String Gardens Workshop with Georgina Reid

Overview

Putting together a string garden might look as easy as tying a few knots, but there's definitely an art to getting it right — aesthetically, botanically and (if you're planning on dining in on it) agriculturally.

Passionate plant expert Georgina Reid will be showing Sydney folk how to create their own mini hanging jungles at her D.I.Y. String Gardens Workshop, part of the Work-Shop series of original and community-based short courses. It's all about picking the best plants, selecting the right strings and knowing when to seed, weed and water.

Reid, who's worked with the likes of Jamie Durie and Garden Life, is now based at her studio Reid and Friends, where she collaborates with "a dog and a few other creative tree-hugger types". They take on projects small and large, from tiny urban courtyards to expansive rural properties. In her spare time, she contributes to publications such as Belle, House & Garden and Home Beautiful and creates one-off artworks, combining plants with old objects.