Seasonal Wreaths: Fantastic Fall

Sep 24 2025
Expired!
10:30 am - 12:00 pm

Event Details


Sep 24 2025
Expired!
10:30 am - 12:00 pm
Location
Peirce Education Rooms (Welcome Center)
Peirce Education Rooms
  • Members $55, or $75 (Including a Wreath)
  • Nonmembers $65, or $85 (Including a Wreath)

It’s the most colorful time of year! Join floral designers JoAnna Thomas and Moira Aulbach for the final workshop in the Seasonal Wreath Series by creating an everlasting dried floral wreath on a grapevine base. Utilize a variety of dried materials, preserved blooms, and autumn colors to create your fabulous fall wreath. All flowers and materials are provided with the registration fee.

For those who do not have a grapevine wreath from prior classes to bring in for transformation, there will be grapevine wreaths available for an additional cost of $20 (paid at time of registration)

Speakers

  • JoAnna Thomas
    Visitor 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.

  • Moira Aulbach
    Master 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.

It’s the most colorful time of year! Join floral designers JoAnna Thomas and Moira Aulbach for the final workshop in the Seasonal Wreath Series by creating an everlasting dried floral wreath on a grapevine base. Utilize a variety of dried materials, preserved blooms, and autumn colors to create your fabulous fall wreath. All flowers and materials are provided with the registration fee.

For those who do not have a grapevine wreath from prior classes to bring in for transformation, there will be grapevine wreaths available for an additional cost of $20 (paid at time of registration)

Speakers

  • JoAnna Thomas
    Visitor 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.

  • Moira Aulbach
    Master 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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