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Courses
If a course is fully booked we often repeat it if there is enough demand. You can add your name to the waiting list by clicking on the link for that course.
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Making Hazel Plant Supports - £60.00
Course Dates:
Wednesday 18 March 2026Repeated:
Wednesday 25 March 2026, Thursday 26 March 2026Cutting hazel wands and weaving them into informal shapes to support both large and small plants. Practise in my garden. Simultaneously ornamental, creative, energetic and useful.
Tutor: Derry Watkins
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Making Hazel Plant Supports - £60.00
Course Dates:
Wednesday 25 March 2026Repeated:
Thursday 26 March 2026Cutting hazel wands and weaving them into informal shapes to support both large and small plants. Practise in my garden. Simultaneously ornamental, creative, energetic and useful.
Tutor: Derry Watkins
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Making Hazel Plant Supports - £60.00
Course Dates:
Thursday 26 March 2026Cutting hazel wands and weaving them into informal shapes to support both large and small plants. Practise in my garden. Simultaneously ornamental, creative, energetic and useful.
Tutor: Derry Watkins
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Sowing Seeds - £60.00
Course Dates:
Thursday 30 April 2026How to sow seeds. When to sow different kinds of seeds. Composts. Dealing with dormancy. Pricking out and caring for seedlings. Take home seeds you have sown.
Tutor: Derry Watkins
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Taking Cuttings - £125.00
Course Dates:
Thursday 7 May 2026Repeated:
Thursday 11 June 2026, Thursday 27 August 2026Learn how new plants grow from cuttings. How to take cuttings and when. Composts, timing, aftercare. Have a go with the plants in Derry's garden. Take home your cuttings.
Tutor: Derry Watkins
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Gravel Gardening - £60.00
Course Dates:
Thursday 28 May 2026Repeated:
Thursday 30 July 2026, Thursday 10 September 2026How to design, make and maintain a gravel garden. Why plants love it. The best plants to grow there. Why plants love it and why it is very nearly the No Work Garden.
Tutor: Derry Watkins
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Taking Cuttings - £125.00
Course Dates:
Thursday 11 June 2026Repeated:
Thursday 27 July 2026Learn how new plants grow from cuttings. How to take cuttings and when. Composts, timing, aftercare. Have a go with the plants in Derry's garden. Take home your cuttings.
Tutor: Derry Watkins
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Gravel Gardening - £60.00
Course Dates:
Thursday 30 July 2026Repeated:
Thursday 10 SeptemberHow to design, make and maintain a gravel garden. Why plants love it. The best plants to grow there. Why plants love it and why it is very nearly the No Work Garden.
Tutor: Derry Watkins
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Growing Plants for Sale - Two Days - £250.00
Course Dates:
Thursday 6 and Friday 7 August 2026Which plants to grow. Where to grow them. Who to sell them to. Where to sell them. How to market yourself. Composts, pots, labelling, equipment, pricing. Costs, planning and record keeping.
Tutor: Derry Watkins Derry Watkins
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Taking Cuttings - £125.00
Course Dates:
Thursday 27 August 2026Learn how new plants grow from cuttings. How to take cuttings and when. Composts, timing, aftercare. Have a go with the plants in Derry's garden. Take home your cuttings.
Tutor: Derry Watkins
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Collecting Seed - £60.00
Course Dates:
Thursday 3 September 2026How to tell when seed is ripe. How to collect, clean and store seed. Harvest several kinds from Derry's garden. Clean and package them to take home
Tutor: Derry Watkins
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Gravel Gardening - £60.00
Course Dates:
Thursday 10 September 2026How to design, make and maintain a gravel garden. Why plants love it. The best plants to grow there. Why plants love it and why it is very nearly the No Work Garden.
Tutor: Derry Watkins
