Build a Succulent Holiday Wreath at San Diego Botanic Garden
Succulents grow here without much persuasion, so it tracks that the most San Diego version of a holiday wreath is built entirely out of them. San Diego Botanic Garden is running a hands-on workshop where you make one yourself and walk out carrying it.
A Holiday Decoration With Months of Life Left in it
Succulents are slow, patient plants. A wreath made from them holds its color and its shape for months, which means this one is still looking good long after the rest of the decorations get boxed up. Hang it on a door, lay it flat as a centerpiece, or prop it somewhere it will get seen.
Everything but the Design is Already Handled
The Garden’s team walks you through the build, and every material you need is waiting on the table when you sit down. No prior experience necessary, and that is meant literally.
You can show up having never arranged a plant in your life and still leave with something you want to show people. The only part left to you is the arrangement itself, which is why no two wreaths come out of these workshops looking alike. Some people go dense and symmetrical, some people let it sprawl.
Your Ticket Includes the Rest of the Garden
Tickets run $79 for members / $89 for non-members, and daytime Garden admission is folded into both. Finish your wreath, then take the long way out through the grounds in Encinitas instead of heading straight for the parking lot.
It is the kind of workshop that turns into a half day without you planning for it, which is the best argument for picking the session that leaves you the most daylight afterward.
Two sessions, two chances to claim a seat, and the holidays are closer than they look. Either way, you leave with a decoration nobody else has.
See you there!
One wreath, a few hours in the dirt, and a garden to wander afterward. Bring a friend, take your time, and start the season with something you made yourself.
📆 Thursday, November 12, 10 AM – 12 PM | Saturday, November 14, 1 PM – 3 PM
📍 300 Quail Gardens Drive (at Ecke Ranch Rd), Encinitas
🎟️ Grab your tickets: Thursday session | Saturday session
ℹ️ Visit their website here for more information
See you there, San Diego!
