TAKING CUTTINGS
Monday 15 September
repeated on Thursday 25 September

Learn how new plants grow from cuttings and practice on a wide variety of plants, starting with soft and semi-ripe cuttings. Composts, timing, aftercare. Take home a tray full of cuttings.

SEEDS AND SEEDLINGS
Thursday 16 September

Sowing seeds, pricking out and caring for seedlings. Dealing with dormancy. Collecting, cleaning and storing seeds (including some to take home).

GRAVEL GARDENING
Monday 22 September

Why plants love gravel. How to design and make a gravel garden. Looking after it for years to come.

GARDENING WITH GRASSES
Monday 13 October

Using ornamental grasses for year round effect. Which ones to grow, where to grow them, how to prune and propagate them. Taught by Mary Payn

GROWING PLANTS FOR SALE
Thursday & Friday, 16 & 17 October

Two days - £150

Day 1: What plants to grow, easy to grow and easy to sell varieties . Who to sell them to. Where to sell, how to advertise. Day 2: Composts, equipment, pricing, costs, labelling, advertising, record-keeping and planning production.

GARDENING UNDER GLASS
Monday 20 October

How to get the most from your greenhouse or conservatory: choosing plants, watering, fertilizing, ventilating, fighting pests & diseases, composts, planning for year round bloom.

WEAVING WILLOW PLANT SUPPORTS
Friday 24 October

Making small hurdles, stem supports for perennials and wigwams for climbers. How to cut and prepare your own materials. Take home a willow frame you have made (add £5 for materials). Taught by Richard Kerwood of Windrush Willow.

PRUNING
Thursday 6 November

The art of pruning shrubs, trees, fruit trees, grasses perennials, etc. Pruning for form and vigour and flowering. Taught by Mary Payne.

TAKING WINTER CUTTINGS
Friday 7 November

Follow-up to Taking Cuttings. Root cuttings, hardwood cuttings, bulb scaling, division, layering and air layering. - Propagation techniques for the dormant season.

Numbers limited to fifteen.
Coffee and homemade lunch included.
When courses fill up I book further dates, so please ring to confirm dates. Advance booking essential.

Cost: £75 (£65 for each additional booking, so bring a friend)

Time: 10am - 4pm. Place: Special Plants

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Cuttings course on DVD - £10

Practical how-to course on an easy to use DVD. Step by step instructions for taking softwood cuttings, semiripe cuttings, hardwood cuttings, root cuttings and leaf cuttings. Explains the underlying principles of how cuttings root. See the cuttings being taken, watch them rooting, being potted up and finally see the resulting plants in the garden. Anybody can make new plants from old and fill their garden with plants they have created themselves. And most importantly they can enjoy propagating as much as Derry so evidently does.