Gallery

Slimbridge Gardening Club fruit entry, which contributed to winning the cup - again!

Students pruning the famed Conference pear espalier, which bore 170 fruit in 2025

End of Term 2024

Celebrating 25 Years of Sue's Gardening School

Final Garden Design lesson at a local wildlife garden, July 2024

Summer Pruning Shrubs, Roses and Perennials July 2024

Production Garden at its height Summer 2024

Am I a sea horse or a swan Verbascum with an identity crisis

Square Foot Vegetable & Cut Flower Garden

Years II & XI each sculpting a vigorous rambling rose. A huge achievement bringing delighted smiles.

Rose Sculpting — Making a start by Year Eleven

Sculpting Rambling Rose by Year Eleven after — After: Rambling Rose Sculpture by Year Eleven

Rose Sculpture — Making a start on the rose sculpture

Rose Sculpting — Rose Sculpture completed

Rose Sculpture — All done: happy, satisfied smiles

Congratulations, Mark Sheldon, on the launch of your own garden design business

Mark Sheldon with Sue 2023

Garden border

Flower beds

Flower beds

Garden border

From Winter to Spring

Smokey autumnal Cotinus

Philippa's arrangement — Philippa and her magnificent Christmas decoration

Jack Frost waving his magic wand at May Cottage — Jack Frost waves a magic wand over May Cottage

Iris unguicularis (Algerian or winter iris)

Spring bulbs

From Spring to Summer

Anemones

Espaliered Pear with tulips

Summer Garden

Dragon Hedge

Testimonials

Your enthusiasm has made the course so enjoyable, and you are very motivating. I will really miss our Thursdays but I am taking away so much! Thank you for all your hard work.

Emma

I have so enjoyed this course - the highlight of my week since September and have learnt such a lot from you. Many, many thanks.

Ellen

Bristol

Your boundless enthusiasm and knowledge have been such a joy to me. You have made such an impression on my life. Thank you.

Patricia

Lackham College, Wiltshire