Christmas floristry workshop - a unique integration for your team
- October 8, 2025
December in companies is a special time. Between closing projects and planning next year's strategies, there is space for celebration and integration. More and more companies are moving away from the standard company Christmas Eve to creative activities that engage employees in a whole new way. Florist workshops are becoming a hit in recent seasons, and there are many reasons for this. Imagine a conference room that is transformed into a woodsy-smelling workshop for a few hours. On the tables, instead of laptops, there are sprigs of fir, spruce and holly. Instead of a keyboard, you feel the softness of moss under your fingers and the cool smoothness of pinecones. This is the magic of floristry workshops, which take us into a completely different dimension of teamwork.
Why are floristry workshops conquering corporate holidays?
There is something meditative about floristry classes. In a world where most of us spend eight hours a day in front of a computer screen, contact with natural materials acts as a reset for the senses. Employees are often surprised at how relaxing manual work can be. It's not just about creating decorations, but about the whole experience - the smell of resin, the touch of conifers, the focus on precise movements when tying twigs. While traditional team-building meetings often divide the team into active participants and passive observers, floristry workshops involve everyone equally. There is no competition or pressure for a result. Instead, there is space for creativity and mutual inspiration. When a company president asks an apprentice for advice on how best to pin a ribbon to a Christmas garland with burgundy, the corporate hierarchy disappears for a while, giving way to shared fun.
Integration activities with the creation of garlands, reeds and Christmas bouquets
The world of Christmas floristry is much richer than you might think. Each type of workshop has its own unique character and attracts different personalities. Some love the precision required in creating the winter garlands with beigewhere every branch must find its perfect place. Others prefer more creative freedom when composing bouquets, where intuition plays a leading role. Garlands are a classic that never fail to impress. There is something symbolic about them - a circle without beginning or end, a symbol of continuity and unity. During the garland-making workshop, participants learn not only floristry techniques, but also patience and accuracy. The process of tying successive twigs, adding decorations, balancing colours and textures requires concentration, which paradoxically has a very calming effect. Christmas decorations in red is in turn an opportunity to create the focal point of a Christmas decoration. The reed-making workshop allows participants to experiment with heights, proportions and colours.
It's fascinating to watch how everyone creates something completely different from the same materials, reflecting the personality of the creator. Some choose minimalist compositions with a few carefully chosen elements, while others create lush, baroque arrangements full of detail. Of particular interest are Christmas bouquetswhich break the stereotype of the bouquet as exclusively a spring/summer decoration. Winter bouquets have something magical about them - the combination of the delicacy of the flowers with the harshness of the branches and pinecones creates compositions full of contrasts. Arranging workshop ilex bouquets teach how to use the characteristic red fruits of this plant to give an arrangement a festive feel without falling into kitsch. A real hit in recent seasons are the classes on creating a forest in a jar Christmas arrangement. This is the most time-consuming but also the most rewarding workshop. Participants create miniature worlds - winter landscapes enclosed in glass that will live their own lives for months to come. The process of arranging successive layers of substrate, planting plants and adding decorative elements requires the precision of a surgeon and the imagination of an artist.
Organising floristry workshops for groups - simpler than you think
Companies are often concerned about the logistical challenge of organising workshops. Where to get the materials from? Who will clean it up? What if we don't have a suitable room? These fears are usually unfounded. Professional organisers workshops for companies They come with a comprehensive offer. They come with materials, tools, security for the tables. When the workshop is over, they leave the space as they found it. Workshops can be held virtually anywhere. A conference room, a company canteen, even an open space - any space can turn into a creative studio for a few hours. Some companies choose to rent an external location, which further emphasises the unique nature of the event. A café, coworking space or art gallery can provide an unusual backdrop for a florist workshop. The duration of a workshop is usually two to three hours. This is an optimum time window that allows you to work quietly without rushing, but without tiring the participants. Workshops can be organised during working hours as part of a team-building day or after hours as an alternative to a traditional Christmas gathering.
Summary
A Christmas florist workshop is more than a form of integration. It is an investment in employee wellbeing, in organisational culture, in team building. It is a space where hierarchy gives way to cooperation, where stress is transformed into relaxation, where routine is broken through with creativity. At a time when the boundary between work and private life is increasingly blurred, such initiatives are a reminder that the best companies are those that are able to take care of their employees in ways that go beyond standard benefits.
We invite you to the florist W Korcu Maku in Katowice and to our florist workshops.
W Korcu Maku
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