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Garden Design Events 2017

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Here are some events, courses and volunteering days that I have attended over the years:

Garden Media Guild Visits

– Parham House and Gardens Tour 2019
– Leonardslee Gardens Tour 2019

Garden Volunteering

RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2019
– The RHS Bridgewater Garden, by Tom Stuart Smith. 2 days garden query support
– The Back to Nature Garden, by The Duchess of Cambridge, 1 day crowd control (and sorting out Marshals!)

RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2018
– The Weston Garden (RHS Pavilion Feature), by Tom Stuart Smith. 2 days garden query support.

RHS Hampton Court Flower Show 2018
– Grow Your Own Garden with Raymond Blanc. 1 day garden query support.
– Piet Oudolf wild meadow borders. Half day garden query support.
– Evolve through the roots of time exhibit. Half day garden query support

Courses / Workshops

Good Planting (Study Day) – Fergus Garrett
– Great Dixter (near Hastings) 2017

Understanding Disability in Garden Design – THRIVE
–
Battersea Park (London)  2017

Gardens Illustrated Festival Talks 2017
– Westonbirt School, Tetbury, Gloucestershire

Cleve West
 (Healing Gardens)

James Alexander Sinclair (Sex Death & Gardens)
Tom Stuart-Smith (In Search of Paradise)
Nigel Dunnett (Layers of Colour: Creating Beautiful Long-Season Plantings)

Succession Planting in the Mixed Border (Study Day) – Fergus Garrett
– Great Dixter (near Hastings) 2017

The principles of good garden design: A masterclass with James Alexander-Sinclair
– Kings Cross, London at The Guardian 2017

Getting the Garden Ready (Study Day) – Fergus Garrett
– Great Dixter (near Hastings) 2017

Behind the Scenes Tour – Rachael Dodd
– Great Dixter (near Hastings) 2016

Design Your Own Garden – 10 Week Course 2015 
– Merrist Wood College, Guildford

 

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My Silver Anniversary @waterperrygardens roses see My Silver Anniversary @waterperrygardens roses seem to have adusted well to life in my garden. Well timed blooms after the spring bulb display. #roses
A successful plant sale at the community garden be A successful plant sale at the community garden behind @westcottvillagehub three car loads, all grown by two brilliant @westcottgardenersclub members. All we were left with was a tray of cabbages and 42 tomato plants. #plantsale
A bit of cover for the #giantmarrow - just been a A bit of cover for the #giantmarrow - just been a bit below average temps lately, so hoping to keep it greenhouse happy.
#giantveg #allotment
Giant marrow plant is free. 233.7 Baggs 2025 #allo Giant marrow plant is free.
233.7 Baggs 2025
#allotment #giantveg
And I've no idea why two beautiful #hydrangeas wer And I've no idea why two beautiful #hydrangeas were reduced to £10 each, but they have exactly the succession colour I'm looking for out front after the end of spring bulb season and arrival of leaves on the cherry blossom #partialshade
I only went for 2 bags of compost. Stumbled across I only went for 2 bags of compost. Stumbled across the £2 and £3 @hilliergardencentres reductions on summer flowers.
#gladiolis #echinacea #crocosmia
Comfrey is another useful weed and the ladybirds a Comfrey is another useful weed and the ladybirds are also fans of it.
#ladybirds #comfrey #allotment
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