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Course Dates 2009/10
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Garden
Design Course |
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A course for beginners and second year
students who want to design their own gardens
or promote an interest in garden design
Classes are small, informal and held at my
home in Slimbridge |
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Design
your own Garden
Autumn 2009 |
Term 2
Border Planning
Spring 2010 |
Term 3
Border Planning &
Graphics
Summer 2010 |
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You will learn how to
measure up and draw your garden to scale and how to design the garden to
suit your needs
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In Plant Planning,
you learn how to plan effective beds and borders based on plant texture,
shape and colour and how to maintain them. A practical is held
at a local garden centre on combining plants, always a very popular
exercise
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Simple graphics are
combined with more border planning
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Wednesday daytime
from 7 October (full)
9.45 am – 2.45 pm
with an hour for lunch
Cost: £190
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Thursday daytime
from 8 October (full)
10.00 am - 3.00 pm
with an hour for lunch
Cost: £200
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Wednesday 13 January - Wednesday 17
March
9.45 am – 2.45 pm
with an hour for lunch
Cost: £190
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Thursday 14 January - Thursday 18 March
9.45am to 2.45pm
with an hour for lunch
Cost: £200 |
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Wednesday 21 April - Wednesday 7 July
9.45 am – 2.45 pm
with an hour for lunch
Cost: £230
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Thursday 22 April - Thursday 8 July
9.45am to 2.45pm
with an hour for lunch
Cost: £220 |
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One
Day Courses 2010
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Pruning
Shrubs and Roses
Pruning causes more confusion
than any other garden task but is simple when you know how. Learn
the theory, then practise on a selection of shrubs, climbers and roses |
10.00am
– 4 .30 pm |
Saturday
27th
February
£55 |
| 10.00am – 4.30 pm |
Saturday
17th
July
£55 |
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Practical
Gardening
Small groups solve their
gardening problems in the luxury of their own gardens (15 mile radius of
Slimbridge)
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6.30
– 9.00 pm
2½
hours p.w.
7
sessions |
Tuesday
£100 |
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Border
Planning
Learn how to plan effective
garden borders based on plant shape, colour and growing conditions, then
visit a local garden centre for a practical on combining plants
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10.00 am – 4.30 pm |
Saturday
24th
April
£55 |
| 10.00 am – 4.30 pm |
Saturday
26th June
£55 |
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Garden
Visit
Join a private guided tour of a
local garden and go home brimming with new ideas
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11.00am
– 4.00 pm |
Saturday
12th
June
£20 |
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Growing
and Training Fruit in Small Spaces
Discover the techniques of
growing and training fruit trees into beautiful espaliers, cordons and
fans to make the most of even the smallest garden |
10.00am
– 5.00pm |
Saturday
31st July
£60
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Propagation
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Identify
plant material and composts suitable for propagation. Take
cuttings, sow seeds; take home trays/pots of cuttings and seedlings. |
9.30am – 4.30pm |
Friday
14th May
£65*
*including
materials
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Links
World of Felco All Felco secateurs, loppers and pruners are sharp, durable
tools that are easy to maintain and repair
Gloucestershire Orchard Group
(GOG) aims to conserve,
promote and celebrate traditional orchards in Gloucestershire
Deacon's Nursery
sells a very wide variety of
fruit and nut trees, soft fruits and a selection of more unusual fruit
plants
Westonbirt National Arboretum is one
of the most spectacular tree gardens in the world, with over 3,000
different trees and shrub species, many of which are rare or endangered
in their native lands.
Pan-Global Plants nursery specializes
in rare plants capable of growing in the British Isles. Also,
trees, shrubs, grasses, ferns, climbers, bamboo & exotics
The Aerogarden a hydroponic garden
for beginners & experts alike
The Cottage
Garden Society This is a wonderful source of
information for all those who are passionate about
cottage gardening
Mumbleys
Farmhouse - Smallholder Courses designed for
complete beginners who are interested in running their own
smallholdings. Courses on keeping chickens, pigs, sheep, & beehives.
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