Queer Social: Pride Kokedama Moss Balls with Maria

Kokedama is an ancient Japanese botanical art like bonsai or ikebana art. The word ‘Kokedama’ means ‘moss ball’ in Japanese as they are plants living in freestanding balls of moss-covered soil instead of pots. Kokedama are a beautiful way to bring greenery into your home and are ideal for apartments or flats with minimal space. On top of everything, plants are fantastic for mental wellbeing!

In this class, we will learn how to make them, decorate them with colourful strings for all pride flags and take then home to brighten our lives.

This event will be half social chats with a bunch of like minded queer people and half fun, educational and interactive workshop.

What will we cover?

We will learn the whole process of making kokedama from how to make the soil balls and cover them with the sphagnum moss to how to wrap them around with colourful yarn or twine and hang them at home. We’ll learn a little about what plants to use and how to take care of our kokedama so they last.

We'll have all colours of the rainbow and pride flags to make pride kokedamas as well!

Who will be Teaching?

Maria (she/her) is a serial crafter. She loves learning about new crafts and techniques! She does crochet, macrame, sewing, pottery, weaving and likes to explore how these crafts can be combined and expanded. 

In addition to plants and crafting, she also has a passion for cooking and baking, light painting and running Laneway Learning. You can follow her journey at @malayebra

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Any other questions or accessibility requests we can help you with? Just shoot an email to Maddy (she/her) at melbourne@lanewaylearning.com.