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Terrarium making girls trips, tiny gardens, big catch ups

Whether your place is slowly turning into an indoor jungle or you’ve somehow managed to kill a succulent, this is one garden everyone can get behind. Glass, soil and tiny plants, built side by side, then a whole night out, with somewhere to stay for all of you.

See the terrarium making weekendsPick your city
Where
Melbourne, Brisbane and the Gold Coast
Group size
From six of you
Price
From $399 per person, somewhere to stay included
Take home
A tiny garden each
Two friends laughing as they plant succulents together at a terrarium workshop

Why the girls keep picking terrarium making

Years of benign neglect. Somehow still thriving.

Your friendships are a bit like succulents. They’ve survived new jobs, new postcodes and more cancelled dinners than anyone wants to count, and somehow they’re still thriving. But everything grows better with a little sunlight.

The group chat is full of things you swear you’ll all try one day. A terrarium workshop is one you actually do: glass bowls and soil on the table, everyone’s hands busy, and the real conversation finally getting the time it’s been waiting for.

You’ve all grown in different directions, which is exactly what friendships this old are meant to do. They still need tending, and time in the same room is the watering nobody can skip.

Everyone goes home with a tiny garden, and the group chat gets several new dependants.

What happens on a terrarium girls weekend

Soil first, then the whole night.

A terrarium girls trip with My Ultimate is a terrarium workshop with your own host and everything laid out, built into a whole girls weekend with somewhere to stay, dinner and drinks.

  1. Close up of hands placing tiny succulents into a glass terrarium

    A potting shed, minus the spiders.

    Glass vessels, soil, moss, pebbles and trays of tiny succulents, laid out ready to go. In Melbourne your artist host brings it all to your apartment; in Brisbane and on the Gold Coast a long table is reserved for your group.

  2. Four friends smiling as they build their own terrariums by the window

    Layer by layer, then entirely your own.

    Your host takes everyone through it step by step. Some go neat and minimal. Others build a rainforest with a tiny figurine having a very dramatic moment in the corner. Every one ends up looking uncannily like the woman who made it, and the table has notes.

  3. Three friends hugging and laughing with a drink in hand at the apartment

    Getting ready, all in one room.

    In Melbourne the potting mix gets scrubbed off after the workshop; in Brisbane and on the Gold Coast everyone gets ready first, because the workshop runs straight into the night. Either way: tops held up for a group verdict and some very careful pruning around the eyebrows.

  4. Friends chatting over a long lunch table with flowers and mimosas

    Dinner, reviewed plant by plant.

    Bubbly and share plates by the river in Melbourne, a dining room dripping with greenery in Brisbane, mimosas at a beachfront restaurant on the Gold Coast. The workshop gets a full review between plates.

  5. Four friends laughing with a bottle of bubbly and full glasses at night

    One more garden, a lot less well behaved.

    Cocktails among the palms at a rooftop garden bar in Melbourne, a bottle of bubbly under a giant pink flamingo in Brisbane, bubbly on a rooftop deck on the Gold Coast. By now the botanical theme has gone feral.

  6. Friends in pyjamas raising mugs under a sunny skylight the morning after

    Several new dependants.

    Home to the same apartment, the terrariums lined up along the kitchen bench while the debrief moves to the couch. By morning every tiny garden has a name.

Three ways to do a terrarium girls trip

Pick your city, pick your garden.

Each one is a whole girls weekend with the terrarium workshop built in: somewhere to stay, the food, the drinks and where to next, already in an order that works. Each city’s page has it alongside every other girls weekend there.

Prices are from, per person, for a minimum of six. Accommodation can cost more on busy dates such as school holidays, so we confirm the price for your exact dates.

The girls pulling faces over drinks at a busy bar

Melbourne

The girls are thriving. Naturally

Garden Party Girls Weekend

Your terrarium workshop comes to your city apartment with an artist host, then bubbly and share plates by the river and cocktails among the palms at a rooftop garden bar.

From $399 per person, minimum of six

What’s included

  • Overnight accommodation in a chic city apartment
  • A terrarium workshop at your apartment with your artist host
  • A tiny garden each to take home
  • Riverside dinner with bubbles on arrival and share plates
  • A bottle of bubbly at a rooftop garden bar
  • A discounted cocktail menu

See every detail of Garden Party Girls WeekendCompare Melbourne’s art and craft weekends

See Melbourne girls weekends
Friends potting tiny succulents into glass terrariums around the workshop table

Brisbane

Botanical babes, in full bloom

Botanical Babes Weekend

A terrarium workshop at a long table with your own host, dinner and bubbly in a dining room dripping with greenery, then a bottle of bubbly under a giant pink flamingo.

From $479 per person, minimum of six

What’s included

  • Overnight accommodation in a chic city apartment
  • A terrarium workshop with your own host
  • A terrarium each in its own carry bag
  • Bubbles on arrival and share plates in an art deco dining room
  • Reserved seating and a bottle of bubbly at a tropical garden bar

See every detail of Botanical Babes Weekend

See Brisbane girls weekends
Two friends cheek to cheek under bright bougainvillea

Gold Coast

Planted together, still growing

Grow With The Flow

A terrarium workshop with your own hostess, mimosas and share plates at a beachfront restaurant, then a bottle of bubbly on the rooftop as the lights come on.

From $499 per person, minimum of six

What’s included

  • Overnight accommodation in a chic coastal apartment
  • A terrarium workshop with your own hostess
  • A terrarium each to take home
  • Beachfront dinner with a mimosa each and share plates
  • A discounted cocktail menu
  • A bottle of bubbly at a rooftop beach club

See every detail of Grow With The Flow

See the Gold Coast girls weekends

What kind of girls group terrarium making suits

Plant people and plant killers, side by side.

It works for the friend who names her houseplants, and for the one whose last succulent didn’t make it past a month.

Two friends cheek to cheek and laughing in the apartment living room

The ones who want to make something.

Hands busy, nobody performing, and a tiny garden at the end of it.

Zero talent required.

Your host takes everyone through it layer by layer. Neat or full jungle, both count.

The group with a backlog.

Nothing gets the real conversation going like a table of glass bowls and soil.

Every age at the table.

From the twenty somethings to the friends who’ve been to every birthday since school.

A milestone birthday.

Everyone leaves with a keepsake from the weekend, still alive, hopefully.

Friends who’ve grown in different directions.

New jobs, new postcodes, same girls. This is the weekend that tends to all of it.

What pairs well with terrarium making

The rest of the weekend, sorted around the soil.

Every terrarium weekend already works on its own. These are the things that sit beautifully beside it, and a few of them can be added to the weekends above.

A rooftop

The last garden of the night, up high. Already in the Melbourne and Gold Coast weekends.

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Grazing at the apartment

For the couch debrief, terrariums watching from the bench. An extra on all three weekends.

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Brunch the morning after

Mimosas and a full review of everyone’s moss placement. An extra on the Melbourne and Gold Coast weekends.

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A massage or day spa

A massage in Brisbane, a day spa session on the Gold Coast. Extras on those weekends.

More on day spas

Tarot readings

Something to read besides the soil. An extra on the Gold Coast weekend.

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Cocktail making

One creative session leads to another, and this one you get to drink. An extra on the Melbourne weekend.

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A VIP nightclub booth

From potting mix to the dance floor. An extra on all three weekends.

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Paint and sip

Same table energy, a canvas instead of a glass bowl. Its own weekend in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.

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Clay and pottery

Hands in clay instead of soil. Its own weekend in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.

More on clay and pottery

Candle making

Pour, scent and set a candle of your own. Its own weekend in Sydney and on the Gold Coast.

More on candle making

Vision boards

Big plans to go with the tiny garden. Its own weekend in Sydney and Brisbane.

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Every creative girls trip idea

Good to know before your terrarium workshop

The small things the girls will ask about.

What to wear

The outfit you’re going out in afterwards. On the Gold Coast the aprons go on over the good outfits.

Getting it home

Each tiny garden is boxed up or tucked into its own carry bag, so it survives dinner and the rest of the night.

Green thumbs

Not required. Your host takes everyone through it layer by layer.

Photos

Somebody will want the terrariums-in-a-row shot. What goes on socials is the group’s call.

Terrarium making girls trips with My Ultimate, at a glance

What it is
A terrarium workshop with your own host and everything laid out, inside a whole girls weekend with somewhere to stay.
Where
Melbourne, Brisbane and the Gold Coast.
Take home
A terrarium each.
Group size
From six of you. Fewer? Tell us how many when you check your dates.
Price
From $399 per person in Melbourne, $479 in Brisbane and $499 on the Gold Coast, with somewhere to stay included. Accommodation can cost more on busy dates.
Who runs it
My Ultimate Girls Trip, part of My Ultimate, female founded in 2011.

Real girls trip reviews

In their own words, exactly as written.

Five women with glasses of wine taking a selfie on an outdoor lounge

There are seven of us.

If you ask seven people to separately choose a hotel, dinner, activities and a weekend you will die of old age before the trip happens.

This was better.

Amy, 34
Two women in sunglasses taking a selfie on a city street

I am normally the spreadsheet person.

Colour coding, confirmation numbers, addresses, reminders, who owes what. The lot.

On Saturday afternoon I realised I hadn't looked at my spreadsheet since we arrived.

Growth.

Nicole, 37

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My Ultimate has been creating unforgettable girls weekends since 2011, so we know a thing or two about bringing the girls together.

  • 2011Female founded and still founder-led
  • Thousandsof My Ultimate celebrations every year
  • 4.7on Google
  • IATAregistered and accredited under TIDS
  • Your hoststep by step, from the first layer of soil
  • Proudmajor corporate sponsor of Share the Dignity
Two friends hugging and laughing over drinks at the apartment

Booking a terrarium class, or a whole girls weekend

Same tiny garden, a very different weekend.

Plenty of groups book a workshop and have a lovely couple of hours. Then everyone’s standing on the footpath holding a glass bowl, working out where dinner is and who’s heading home early.

A terrarium girls weekend with My Ultimate has the apartment, dinner, the drinks and where to next already lined up around the workshop, so the tiny gardens come home to the same kitchen bench and the conversation keeps growing.

Somewhere to stay, already in it.One living room for the getting ready, the debrief and the morning coffee.
One front door at the end of the night.Everyone heads home to the same place, terrariums included.
You’re in the photo.Hands in the soil with the girls, not on your phone working out where dinner is.

Meet Nyree, who started My Ultimate in 2011

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Melbourne from $399pp, Brisbane from $479pp, Gold Coast from $499pp. Who’s in?

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Where you can do a terrarium making girls trip

Where are we going?

Pick your city to see its terrarium weekend beside every other girls weekend there, prices and all. Found the one? Check your dates.

Four friends sipping rosé in a vineyard at duskMelbourneMelbourne girls weekendsFour friends on the bow of a boat raising glasses towards the Sydney Harbour BridgeSydneyNo terrarium weekend yetSee every Sydney girls weekendA city skyline and river at golden hour, boats moored belowBrisbaneBrisbane girls weekendsFour friends laughing over drinks on an oceanfront deck at sunsetGold CoastGold Coast girls weekends

In Melbourne you can also compare every art and craft weekend side by side, prices and inclusions on one page.

Know what the girls want? Start a Melbourne girls trip wishlist, or check available dates for your group or call or chat with us on 1300 339 734.

Terrarium making girls trip questions

Asked a lot, answered here.

Still deciding? See what pairs well with terrarium making, or pick your city and see the weekends.

What’s included in the terrarium workshop?

Your own host and everything laid out: glass bowls or vessels, soil, tiny succulents and the finishing touches, and a terrarium each to take home. In Melbourne the workshop comes to your apartment; in Brisbane and on the Gold Coast a long table is reserved for your group.

How much does a terrarium girls trip cost?

The three terrarium weekends start from $399 per person in Melbourne, $479 in Brisbane and $499 on the Gold Coast, for a minimum of six, with somewhere to stay included. Accommodation can cost more on busy dates such as school holidays, so we confirm the price for your exact weekend when you check availability.

Do we need to be good with plants?

Not at all. Your host takes everyone through it step by step, and this is one plant that’s built to survive you.

Will the terrarium survive the night out?

Each one is boxed up or tucked into its own carry bag, so it survives dinner and the rest of the night.

What else is in the weekend?

Your own apartment, then dinner and drinks: dinner by the river and a rooftop garden bar in Melbourne, an art deco dining room and a tropical garden bar in Brisbane, and a beachfront restaurant and a rooftop beach club on the Gold Coast.

Is there a terrarium weekend in Sydney?

Not yet. If the girls want to make something in Sydney, there are candle making, clay and paint and sip weekends, and every Sydney weekend is on the Sydney girls weekends page.

Can we just book the workshop?

Terrarium making with My Ultimate comes inside a whole girls weekend, with somewhere to stay. Pick your city to see the weekends in Melbourne, Brisbane and the Gold Coast.

How many of us do we need?

Six for each weekend. Fewer than that? Let us know how many of you there are. We cater for groups of many sizes.

Is terrarium making a good idea for a birthday?

A lovely one. Everyone goes home with a keepsake, and the birthday girl’s terrarium gets the best spot on the bench.