8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Farm Tour and Floral Design Workshop
Hosts: Nancy Jordan and Katrina Blackburn
Ganden Gardens
1416 Rodney Lane
Winchester, ON K0C 2K0, Canada

Limited to 75 attendees.
Registration Fee:
Member rate $185 (US),
Non-member rate $235 (US)
Lunch is included

Event Overview: Farm Tour & Floral Design Workshop.

Morning: Tour Ganden Gardens

Ganden Gardens is a family-run flower farm operated by mother and daughter, cultivating specialty cut flowers across more than five acres of a stunning thirty-acre property. Over nearly four decades, they have turned former hay fields into a distinctive farm that blends traditional cut-flower fields with extensive perennial beds, woody shrubs, and trees. With a focus on sustainability and beauty, they provide bouquet subscriptions, edible flowers, and host workshops and events. The farm stands out by focusing on unique blooms that go beyond the offerings of typical florists.

With decades of experience in the landscaping industry, they will share their secrets for maintaining properties and gardens, and demonstrate how they extend their landscape aesthetic into their production fields.

Lunch and More:

After touring the gardens and field, we will explore their greenhouse and high tunnels before gathering in the shop to visit and talk all things flower farming over a catered lunch. During the meal, enjoy live music performed by two family members: Kyle on guitar and Sheehan on banjo

Bonus add-on! Dave Dowling, of Ball Seed and former ASCFG President, will lead a Q&A during the lunch break.

Afternoon: Floral Design Workshop—Creating Tabletop Meadows

In the afternoon, Katrina will lead a floral design workshop. Going beyond typical arrangements and emphasizing sustainable methods, participants will learn to create a whimsical “tabletop meadow.” Katrina will highlight the design’s flexibility, showing how it can be used en masse to create a wedding ceremony aisle and then easily transformed into table centrepieces for the reception.

Katrina is the lead designer at Ganden Gardens, where she crafts original floral arrangements for restaurants, weddings, and events. She has studied with Jennie Love, Ji-Seon of Solemoon Studio, Marc Sardi, and Phillipa Craddock, among others. Additionally, she has assisted several internationally renowned floral designers in hosting design workshops at their farm near Ottawa.

BYOB: Bring Your Own Blooms!

Celebrate August abundance by swapping stems and stories with flower friends! We’ll cover some essentials, but we invite you to bring a bucket of blooms to customize your tabletop meadow and share with your fellow growers.

If you’re traveling from afar or short on stems, don’t worry- we have you covered.