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March, 2010
Starts 10 March 2010 for 10 weeks
How to be a Gardener…
This course is designed to give you all the confidence you need to tackle and enjoy your own garden. Spend a few hours each Wednesday evening for ten weeks improving your knowledge and gardening skills.
The course includes advice on how to assess and survey a garden – the garden’s…
Saturday 13 March 2010
Hen keeping in your garden…
Learn all about keeping hens – our one-day theory and hands-on workshop will teach you all you need to know.
Meet our Garden House hens and get information on suitable breeds, housing and how to keep foxes and other pests at bay. Learn the benefits of hen keeping, how they can…
Tuesdays 16 and 30 March 2010
Rag-rug making; two-part course
Join inspirational craftswoman Sue Samways for our two-part course on the traditional craft of rag-rugging: Tuesday evenings 16 and 30 March. This technique of turning unwanted textiles into hard-wearing decorative rugs or hangings has been used for hundreds of years, handed down through the generations.
Sue will show you how to…
Saturday 20 March 2010
Pruning – why, when, how!
At this popular workshop Bridgette Saunders will again demystify the art of pruning your shrubs by teaching and demonstrating the why, when and how!
There will be plenty of opportunities to experience hands-on pruning – working on The Garden House shrubs – whilst we highlight best practice and safety, and demonstrate the…
Wednesday 24 March 2010
Go green – a beginner’s guide!
Want to do more for people and the planet but don’t know where to start? Confused by the contradictions of what is “environmentally friendly” and what isn’t?
This one day course will explain what sustainability is all about, and then focus on climate change and calculating your carbon footprint. It…
Sunday 28 March 2010
Open garden – National Gardens Scheme
Visit the delightful and inspiring Garden House garden on Sunday 28 March!
While an all year opening is neither practical or desirable for smaller garden owners, the long running National Garden Scheme allows many proud gardeners the opportunity to show off their skills for a couple of days each year.
There will…
Tuesday 30 March 2010
Talk: the herbal home first aid kit!
What traditional herbal first aid remedies and herbs should you include in your home medicine chest? At our evening talk you will learn about a range of herbs, many of which have traditionally been used to treat a wide variety of ailments – and which can be used as an…
April, 2010
17 April 2010
Visit Beth Chatto’s garden…
Join us on our visit to Beth Chatto’s inspirational garden at Colchester, Essex. Renowned for her innovative style, Beth Chatto has transformed the “wilderness” (her words), that she and her husband were faced with in 1960, into one of the most inspirational gardens in England.
The nursery is well stocked, fabulous and…
June, 2010
Friday 18 June 2010
Open garden – National Gardens Scheme
Visit the delightful and inspiring Garden House garden on the evening of Friday 18 June!
While an all year opening is neither practical or desirable for smaller garden owners, the long running National Garden Scheme allows many proud gardeners the opportunity to show off their skills for a couple of days…
Saturday 19 June 2010
Make your own herbal medicines…
A practical and fun workshop where you will learn about harvesting medicinal plants, and how to make medicinal tinctures, syrups, tooth paste, decoctions and ointments.
Learn about the weeds that heal and make your own remedies. Take your health into your hands and learn how to use the herbs in a…
Wednesday 23 June 2010
Mottisfont Abbey
Join us to see the wonderful roses at Mottisfont Abbey, plus a visit to a private garden.
We have finally managed to secure a booking for a group to visit the famous old-fashioned roses at Mottisfont Abbey, Hampshire! The historic house, built on the 12th century remains of an Augustinian priory,…
July, 2010
5 - 9 July 2010 (provisional)
Summer School 2010
The Garden House Summer School 2010 is ‘provisionally’ planned for 5 – 9 July. This popular and practical course will take you behind the scenes at several inspirational gardens and nurseries.
Suitable for all levels of horticultural knowledge and skills, the course will include plant identification, pruning, propagation, general maintenance and…
October, 2010
1-10 October 2010
Garden House visit to South Africa…
Join us on our visit to South Africa, 1-10 October 2010. Spring – when the Cape is covered with field upon field of flowers in bloom – is a wonderful time for gardening enthusiasts to visit…
Key aspects of the visit are highlighted below, for full details: contact@gardenhousebrighton.co.uk
Ten-day trip
Direct flights to…