Learn authentic French pastry recipes with our French Pastry Chef, Anne Picart in this day workshop.

Learn the special tricks of container gardening from an expert. Workshop runs 10am - 1pm.

Your lifestyle and life challenges may well dictate a reorganisation of your home priorities and belongings, resulting in a need to downsize and/or declutter. Learn how to manage this process. Workshop runs 10am - 3pm. Breaks will be taken.

Weave a traditional hanging garlic basket from cane. Cane is a flexible, versatile material that needs little or no storage or preparation. Learn traditional weaving skills of twining, joining, coiling and whipping cane. These are intricate, traditional skills - once learned, you can make larger baskets for shallots, onions and chillies.

You may be stuck doing the same makeup routine that you have always done. But now that you are in your 40's or older, the makeup look that you loved in your 20's and 30's just isn't right any more.

Join resin artist Andrea Waterhouse and make your own personalised piece of resin art to hang on your wall. Artworks need to dry overnight and will be available to collect during the following week. Full courses with long waitling lists may not be visible on the website.

June date now moved to 7 August 2021.

Join resin artist Andrea Waterhouse and make your own personalised piece of resin art to hang on your wall. Artworks need to dry overnight and will be available to collect during the following week. Full courses with long waitling lists may not be visible on the website.

Come and learn to make homemade sticky dumplings using pork, chicken or vegetables from scratch. And you will learn how to create a delicious dipping sauce using Asian inspired ingredients, and have fun along the way. May courses are full.

Bring your own cake base and come and learn the basics of decorating.

A follow on workshop for those who have already attended an English Improve Your Pronunciation Skills - Part 1 workshop.

Love plants? Have a favourite you want to sketch? This workshop is an introduction to plant illustrations and is ideal for anyone interested in drawing and painting the botanical world. The course is held onsite at Selwyn Community Education both day. Bring your own materials. More information below course dates.

Designed for those with some painting experience, this workshop will give students opportunities to experiment and learn various watercolour techniques. This is a chance to explore a less botanical, more expressive and contemporary way of depicting flowers. I'd like to encourage students to paint in a freer, looser way.

We all want to grow the freshest, healthiest and juiciest vegetables and fruit but the cost of setting up and growing can be off putting. This workshop will take you through all the simple tricks to save costs beginning with planters and gardens to what is the most cost effective soil to use and on to how to collect your own seed and propagate your own plants. Cost is not a barrier to producing great vegetables and fruit from your own garden.

Join resin artist Andrea Waterhouse and make your own personalised piece of resin art to hang on your wall. Artworks need to dry overnight and will be available to collect during the following week. Full courses with long waitling lists may not be visible on the website.

Sourdough breads are well known and have been loved in Europe for many centuries. Come and learn the secrets of making delicious loaves and rolls using rye and wholemeal flour and take home a sourdough starter at the end of the course. Course fee includes $10.00 for ingredients.

Join resin artist Andrea Waterhouse and make your own personalised piece of resin art to hang on your wall. Artworks need to dry overnight and will be available to collect during the following week. Full courses with long waitling lists may not be visible on the website.

A hands-on introduction to basic car maintenance which will help keep your car costs low and ensure you know what to do if your car breaks down. Workshop runs 8:30 - 11:30am.

Come and learn how to make a range of gorgeous, inexpensive products for yourself, your family and your friends, and what’s more you will get to take them home. Course fee includes $25.00 for ingredients.

This is a guided paper collage course to extend your creativity and develop concepts in a supportive learning environment.

Have you read about the Cinque Terre? "The Five Lands" is composed of five villages on a rugged portion of coast along the Italian Riveria. It is a region close to June's heart and in this course she will share with you recipes collected both from her travels and from her Italian friends. Among the local specialties covered in this course are focaccia, farinata, pesto, pansotti, torta della nonna.

Following on from the Excel for Beginners course, this intermediate level course takes your Excel skills to the next level. You will learn more formulae, some awesome tips for working with multiple worksheets, advanced printing, sorting, filtering and more. These topics will really improve your productivity and save you lots of time.

Join experienced candy maker Oscar and she will give you all the tricks of the trade to make your own yummy creations including pate de fruit, pulled sugar candies, marshmallows and lots more. You will go home with a box of delightful treats.

Yeah. Nah. Sweet! Eh. It's raining cats and dogs. She'll be right! Join Cathie for a fun session to understand idiomatic Kiwi English. Suitable for Intermediate level English learners and higher.

Learn to mosaic and create your own mosaicked rock garden ornament or mosaic a paver stone for your garden. All materials are supplied. Available as an evening or weekend workshop.

Be part of the movement to reduce plastic waste! Join Liz in the kitchen where she will show you how to make your own reusable beeswax food wraps - a beautiful alternative to plastic cling film. Course fee includes $10.00 for materials. New courses will be scheduled according to demand so register your interest!

Do you want to learn more about using colours in your soap making? Or have you ever wondered about a particular colouring technique? Then this workshop is just for you! To attend this course, you will have already completed Jackie's Making Soap course.

Everyone loves gold bling! Learn how to add these golden delicacies to your cards, calligraphy and even little objects.

Join Gautam and learn to create three exotic vegetarian bowls of goodness that are equally nourishing and comforting.

Course fee $55 - $315.

Join Nichole for two days of cooking for Christmas.  During this course you will learn to cook a range of goodies that make great Christmas gifts. Course fee includes ingredients and materials. Suitable for children 8 to 12 years.

Have fun discovering your artistic ability: this practical course aims to provide for painters with little or no experience. You will gain the confidence to start painting with acrylic paints or to extend your practice. All materials included.

Learn to mosaic and create your own mosaicked rock garden ornament or mosaic a paver stone for your garden. All materials are supplied. Available as an evening or weekend workshop.

Do you have the Camino de Santiago on your bucket list? Find out about the life changing pilgrimage through this captivating course and learn the dos and don'ts to successfully tick this one off your list.

Learn how to create contemporary and fashionable mosaic art from broken vintage (or modern!) china, ceramic, glass, beads and trinkets. All materials are provided and you'll take home your completed artwork at the end of the weekend.

Start or extend your acrylic painting practice. Materials included in course fee.

This seven week course will help you focus in on the world of abstract painting and allow you to create your own abstract artworks.

An introduction to this fun medium. Get the confidence to start dabbling at home. All materials are included.

Have fun discovering your artistic ability: this practical course aims to provide for painters with little or no experience. You will gain the confidence to start painting with acrylic paints or to extend your practice. All materials included.

Come and learn how to create your own bird bath or patio bowl using recycled, beautiful, broken china and found objects.