Phoenix Garden Events
Back to Nature
Free weekly sessions for those aged over 55 years, Tuesday 12:30-14:30 (timings subject to occasional change)
3 November
Visit to Hand & Lock Prize Exhibition. Join us for a visit to the Hand & Lock Prize for Embroidery 2026 exhibition, showcasing hand-embroidered textile art and fashion by this year’s finalists.
Nature is full of intricate patterns, beautiful colours and fascinating textures, from the delicate veins of a leaf to the intricate structure of a flower. Embroidery offers a wonderful way to explore these details through creativity, craftsmanship and imagination.
Meet at The Phoenix Garden at 12:30 for tea & coffee then well make our way to The Building Centre, 26 Store Street, WC1E 7BT
10 November
Botanical Christmas cards. We’ll make our own Christmas cards by using leaves, pine needles and other botanicals to paint textured images onto brown paper. When this is dry, we’ll cut out triangles and glue these onto cards. We can embellish with gold pens.
How to make botanical Christmas cards
17 November, 13:00-15:00
Visit to the Kate Jenkins exhibition. Keeping to the theme of creative arts mimicking nature, we’ll visit the exhibition of knitting and crochet that the artist has used to transform yarn into playful pop-art designs. Kate Jenkins work is “a magical cornucopia of creations, focusing on food and fun with each piece showcasing her trademark sense of humour and skill for transforming the everyday into a better way”.
We won’t be able to meet at The Phoenix Garden as the building is booked for a private event. We will instead meet at 13:00 at Air Contemporary, 4 Ham Yard, W1D 7DT.
24 November
Ginko leaf art. Create unique, individual works of art on the leaves of the Ginko biloba collected from the garden. We’ll use paint, pens and the tools from mandala art sessions to create detailed designs. Use some to make your own Christmas decorations or to decorate cards. We’ll also use some of our creations to decorate another of our wall art display boards.
Later in the session, we’ll plant some seeds from the female Ginko tree to take home. The germination process will take several months but each step is quite easy. In March, bring then back for planting in pots.
