Top 10 Best Planter classes, courses, learnings kits and gifts in the UK

Learn how to up-cycle old toys and transform them into a menagerie of magnificent planters. These make for great gifts and are a fun activity to try with children. Before you know it, you'll find yourself wandering around charity shops, eyeing up toys, weighing up whether they'd look handsome with a cactus growing out of their back or whether they can enhance your current menagerie of divine planters. Dinosaur, paint, plant and refreshments are all provided. All you need to do is turn up and have fun!

Running out of prime planting shelf-space? Allow your gaze to shift upwards - what could possibly be better than the addition of a hanging garden? In this class you will glam up a hanging plant holder by replacing natural macramé cord with silk rope. You'll learn all the basics of macrame, including what materials and embellishments to add, how to do basic macrame knots. You will combine different knots and techniques to create a beautiful planter to take home with you.

Drawing inspiration from the concrete jungle, we'll be faceting planters from cement, providing succulents or cacti with chic urban dwellings. We will be working from a selection of different faceted templates, creating moulds, mixing and pouring cement and learning about the plants that will thrive in the faceted shape. Everything provided including materials and refreshments.

Get your creative juices flowing with this Paint a Planter Workshop. You will play with colour, pattern and mark making before painting our ceramic planters with specialist paint and experimenting with beautiful gold leaf. By the end of the class you will have created your very own waterproof ceramic planter which you can fill with either a cacti or succulent. In this workshop During this workshop you will play with colour, pattern and mark making before painting your ceramic planters with specialist paint and experimenting with beautiful gold leaf. All materials will be provided, including your choice of plant, and you will receive on hand tuition from Hello Marilu who will guide you through the design and painting process and also provide tips on how to care for your plant once you take it home! Now you can Learn to make and design your own planter Get crafty in this lovely workshop in the stylish space at Smug Make a gift for someone, really its the best feeling!

Let your creative juices flow with Hello Marilu's Paint a Planter Workshop hosted at the stylish lifestyle store SMUG in Islington! Just over 2 hours of craftiness and by the end of the workshop you will have created your very own waterproof ceramic planter which you can fill with either a cacti or any succulent of your choosing! In this workshop During this workshop you will play with colour, pattern and mark making before painting your ceramic planters with specialist paint and experimenting with beautiful gold leaf. Everything that you need will be provided in the class, including your choice of plant. You will be tutored by Hello Marilu who will guide you through the design and painting process and also provide some top tips on how to care for your plant once you take it home! Now you can Learn to make and design your own planter Get crafty in this lovely workshop in the stylish space at Smug Make a gift for someone, really its the best feeling!

Amazing mandala mosaic ball planters workshops. Based at Creative Nature HQ at Thames-side Studios in Woolwich. This workshop lasts for 4 sessions over 4 Sundays in November. You need to attend all of them to get the finished product. (Adults) Starting on the 6th November. Session one will be focused on casting your ball shape and designing your mosaic. You will have the option to hollow out the centre so that you can add a plant to the centre of your work. Sessions 2/3 will be focused on the creation of and applying the mosaics to your cast concrete ball shape. Session 4 will be adding the grout and finish to your masterpiece !! session dates : 6/11, 13/11, 20/11, 27/11.