14/10/2026
🌿 Create, grow and connect at My Dilly Bag this October and November!
Join our wonderful workshop hosts for hands-on experiences celebrating native plants, creativity and culture. Come with a friend or enjoy some time for yourself—you’ll leave with new skills and something special to take home. 💚
🌸 Eco-Printing with Native Botanicals
With First Nations artist and weaver Cholena Hughes
📅 Saturday 24 October | 9.30am–12.30pm
🎟 $85 per person | Ages 16+
Discover how botanicals create beautiful colours and patterns on a silk scarf and cotton tote bag, both supplied. Bring a light-coloured natural-fibre item to print on too! All equipment and morning tea included.
🌱 Seeds of Knowledge – Grow Your Own Bushfood Garden
With Josie from The Bush Nursery
📅 Saturday 24 October | 1.30pm–2.30pm
🎟 $80 per person | Limited to 20 participants
Learn how to grow and care for edible native plants in your backyard, on your balcony or in pots. Enjoy practical gardening tips, cultural yarns and native food tastings, with bush tucker plants available to purchase on the day.
🎨 Decorate an Emu Egg + Paint a Terracotta Pot Stand
With Mandy Draper from Deadly Dot Pots
📅 Saturday 7 November | 11am–1pm
🎟 $85 per person
Enjoy a relaxed painting workshop as you decorate your own emu egg and mini terracotta pot stand. Mandy will guide you through painting techniques while sharing her passion for creativity, culture and connection. All materials and platters of nibbles included—BYO favourite beverages!
☀️ Sunprinting with Native Botanicals
With Cholena Hughes
📅 Saturday 28 November | 10am–12pm
🎟 $85 per person | Ages 15+
Explore cyanotype printing, using botanicals and sunlight to create striking blue prints on fabric and cotton tote bags. Beginner-friendly, with materials, equipment and morning tea included. Bring along a favourite flower, lace, stencil or small clothing item if you’d like to experiment!
📍 My Dilly Bag, Kurrajong Building, 354 Mons Road, Forest Glen, Sunshine Coast
✨ Bookings essential—secure your place through the Workshops section of the My Dilly Bag website (I will post a link in the comments)