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Course Dates 2010/11
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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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Term 1
Design
your own Garden
Autumn 2010 |
Term 2
Border Planning
Spring 2011 |
Term 3
Border Planning &
Graphics
Summer 2011 |
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On the Beginners Course, you will learn how to
measure up and draw your garden to scale and how to design the garden to
suit your needs
On
the 2nd Year Course, students will learn more advanced design; gardens
throughout the seasons and garden management in their own gardens, as well
as Garden History
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In Plant Planning,
you learn how to plan effective beds and borders based on plant texture,
shape and colour. A practical is held at a local garden centre
on combining plants, always a very popular exercise
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Simple graphics to
illustrate your designs are combined with more border planning |
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Beginners Course on Wednesdays from
8th September
7.00 pm – 9.00 pm
This will include one 4-hour practical on
measuring a garden on Saturday 18th September, 9.00 am - 1.00 pm
Cost: £110
Course for 2nd Year students Thursdays from
9th September
9.45 am - 2.45 pm
with an hour for lunch
Cost: £235 |
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Wednesday 12 January - Wednesday 6
April
7.00 pm – 9.00 pm
Cost: £110
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Thursday 13 January - Thursday 7 April
9.45am to 2.45pm
with an hour for lunch
Cost: £235
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Wednesday 4 May - Wednesday 29 June
7.00 pm – 9.00 pm
Cost: £110
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Thursday 5 May -
Thursday 30 June
9.45am to 2.45pm
with an hour for lunch
Cost: £235
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One
Day Courses 2011
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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 |
19 February
£55 |
| 10.00am – 4.30 pm |
16 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 |
TBA
£100 |
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Gardening
Made Simple
Make the most of your
garden; how, when and what to plant where; garden without chemicals;
reduce maintenance. |
9.30am – 4.30pm |
26 March
£55 |
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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 |
9
April
£55 |
| 10.00 am – 4.30 pm |
25 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 |
11
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 |
13 August
£60
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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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