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Description

Join us on Sunday the 16th of November at Walmer Castle for a festive pressed flower art workshop. You will learn how to create beautiful Christmas cards using a wide array of hand pressed flowers and leaves, in all the colours of the rainbow. The workshop is beginner friendly, and you will receive all the support you need to ensure your cards turn out beautifully :) This workshop is suitable for all abilities, and you will receive as much guidance as you require. All materials are provided, just bring a folder so you can safely bring your masterpieces home :) The workshop runs from 2pm to 4pm at Walmer Castle education center, Kingsdown Rd, Walmer, Deal CT14 7LJ. The venue is wheelchair accessible, and there is free parking on site or further up the road. For more information, contact us via the message the tutor button. See you there!

What's included in the price?

- All materials are included. - Participants will have access to a wide array of pressed flowers and leaves, and can make as many artworks as they like in the time frame of the workshop.

Duration

2 hours

Cancellation policy

Medium - Cancellation and a full refund can be obtained up to 4 weeks before the course starts

Maker

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EcoCreatives

with Craft Courses since 2025

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Welcome to EcoCreatives, art workshops that seek to bring the joy of creating to all ages, help like-minded individuals meet and learn new creative skills, all the while using materials that are as environmentally-friendly as possible. Founded and run by Eloise Gibb, Illustrator, print maker and Artist. EcoCreatives was born from the desire to share with others the joy of creating along with it’s therapeutic values, as well as encouraging a more sustainable art practise, limiting single use plastics and taking inspiration from nature. As such, alongside more traditional media Eloise also experiments with pressed flower Art, Natural dying and crafts tied to natural and sustainable living. “Take a leap, join a workshop and become an EcoCreative in your own right. I think you’ll find that pushing past the barriers you have set yourself - or others have set before you - learning and creating alongside like-minded folk will give you more joy than you can imagine.”

Suitable for

  • Adults
  • Seniors
  • Teenagers
  • Wheelchair users
  • Hearing impaired
  • UK Holiday
  • Romantic
  • Overseas Holiday
  • Father's Day
  • Parking provided
  • Christmas
  • Mother's Day
  • Suitable for beginners
  • Easter
  • Pet lovers
  • Intermediate level
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FAQs

There are different car parks for you to chose from:
If you are disabled, there are a limited amount of parking spaces just outside the castle’s garden walls.
There is also a pay and display car park (free for English Heritage members) across the road, directly in front of the Castle Gates.

Finally, if you want a free car park, just a few minutes by foot up Kingsdown road there is the Borrow Pit Car Park.

Venue

Walmer Castle, Walmer, DEAL, Kent, CT14 7LJ