly mindful skill, and have a gorgeous plant hanger at the end of it. The kit comes with everything you’ll need and includes a full length video tutorial from macrame masters BAM Botanics. Choose from a choice of cord colours. Happy knotting! (£25)
(Also available without the pot)
MAKE YOUR OWN TERRARIUM from London Terrariums
Terrarium masters London Terrariums provide you with all the materials and knowledge that you’ll need to create your own mini jungle under glass. Terrariums are perfect for plant novices as they are their own mini eco system, requiring very little maintenance, if any! (£70)
MAKE YOUR OWN WREATH by Iris & Co
Everything you need including an online video to create a gorgeously classic Christmas wreath. As soon as you open the box you’ll start to smell Christmas… with branches of blue spruce, cinnamon sticks and dried orange slices, you’ll just need a pair of scissors and a door to hang it on! (£55)
A very special offer….get 10% off using code GREENROOMS10
MAKE YOUR OWN DRIED FLOWER HANGING DISPLAY from Claudia de Yong
A lovely handmade kit for an everlasting flower display. The kit contains a hazel branch, three small bottles, velvet ribbon & string along with a posy of beautiful dried flowers/grasses for you to arrange however you want. (£30)