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.
Course Expired:
Tuesday 22 March 2022
Repeated:
Friday 25 March and Monday 28 March and Thursday 7 April
Cutting 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
Course Expired:
Friday 25 March 2022
Repeated:
Monday 22 March and Monday 28 March and Thursdqy 7 April 2022
Cutting 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
Course Expired:
Monday 28 March 2022
Repeated:
Tuesday 22 March and Friday 25 March 2022 and Thursday 7 April
Cutting 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
Course Expired:
Thursday 7 April 2022
Repeated:
Tuesday 22 March and Friday 25 March and Monday 28 March 2022
Cutting 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
Course Expired:
Thursday 28 April 2022
How 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
Course Expired:
Thursday 12 May 2022
Repeated:
Monday 30 May and Thursday 8 September and Monday 12 Septermber
Learn 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
Course Expired:
Thursday 19 May 2022
Repeated:
Thursday 26 May
How to make sure your garden looks good throughout the year. Designing for successional flowering - using colour, planting styles and plant selection to get the most from your garden.
Tutor: Mary Payne
Course Expired:
Thursday 26 May 2022
How to make sure your garden looks good throughout the year. Designing for successional flowering - using colour, planting styles and plant selection to get the most from your garden.
Tutor: Mary Payne
Course Expired:
Monday 30 May 2022
Learn 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
Course Expired:
Wednesday 1 June 2022
How 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
Course Expired:
Thursday 9 June 2022
Repeated:
Thursday 23 June
What influence does shade have on plants and on your plant selection? What are the best plants to grow in dry shade and in damp shade. Woodland gardening
Tutor: Mary Payne
Course Dates:
Thursday 14 July 2022
How can we adapt our planting styles and gardening habits? Gardening without plastics. Controlling weeds, pests and diseases without chemicals. Sustainable planting.
Tutor: Mary Payne
Course Dates:
Thursday 4 August 2022
How 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
Course Dates:
Thursday 25 August 2022
What each groups of plants offers and why they are so complimentary. How to combine them for best effect.
Tutor: Mary Payne
Course Dates:
Wednesday 7 September 2022
Repeated:
Thursday 8 September
Learn 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
Course Dates:
Thursday 8 September 2022
Repeated:
Monday 12 September 2022
Learn 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
Course Dates:
Monday 19 September 2022
How 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
Course Dates:
Thursday 22 September 2022
How to prune shrubs, fruit trees, perennials, grasses and fruit trees for form, vigour & flowering. When to prune, why to prune, when not to prune.
Tutor: Mary Payne
Course Dates:
Thursday 29 September 2022
How to get the most from your greenhouse, polytunnel or coldframe. How to start young plants off, overwinter tender plants and gardening all year round.
Tutor: Derry Watkins
Course Dates:
Thursday and Friday 13 and 14 October 2022
Which plants to grow. Where to grow them. Who to sell them to. Where to sell. How to market yourself. Composts, labelling, equipment, pricing, costs & planning production.
Tutor: Derry Watkins