Courses

I teach several garden design and horticulture courses that take place throughout the year. If you can't find a date to suit you please contact me. It may be possible to include extra sessions.

Stoke Lodge, Stoke Bishop, Bristol

• Basic Garden Design
  An opportunity to improve and refresh your garden with lots of help and support. You will learn, step by step, how to redesign your own plot. The course will begin with basic principles and go on to cover paving, ponds and other garden features.
  To get the best out of the course it is important that you have a garden (however small) on which to base your design.
  Deadline for enrolment is three weeks before the course takes place, as an information pack will be sent out to students beforehand.
  A daytime course running for three weeks: Saturdays 11 Nov, 25 Nov & 9 Dec 2023
• Choosing Plants for Your Borders
  A short course for those who want no more expensive mistakes through impulse buying. These sessions will cover trees, shrubs and hardy perennials; the best varieties to choose and how to put them together for maximum effect.
  A daytime course running for three weeks: Fridays 23 Feb, 1 Mar & 8 Mar 2024
• Preparing for the Seasons
  Make the best of your garden in time for Autumn/Winter, Spring and Summer. A series of short day courses designed to make every garden season special by anticipating what can be done and how. We will include pruning, propagation and plant selection.
  • In time for Spring: Friday 1 December 2023, 10am–3pm
  • In time for Summer: Friday 2 February 2024, 10am–3pm
• Garden Styles
  A series of one-day courses designed to give you more detailed information and ideas about specific aspects of garden styles. Choose from:
  • Cottage Gardens, Fri 15 Mar 2024, 10am–3pm
  • Ponds and Water Features, Fri 22 Mar 2024, 10am–3pm
  • Woodland Gardens, Fri 19 April 2024, 10am–3pm
  • Front Gardens, Fri 26 Apr 2024, 10am–3pm
  • The Cutting Garden, Fri 3 May 2024, 10am–3pm
  • Naturalistic Planting, Fri 10 May 2024, 10am–3pm
• The Hidden History of Horticulture
  A look at some of the women and men who shaped our gardens, and the plants they made popular. A little garden history from a horticultural perspective.
  Three sessions on Friday 3, 10 and 17 November 2023, 10am–12.30pm

For details contact the Adult Learning Service, Stoke Lodge, tel. 0117 903 8844.