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Courses are
run in sequence over
three terms, on either one evening or one full day a week, at Sue Gibson’s home
in the rural hamlet of Shepherd’s
Patch,
Gloucestershire.
Her
home is close to the world famous
Slimbridge Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, and
borders the peaceful Gloucester- Sharpness Canal.
Her cottage garden
provides the ideal setting for these courses, at the conclusion of which
all students
will have produced a design of and planting plans for their own
gardens.
In the
graphics course
students can produce simple but effective
3-D sketches without any need for drawing ability. It is a stimulating course, yet held in a relaxed atmosphere without
pressure, and there are no exams!
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Sessions are
also held at a local garden centre, where students are allowed to select
different plants and find ways of arranging them on
benches to obtain the best effect based on plant shape, texture and colour.
This is a very popular, confidence-building exercise
that enables students to
achieve instant results – and allows them to alter their arrangements if they wish,
without ever having to lift a spade!
Plants can then be bought from the garden centre at a discount of
10%, if so wished.
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These
cover:
and are held either in Sue’s garden and workshop, or
the students’ gardens locally.
Again,
these are either one-day or 3-hour evening courses where students practise their
newly learnt techniques under Sue’s watchful eye!
Particularly popular are the practical courses in which students are
taught in their own gardens, a different garden being selected each week.
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