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Sowing Seeds Course - £50.00
Course Expired:
Thursday, 4th April 2019How to sow seeds. Timing, composts and aftercare. Dealing with dormancy. Pricking out and caring for seedlings.
Tutor: Derry Watkins
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Making Hazel Plant Supports - £110.00
Course Expired:
Monday, 8th April 2019Repeated:
Friday 5 April 10am-1pmCutting hazel wands and weaving them into informal shapes to support both large and small plants. Simultaneously ornamental, creative and useful.
Tutor: Derry Watkins
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Bulbs, Corms and Tubers - £50.00
Course Expired:
Wednesday, 12th June 2019The difference betwqeen a bulb, a corm and a tuber and how this affects their treatment. How to use them to best effect in your garden. Selecting them for interest at all times of year.
Tutor: Derry Watkins
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Taking Cuttings - £100.00
Course Dates:
Thursday, 12th September 2019Repeated:
Monday, 23 September 2019Learn how new plants grow from cuttings. How to take your cuttings and when. Composts, timing, aftercare. Practice taking softwood cuttings of different kinds of plants in Derry’s garden. Take home several pots of cuttings.
Tutor: Derry Watkins
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Garden Trees - £50.00
Course Dates:
Wednesday 18 September 2019How to choose a suitable tree. The role of single stem vs. multi-stem trees. Best practice planning, staking and formative pruning. Bare root vs. root balled vs. container grown plants and how this affects planting time and establishment routine.
Tutor: Mary Payne
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Gravel Gardening - £50.00
Course Fully Booked:
Friday 20 Septemeber 2019Repeated:
Friday, 11 October 2019How to design, make and maintain a gravel garden. The best plants to grow. Why plants love it. Why it is nearly the No Work Garden.
Tutor: Derry Watkins
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Taking Cuttings (repeat) - £100.00
Course Dates:
Monday 23 September 2019Learn how new plants grow from cuttings. How to take your cuttings and when. Composts, timing, aftercare. Practice taking softwood cuttings of different kinds of plants in Derry’s garden. Take home several pots of cuttings.
Tutor: Derry Watkins
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Collecting Seed - £50.00
Course Dates:
Wednesday 25 September 2019Sowing seeds. Dealing with dormancy. Pricking out and caring for seedlings. Collecting, cleaning and storing your own seed. Clean and package several kinds of seed to take home.
Tutor: Derry Watkins
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Growing Plants For Sale - Two days - £200.00
Course Dates:
Thursday & Friday 26 & 27 SeptemberWhich plants to grow. Who to sell them to. Where to sell. How to market yourself. Composts, labelling, equipment, pricing, costs & planning production.
Tutor: Derry Watkins
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Cut Flower Gardening - £120.00
Course Dates:
Monday 30 September 2019Planning your garden so you can cut flowers from it all year. What to grow. How to cut and condition them
Tutor: Georgie Newbery, The Cut Flower Farmer
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Gardening With Grasses - £100.00
Course Dates:
Wednesday 2 October 2019Using ornamental grasses for year round effect. Which ones to grow, where to grow them, how to prune and propagate them, what to grow with them.
Tutor: Mary Payne
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Gravel Gardening - £50.00
Course Dates:
Friday 11 October 2019How to design, make and maintain a gravel garden. The best plants to grow. Why plants love it. Why it is nearly the No Work Garden.
Tutor: Derry Watkins
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Gardening Under Glass - £50.00
Course Dates:
Monday 14 October 2019How to get the most out of your greenhouse or conservatoy, polytunnel or coldframe. Starting plants off, wintering plants over, flowers all year round.
Tutor: Derry Watkins
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The Answer Lies In The Soil
Course Cancelled:
Wednesday 16 October 2019Understanding your soil type and its relationship with yur plants is the key to successful gardening. Look at soil types, the role of organic matter and plant nutrition.
Tutor: Derry Watkins
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Drawing To See - £100.00
Course Fully Booked:
Friday 18 October 2019Using drawing to open your eyes to the the natural world. Inspiring for all levelst, from beginners to committed artists. Includes a session on creating your own sketchbook.
Tutor: Sarah Simblett
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Pruning - £100.00
Course Dates:
Wednesday 30 October 2019The art of pruning shrubs, fruit trees, perennials, grasses etc for form, vigour & flowering. When to prune, why to prune, when not to prune.
Tutor: Mary Payne
