If the timing works out right for you, Road Trips Gardener, consider taking a two-hour workshop at the South Coast Botanic Garden, 26300 Crenshaw Boulevard, Palos Verdes Peninsula, California.

Between 6:30 and 8:30 p.m. November 24, 2015, you can create your own Thanksgiving floral centerpiece. The materials fee is included in the $85 cost (and, yes, advance registration is necessary).

Each student will create a long Thanksgiving design out of fresh flowers and greenery while learning how to incorporate seasonal vegetables and nuts into the design — which they can take home and use.

The instructors are Kit Wertz and/or Casey Schwartz of Flower Duet. The pair are custom wedding and event florists and floral design instructors with more than 20 years of professional experience.

(Photo courtesy of South Coast Botanic Garden)