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Enjoy zero-waste, nature-based craft that creates beautiful, sustainable gifts and home decorations

Putiputi (Flax Flowers)Completed

Learn to create Putiputi from Harakeke

Join us at The Kiosk for an enriching and hands-on workshop where you’ll learn the art of making different styles of Putiputi and leave with a bunch. By the end of the workshop you’ll have the knowledge and skills to craft your own stunning putiputi, carrying a piece of sustainable and cultural artistry into your life.

Kono (four corner) Basket
Sunday 22 September 10am – 1pm (new date)

Learn to create a Kono Basket from Harakeke

In this workshop you’ll learn how to make a useful Kono (four corner) basket. By the end of the workshop you’ll have the knowledge and skills to craft your own practical and sustainable harakeke basket.

Tutor Toni Rowe

Toni lives in Ōtautahi with her partner, and together they have five children. She has had the privilege of weaving and teaching this beautiful taonga for the past 20-plus years for various organisations, kura, and communities. She studied under the guidance of Jeni Ratana at Manaakitia Trust in Wanganui in 2019 and then further developed her Raranga at TWOA Ōtautahi in 2014, completing Level 5.

Raranga has become a part of her everyday life, and she can’t imagine life without creating and sharing this wonderful taonga.

Take a peek at some of Toni’s creations on instagram

Join us at The Kiosk, Christchurch Botanic GardensTe Māra Huaota o Waipapa
(Just over the footbridge from the Armagh St carpark). Free parking is available for the duration.

Tel: 366 6937
Email: office@chsgardens.co.nz
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Costs & Payment

$35 Members & Friends of the Christchurch Botanic Gardens
$40 Non-Members
$95 Course + CHS Membership
Price includes all materials and self-serve tea, coffee and biscuits

Become a Member of the CHS and receive up to 30% off all our courses and workshops

Please note, our courses are aimed at adults. If you are under 18 please contact us before booking so we can check with our tutors. Nga mihi, CHS team