Event Details
- Feb 11 2026
- Expired!
- 10:30 am - 12:00 pm
- Peirce Education Rooms (Welcome Center)
- Peirce Education Rooms
- Members $55
- Nonmembers $65
What better way is there to celebrate the winter blues than with a fabulous pink floral planter?! Join Pittsburgh Botanic Garden’s own JoAnna Thomas and Moira Aulbach in creating a personalized planter using a variety of tropical plants with a stunning pop of pink. Learn how to maintain your arrangement through the winter months until you are ready to replace with springtime blooms to brighten up your home.
Participants are encouraged to bring in any pieces and parts that you wish to add to your planter. All plants and decorations (materials) will be provided.
Speakers
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JoAnna ThomasVisitor Experience Manager & Floral Arranging Instructor
JoAnna Thomas is the Visitor Experience Manager at Pittsburgh Botanic Garden. She oversees the Welcome Desk and is also the buyer/merchandiser for the Forage & Finds gift shop. Prior to working at the Garden, JoAnna worked as a florist in Chicago and she enjoys sharing her love of flowers by leading floral design classes here at the Garden.
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Moira AulbachMaster Gardener & Floral Arranging Instructor
Moira Aulbach was formerly the Education & Volunteer Coordinator at Pittsburgh Botanic Garden, and now works part-time in the Visitor Experience Department. She received her Master Gardener certification five years ago and since then, has launched into providing floral centerpieces at special occasions hosted by her friends and family. Moira also creates beautiful outdoor arrangements in pots for family and friends as well as for her own home. Flowers and making floral arrangements are a passion for her and she loves to enhance people’s lives by bringing them back to nature.
What better way is there to celebrate the winter blues than with a fabulous pink floral planter?! Join Pittsburgh Botanic Garden’s own JoAnna Thomas and Moira Aulbach in creating a personalized planter using a variety of tropical plants with a stunning pop of pink. Learn how to maintain your arrangement through the winter months until you are ready to replace with springtime blooms to brighten up your home.
Participants are encouraged to bring in any pieces and parts that you wish to add to your planter. All plants and decorations (materials) will be provided.
Speakers
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JoAnna ThomasVisitor Experience Manager & Floral Arranging Instructor
JoAnna Thomas is the Visitor Experience Manager at Pittsburgh Botanic Garden. She oversees the Welcome Desk and is also the buyer/merchandiser for the Forage & Finds gift shop. Prior to working at the Garden, JoAnna worked as a florist in Chicago and she enjoys sharing her love of flowers by leading floral design classes here at the Garden.
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Moira AulbachMaster Gardener & Floral Arranging Instructor
Moira Aulbach was formerly the Education & Volunteer Coordinator at Pittsburgh Botanic Garden, and now works part-time in the Visitor Experience Department. She received her Master Gardener certification five years ago and since then, has launched into providing floral centerpieces at special occasions hosted by her friends and family. Moira also creates beautiful outdoor arrangements in pots for family and friends as well as for her own home. Flowers and making floral arrangements are a passion for her and she loves to enhance people’s lives by bringing them back to nature.
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