Upcoming Events & Workshops

 
Pierogi & beyond: Island Arts Centre, Lisburn - Thursday 27th February
Feb
27

Pierogi & beyond: Island Arts Centre, Lisburn - Thursday 27th February

Learn how to make classic Eastern European dumplings with delicious fillings. We’ll practice pleats, folds and different dumpling shapes, and then sit down to enjoy what we’ve made.

From Poland to Ukraine to Georgia we’ll explore tasty dumpling treats. Make a simple dumpling dough, learn how to make traditional fillings including potato & cheese, spiced minced lamb, and a sweet fruit filling, then make different dumpling shapes from pierogi and khinkali to varenyky and pelmeni. Take away a recipe sheet so you can recreate your dumplings at home.

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Bake & bond: Family Irish breadmaking traditions (Guardian & child 4+ years) - Roe Valley Arts & Cultural Centre, Limavady, Saturday 8 March 2025
Mar
8

Bake & bond: Family Irish breadmaking traditions (Guardian & child 4+ years) - Roe Valley Arts & Cultural Centre, Limavady, Saturday 8 March 2025

Explore our Irish culinary history in this hands-on bread making workshop in which you’ll make simple Irish griddle breads with your kids - soda farls and potato bread. You’ll also learn to make butter from fresh cream before enjoying the delicious breads with some homemade butter and jam.

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Make classic dim sum dumplings: Island Arts Centre, Lisburn - Thursday 27th March
Mar
27

Make classic dim sum dumplings: Island Arts Centre, Lisburn - Thursday 27th March

Learn how to make some of the most popular, classic steamed dim sum dumplings including har gow (classic prawn dim sum with its delightfully translucent wrapper), sui mai (pork & prawn) and chiu chow (squash & mushroom). We’ll be making some with dough from scratch, and some with shop bought dumpling wrappers. After a demo everyone will make their own dumplings and then we’ll sit down at the end of the evening to eat them altogether.

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Vietnamese cooking basics: Island Arts Centre, Lisburn - Thursday 8th May
May
8

Vietnamese cooking basics: Island Arts Centre, Lisburn - Thursday 8th May

Refresh your cooking repertoire with fresh, zingy and deliciously healthy Vietnamese food. It’s surprisingly easy to make once you know a few tips, tricks and what ingredients you need in your larder.

Join Erin from The Edible Flower for this hands-on cooking workshop and learn how to make Vietnamese Summer Rolls, a Vietnamese noodle salad, simple pickles and banh mi (Vietnamese sandwiches). After we cook, we’ll sit down to eat our delicious dishes. Recipe sheets will be provided so that you can recreate dishes.

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Imbolc: Celtic Wheel of the Year Day Retreat: Mother of the Woods Retreat  Lisburn - Sunday 2nd February
Feb
2

Imbolc: Celtic Wheel of the Year Day Retreat: Mother of the Woods Retreat Lisburn - Sunday 2nd February

Shake off the stagnation of Winter and gently awaken the deep feminine energy, healing power and creativity of Imbolc in your bones with this immersive day retreat set on a beautiful Georgian farmhouse in Co Down, Northern Ireland.

  • Traditional Irish griddle bread making workshop.

  • Feast: seasonal lunch, teas and treats

  • Folk Lore & storytelling

  • Craft: we will be making a St Brigit cross from reeds to take home and decorate and bless your home.

  • Deeply rejuvenating sleep based meditation

  • Connection with other incredible people who want to live more deeply

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Fermenting for beginners: Island Arts Centre, Lisburn Thursday 30th January
Jan
30

Fermenting for beginners: Island Arts Centre, Lisburn Thursday 30th January

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Learn the art of fermentation for food preservation and health benefits. Erin from The Edible Flower will de-mystify the process of fermenting vegetables. Together we’ll make a batch of sauerkraut, a batch of simple kimchi and pickle some vegetables in a wet brine. We’ll learn about ratios of salt to vegetables, temperatures for storing your ferments, and how and why they are good for your health. Everyone will get to take home a jar of sauerkraut, kimchi and pickle.

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Bannocks & butter making - Adult class: Island Arts Centre, Lisburn - Saturday 25th January
Jan
25

Bannocks & butter making - Adult class: Island Arts Centre, Lisburn - Saturday 25th January

Connect to the changing seasons with this hands-on bread making workshop. Imbolc/St Brigid’s Day, celebrated on 1 February and marking the beginnings of Spring, has been a traditional time of making butter and bannocks. We’ll make a simple Irish griddle bread made with oats and flavoured with rosemary, and butter from scratch. Then we’ll enjoy the delicious breads and butter with some homemade jam, before taking home the recipes.

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Bites of Burns: A tasty toast to tradition - Roe Valley Arts & Cultural Centre, Limavady, Thursday 23rd January 2025
Jan
23

Bites of Burns: A tasty toast to tradition - Roe Valley Arts & Cultural Centre, Limavady, Thursday 23rd January 2025

Join Erin from The Edible Flower as she guides us through the food and customs of this famous Scottish culinary holiday. Learn how to make cullen skink soup, neeps and tatties, a creamy whiskey sauce and the famous Scottish dessert cranachan (raspberries, whipped cream and oatmeal) and more! There will be plenty of dishes to try and you'll go away with all the recipes ready to host your own Burn's Night supper.

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Dumpling Making Evenings: Island Arts Centre, Lisburn October & November 2024
Oct
17
to 14 Nov

Dumpling Making Evenings: Island Arts Centre, Lisburn October & November 2024

This Autumn I’m hosting two delicious dumpling making evenings at the Island Arts Centre in Lisburn.

Make Classic Dim Sum Dumplings, Thursday 17th October 2024, 7-9.30pm

Make potsticker and gyoza dumplings, Thursday 14th November 2024, 7-9.30pm

Learn lots of fab folding techniques and try some delicious seasonal dumpling fillings.

Come and help spread the dumpling love!

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Summer Solstice Infused Gin Making Workshop - 20th June 2024
Jun
20

Summer Solstice Infused Gin Making Workshop - 20th June 2024

Join The Edible Flower, a culinary luminary featured in Vogue and The Irish Times, for a unique and special workshop celebrating the Summer Solstice. In this session we will be creating gin infused with hawthorn, elderflower, roses and herbs. Exploring the folklore of these botanical ingredients, you will learn how to infuse their essence into gin. Uncover solstice traditions and mystical properties, whilst blending infusing techniques with storytelling for a taste of the past and present. You will leave with your own jar of naturally infused gin.

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Bealtaine Edible Flower Biscuit Decorating Workshop - 24th May 2024
May
24

Bealtaine Edible Flower Biscuit Decorating Workshop - 24th May 2024

The Edible Flower hosts a hands-on biscuit decorating workshop with edible flowers, merging culinary skills with cultural history. Led by Erin Bunting, this session explores floral flavours in classic bakes and delves into the influence of Celtic festivals like Bealtaine on modern cuisine. Participants gain insight into baking with edible plants, as well as pressing flowers and creating natural food dyes. In addition we will learn how to make plant infused lemonade to enjoy with our newly created decorated biscuits. We will make plenty of extras to take home and share.

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Edible Flower Cake & Biscuit Decorating - 2nd & 3rd March 2023
Mar
2
to 3 Mar

Edible Flower Cake & Biscuit Decorating - 2nd & 3rd March 2023

Spend an evening with us here at The Edible Flower small-holding learning all there is to know about pressing and decorating with edible flowers.

Drink fizz. Watch Erin decorate one of these beautiful pressed-flower cakes, and learn everything you might want to know about it!

Eat the Cake! Drink Tea! You will even have a go yourself at making some gorgeous pressed-flower biscuits to take home with you.

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Getting Crafty with Brigid
Feb
2

Getting Crafty with Brigid

Gather with us to mark the celtic festival of Imbolc.

Join us at for an evening of seasonal learning, simple crafting, eating and drinking.

Learn how to make a traditional St Brigid’s Cross from rushes.

Learn about the traditions of the celtic festival of imbolc and St Brigid’s Day

Drink and eat snacks inspired by the season with like-minded cross-weavers

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Festive Gin Making @ The Edible Flower 25th November 2022
Nov
25

Festive Gin Making @ The Edible Flower 25th November 2022

We’re always being asked about how we infuse our alcohol for cocktails, this workshop will teach you how to infuse alcohol yourself, with some tips on what to use, not just for Christmas but seasonally throughout the year.

We’ll start off with a seasonal cocktail and canapes, followed a demonstration on how to infuse your own alcohol. Then you will create your own festive Gin to take home, ready for Christmas and we will finish off with a final cocktail and sweet bite.

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Dumpling Making Evenings @ The Edible Flower - 15th & 17th November 2022
Nov
15
to 17 Nov

Dumpling Making Evenings @ The Edible Flower - 15th & 17th November 2022

Dumplings are one of our absolute favourite comfort foods, a perfect little parcel of deliciousness ideal for dark and chilly autumn evenings.

We’ll start the evening with a small bowl of welcome dumplings and a tea. We’ll then learn how to make three types of dumplings and fillings. We’ll make some with dough from scratch, and some with bought dumpling wrappers. Everyone will make their own dumplings and we’ll then sit down at the end of the evening to eat them all.

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Edible Flower Cake & Biscuit Decorating - 10th & 11th November 2022
Nov
10
to 11 Nov

Edible Flower Cake & Biscuit Decorating - 10th & 11th November 2022

We’ll begin the afternoon with a chat about how to prepare, store and use edible flowers. Next Erin will demonstrate how to use pressed flowers when decorating cakes, with a couple of different styles. Then you’ll get a chance to put what you’ve learned to the test by decorating your own edible flower biscuits to take home. We’ll finish with a slice of cake and a cup of tea.

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MAKING DUMPLINGS WITH THE EDIBLE FLOWER: ONLINE WORKSHOP – WEDNESDAY 26TH MAY, 7.30PM
May
26

MAKING DUMPLINGS WITH THE EDIBLE FLOWER: ONLINE WORKSHOP – WEDNESDAY 26TH MAY, 7.30PM

Do you fancy making your own dumplings from scratch but are not sure where to start? Join us on Wednesday 26th May to learn how to make some Asian-inspired dumplings.

Together we’ll be making both steamed and potsticker dumplings and practicing how to fold several different shapes including simple half-moons, pleated crescents and moneybags

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VEGETARIAN COOKING CLASS: ASIAN FLAVOURS @ THE EDIBLE FLOWER – FRIDAY 7 FEBRUARY 2020
Feb
7

VEGETARIAN COOKING CLASS: ASIAN FLAVOURS @ THE EDIBLE FLOWER – FRIDAY 7 FEBRUARY 2020

We’re pretty obsessed with plants, so lots of our food is focused on making plants the star of the show – whether that’s fruits or vegetables, salads or herbs, pulses or grains. Eating lots of plants is brilliant as it’s generally healthier for you and your family, better for the environment (especially if you buy local, seasonal and organic/pesticide free where possible) and also totally delicious!

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INSTAGRAM MASTERCLASS WITH @MATT_INWOOD – 10 SEPTEMBER 2019
Sept
10

INSTAGRAM MASTERCLASS WITH @MATT_INWOOD – 10 SEPTEMBER 2019

This is an Instagram workshop for foodies, bloggers and anyone who wants to up their Instagram game. It’s a 4-hour workshop is for people who are perhaps new to Instagram, or for those who are interested in using it much more effectively, especially as a business tool to self-promote. There will be two main elements, followed by a delicious two-course lunch from The Edible Flower.

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BOUNDARY BREWING SUMMER SERIES @ THE BLACK BOX – 1 SEPTEMBER 18
Sept
1

BOUNDARY BREWING SUMMER SERIES @ THE BLACK BOX – 1 SEPTEMBER 18

You’ll be eating some delicious snacks and drink some of Boundary Brewing‘s awesome beers. We’ll talk about the basics of beer and food matching, why the combinations work well together and some classic combinations. You’ll try the matches we’ve prepared and hopefully leave feeling more confident matching beer yourself at home.

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