Art of Propagation: 1 day workshop
Tuesday 16th April 2024
Support biodiversity and sustainability by collecting and sowing your own seeds/taking cuttings and swapping plants with others.
Tuesday 16th April 2024
Support biodiversity and sustainability by collecting and sowing your own seeds/taking cuttings and swapping plants with others.
Monday 1st April 2024 - Tuesday 16th April 2024
As many of you know we love Japan, its temples, shrines, gardens, customs, food, art and people...
Postponed
Monday 25th March 2024 | 10:30am - 1:00pm
As we all know our recent weather has been very challenging, so we’ve designed this creative and practical workshop to celebrate the uplifting arrival of Spring and the early Easter weekend.
Monday 18th March 2024 - Thursday 21st March 2024
If your garden is new to you, needs up-dating, or you wish to revamp part of a larger garden? This course is for you!
Postponed
Thursday 7th March 2024 | 10:00am - 3:00pm
March is the perfect time of year to prepare support structures for your plants well before they put on a lot of growth and become unruly!
Wednesday 6th March 2024 - Wednesday 10th April 2024
Beginners and improvers: have fun and be inspired as you learn the basics of gardening.
Wednesday 14th February 2024
There is a great mystique around the world of pruning roses but in fact it is easy and much easier than most of the books make it out to be. Join us for a day with rose expert Michael Marriott.
Saturday 2nd December 2023 - Monday 4th December 2023
This year we're using only foraged and natural materials - no rings, pins, moss or foam involved!
Wednesday 29th November 2023
Join stitch tutor Marilyn Willis for our morning workshop learning to repair, mend or decorate a garment, using a range of stitch techniques.
Wednesday 22nd November 2023
Discover some of the hidden secrets of perfumery, and take home a fragrance created by you from a range of beautiful ingredients.
Tuesday 7th November 2023
Join watercolour artist Kate Osborne and be inspired by the glorious late summer garden at the Garden House!
Fully booked
Monday 30th October 2023 - Thursday 2nd November 2023
Our aim is to inspire you to create a really beautiful outdoor space, a sanctuary to enjoy.
Wednesday 18th October 2023
Join stitch tutor Marilyn Willis in the relaxing atmosphere of the Garden House and learn a new hand-stitching technique - Sashiko.
Wednesday 4th October 2023 - Wednesday 15th November 2023
Join our 6-session Wednesday morning course for beginner gardeners and improvers. Have fun and be inspired!
Friday 29th September 2023
SAVE THE DATE, Friday 29 September! The money you raise will help make sure no one has to face cancer alone.
Wednesday 20th September 2023
Join stitch tutor Marilyn Willis in the relaxing atmosphere of the Garden House and learn a new hand-stitching technique - Sashiko.
Wednesday 30th August 2023
Join watercolour artist Kate Osborne and be inspired by the glorious late summer garden at the Garden House!
Fully booked
Monday 19th June 2023
Weave a tall willow obelisk for your sweet peas or other climbers, using natural English willow and traditional techniques.
Wednesday 14th June 2023
Discover some of the hidden secrets of perfumery, and take home a bottle of fragrance created by you from a range of beautiful ingredients.
Tuesday 9th May 2023 - Thursday 11th May 2023
Our aim is to inspire you to create a really beautiful outdoor space, a sanctuary to enjoy. The focus will be on design, the hard landscaping and the planting.
Friday 21st April 2023 - Saturday 22nd April 2023 | 1:30pm - 4:00pm
The truly unique Garden House has been opening for the NGS for over 12 years now. In the spring garden look out for fabulous displays of emerging bulbs, buy plants, and enjoy delicious homemade refreshments!
Thursday 30th March 2023 - Thursday 13th April 2023
We are really thrilled to be able to tell you about our spring 2023 trip to Japan. This will be the fourth time we have arranged a specialist itinerary.
Fully booked
Thursday 9th March 2023 | 1:30pm - 4:30pm
Staking your plants takes practice and skill, and March is the perfect time of year to prepare support structures for your plants well before they put on a lot of growth and become unruly!
Thursday 9th March 2023 | 9:30am - 12:30am
Staking your plants takes practice and skill, and March is the perfect time of year to prepare support structures for your plants well before they put on a lot of growth and become unruly!
Wednesday 1st March 2023 - Wednesday 1st November 2023
This course is designed to look at the students’ individual gardens and create a plan for your Year in the Garden.
Saturday 18th February 2023 - Saturday 25th February 2023
Join the Garden House for our second trip to the island of Madeira, a very special place and well-named as a 'plant person's paradise’.
Fully booked
Wednesday 7th December 2022
This year we’ll be using only foraged and natural materials - no rings, pins, moss or foam involved!
Fully booked
Monday 3rd October 2022
Join us for this exciting new day out/workshop incorporating so many of the things we love!
Postponed
Wednesday 28th September 2022
Join stitch tutor Marilyn Willis for our morning workshop learning to repair, mend or decorate a garment, using a range of stitch techniques.
Wednesday 21st September 2022 - Wednesday 2nd November 2022
Have fun and be inspired as you learn the basics of gardening, join our 6-session course for beginner gardeners and improvers.
Wednesday 21st September 2022
Join our fun and informative introduction to weaving with willow, led by Sussex-based basket weaver Christiane Gunzi.
Thursday 1st September 2022
Be inspired by ideas both new and traditional as you explore the use of colour in your garden and create eye-catching planting combinations.
Tuesday 16th August 2022
Fermented foods are incredibly good for your health, taste fantastic and are pretty expensive to buy in shops. So why not learn to make your own?
Wednesday 10th August 2022 | 10:30am - 2:30pm
Marchants Hardy Plants is widely recognised as one of the UK’s leading small independent Nursery and Gardens.
Wednesday 27th July 2022
Join us at West Dean Gardens (near Chichester, West Sussex), a horticultural attraction with an Edwardian pergola, Victorian glasshouses, and much more.
Wednesday 13th July 2022
Join us at Town Place Garden (near Haywards Heath, East Sussex), a 3-acre private garden set around a 17th century Sussex farmhouse.
Wednesday 13th July 2022 - Wednesday 10th August 2022
This summer join us on our private visits to three inspirational Sussex gardens. At each we will hear from the owners/head gardeners about the development of the garden and the planting.
Sunday 29th May 2022 - Tuesday 31st May 2022
Knowing how much we all love to visit and be inspired by other people’s gardens, the Garden House is back on the road, with a plant and garden-filled trip to Suffolk and Essex.
Fully booked
Saturday 21st May 2022 | 11:00am - 4:00pm
Plant Fair, Charity fund-raiser, and a chance to visit to the unique Garden House, one of Brighton’s secret gardens...
Wednesday 18th May 2022
This course is designed for those new to gardening – learn the basics, have fun and be inspired in a friendly and informal environment.
Saturday 23rd April 2022 - Sunday 24th April 2022 | 11:00am - 4:00pm
The truly unique Garden House has been opening for the NGS for over 12 years now. In the spring garden look out for fabulous displays of emerging bulbs, buy plants, and enjoy delicious homemade refreshments!
Monday 28th March 2022
One-day painting workshop with Brighton-based artist Seana Mallen, for painters who have already scratched the surface of painting, it’s time to dig a little deeper!
Fully booked
Saturday 12th March 2022 | 1:30pm - 4:30pm
Staking your plants takes practice and skill, and March is the perfect time of year to prepare support structures for your plants well before they put on a lot of growth and become unruly!
Tuesday 1st March 2022
We have invited artist Jane McCall of Bloomsbury Revisited to lead an exciting one-day workshop here at the Garden House.
Wednesday 23rd February 2022
We are delighted to invite Tom Brown, Head Gardener at West Dean Gardens to the Garden House for a Zoom event, talking plants and gardens!
Saturday 12th February 2022
Super knowledgeable and endlessly enthusiastic, rose expert Simon White of Peter Beales Nursery in Norfolk is leading this practical workshop on how to prune roses.
Fully booked
Wednesday 9th February 2022 - Wednesday 16th March 2022
Working in our teaching garden, improve your knowledge and skills, and gain the confidence to plan, propagate, prune and much more.
Wednesday 19th January 2022 - Wednesday 26th January 2022
This workshop is for those of you with relatively small outdoor spaces, from tiny courtyards to gardens up to 20m x 14m, whether in the town or the country.
Fully booked
Tuesday 7th December 2021
We have invited artist Jane McCall of Bloomsbury Revisited to lead an exciting one-day workshop here at the Garden House.
Fully booked
Monday 22nd November 2021
Explore the brilliant spectrum of watercolour painting through a variety of experimental techniques that are fun, easy, and astonishingly effective.
Wednesday 17th November 2021
As Seana Mallen’s summer 2021 watercolour workshop was so enjoyable, we have invited her to return to the Garden House...
Fully booked
Monday 18th October 2021
Sashiko is a Japanese form of decorative reinforcement stitching - it translates as “little stabs” and was originally used to patch Japanese kimonos.
Fully booked
Tuesday 14th September 2021 - Tuesday 12th October 2021
Learn the art of botanical illustration with this intensive 4-session course; suitable for complete beginners and for those with a little experience.
Wednesday 18th August 2021 - Thursday 19th August 2021
This workshop is for those of you with relatively small outdoor spaces, from tiny courtyards to gardens up to 20m x 14m, whether in the town or the country.
Fully booked
Monday 16th August 2021 | 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Enjoy exclusive access to Perch Hill, learning some of the secrets of Sarah Raven’s imaginative ‘cutting garden’ planting and combinations.
Fully booked
Wednesday 28th July 2021
Be inspired by ideas both new and traditional as you explore the use of colour in your garden and create eye-catching planting combinations.
Saturday 24th July 2021 - Sunday 25th July 2021 | 11:00am - 5:00pm
We'll be opening as part of the MacMillan Coastal Garden Trail raising funds for MacMillan Cancer Support and the Horizon Cancer Care Centre in Brighton.
Thursday 22nd July 2021 | 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Summer visit to Pelham Plants, Laughton in Sussex. Knowing how much we all love to visit and be inspired by other people’s gardens!
Wednesday 21st July 2021
Inspired by the garden, join artist Seana Mallen to explore the brilliant spectrum of watercolour through a variety of techniques that are fun, easy and astonishingly effective!
Wednesday 14th July 2021 | 10:30am - 4:00pm
The Old Vicarage in Washington, and Sandhill Farm, near Petersfield, West Sussex. Knowing how much we all love to visit and be inspired by other people’s gardens!
Tuesday 13th July 2021 - Tuesday 3rd August 2021
Working in our teaching garden, improve your knowledge and skills and gain the confidence to plan, plant, propagate, prune and much more.
Fully booked
Monday 12th July 2021
Join our one-day workshop botanical illustration workshop suitable for beginners and improvers. Working with specimens from the garden, create accurate botanical studies with guidance from professional botanical art tutor Leigh Ann Gale.
Wednesday 7th July 2021 | 10:30am - 4:00pm
Cupani garden, Seaford, and Long House in the South Downs hamlet of Westdean, Sussex. Knowing how much we all love to visit and be inspired by other people’s gardens!
Tuesday 6th July 2021
Sashiko is a Japanese form of decorative reinforcement stitching - it translates as “little stabs” and was originally used to patch Japanese kimonos.
Fully booked
Friday 18th June 2021 | 11:30am - 4:30pm
Visit one of Brighton’s secret gardens – looking fabulous at the moment with displays of emerging summer herbaceous planting, fruit trees and vegetables.
Wednesday 16th June 2021 | 10:30am - 4:00pm
Private garden visits to Bates Green Farm and Tudor Cottage, Arlington, in Sussex. Knowing how much we all love to visit and be inspired by other people’s gardens!
Saturday 5th June 2021
Join us for a day celebrating the rose with expert Simon White of award winning Peter Beales Nursery in Norfolk. Super knowledgeable and endlessly enthusiastic about roses, Simon is leading this practical workshop on how to prune roses, plus all-year care of roses.