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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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Dahlia bed number one cut to bases and manure mulc Dahlia bed number one cut to bases and manure mulched. Will let a bit of rain get in over the next day or two then cover with a plastic sheet for winter. Sandy soil so no need to lift them really.
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More bulbs potted up. #springbulbs🌷 More bulbs potted up.
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"Oh I do wish the dahlias would stop growing so I "Oh I do wish the dahlias would stop growing so I can get my windowsill back"
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For people who can't find our house, because of a For people who can't find our house, because of a dual access path, MrsGrow has created a pottery solution to hang by the steps.
#potterylife #pumpkingrower
I imagine the planting here looks quite nice in th I imagine the planting here looks quite nice in the summer. Beats me why they cut back the miscanthus already, mine looks gorgeous at home right now, but it's volunteer run. Apparently the contractor who installed it went AWOL. Just waiting to see if I have enough stem cells to collect.
An hour in the sunshine planting up a few more tul An hour in the sunshine planting up a few more tulip and daffodil lasagnes. The only problem with big pots is they need a lot of expensive compost, so I mix in a bit of cheaper stable manure and bottom and top them with the same. Slow going as trowel dependent after last week's hickman line insertion which is still quite sore and stiff.
#springbulbs🌷
We were so pleased to have Justin Griffiths' new S We were so pleased to have Justin Griffiths' new Surrey record pumpkin at Dorking pumpkin show today. Rather glad my one went to #tulleysfarm in September so he couldn't show me up 😂 I did enter some gourds, came second 😂 #giantpumpkins #giantpumpkingrower #pumpkingrowing
Lots of variety at the pumpkin show. Lots of variety at the pumpkin show.
Pleased to see some of my genetics grown by others Pleased to see some of my genetics grown by others. Especially because now I know that line is orange! Both from the same plant.
@markgoodchild71 apparently these are going in my front garden? 😂
Monty for company. Waiting to have a hickman line Monty for company. Waiting to have a hickman line put into my chest for next week's stem cell collection.
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