Training Directory: Horticulture and Small Holding Short Courses
Practical and theoretical training in gardening, permaculture and small holding. Everything from winter pruning of fruit trees to housing your hens.
16/04/2024 Creating contemporary indoor planting 1 Day
West Dean, West Dean College 01243 818 300 option2 bookingsoffice@westdean.ac.uk c-js.info/3vuQfSJ
ake architecturally stunning indoor garden creations designed to stay inside your home.
Cost £231
18/04/2024 Wildlife Live Webinar - Composting 0.5 Day
Online, Suffolk Wildlife Trust 01473 890089 wild.learning@suffolkwildlifetrust.org c-js.info/3UdOoMs
Are you interested in learning how to turn your food scraps and garden waste into nutrient-rich compost for your garden? Join us for an upcoming webinar on an Introduction to Composting! During this one-hour session, Master Composters Jodi and Naomi will reveal the benefits of composting and how you can take simple steps in your garden or local public space to compost effectively.
Cost £3/5/10
20/04/2024 Working with colour in your garden 1 Day
West Dean, West Dean College 01243 818 300 option2 bookingsoffice@westdean.ac.uk c-js.info/4aIvYJA
Learn how to experiment and best use colour in your garden.
Cost £151
22/04/2024 Forest Gardening Course 210 Days
Online, The Orchard Project +447881646935 sarah@theorchardproject.org.uk c-js.info/4949HnK
Become an accredited forest gardener with our Level 2 Award in Forest Gardening course accredited by the Crossfields Institute. This seven-month online course provides you with the skills needed to design, create and manage a forest garden. Learn from videos, handouts, interactive quizzes, online assessments and group tutorials.
Cost £730
27/04/2024 Finding your garden style 1 Day
West Dean, West Dean College 01243 818 300 option2 bookingsoffice@westdean.ac.uk c-js.info/48iwRHl
Spend a day with garden designer Annie Guilfoyle who will guide you through the decision process of creating a new garden, or updating an existing one.
Cost £151
11/05/2024 Planning and planting a scented garden 1 Day
West Dean, West Dean College 01243 818 300 option2 bookingsoffice@westdean.ac.uk c-js.info/4aXmvyv
Learn how and why plants are scented, and how to use these to advantage in garden design.
Cost £152
17/05/2024 Designing vertical gardens 3 Days
West Dean, West Dean College 01243 818 300 option2 bookingsoffice@westdean.ac.uk c-js.info/47nV4e5
In this practical, hands-on course you will learn how to go about designing, producing and maintaining vertical gardens.
Cost £471
29/05/2024 Making the most of your glasshouse - advanced kitchen gardening 1 Day
West Dean, West Dean College 01243 818 300 option2 bookingsoffice@westdean.ac.uk c-js.info/4aMvmCM
Get tips on soil preparation, pruning, propagating techniques, good varieties to grow, and how to manage pests and diseases for growing tender vegetables and fruits under glass.
Cost £151
01/06/2024 Create your own topiary 1 Day
West Dean, West Dean College 01243 818 300 option2 bookingsoffice@westdean.ac.uk c-js.info/4aGCQr1
Enjoy a talk about the history of topiary and a practical demonstration on cutting techniques, followed by a hands-on workshop to create your own topiary to take away.
Cost £186
07/06/2024 Grow Leader Course - June 2024 8 Days
Grow Wilder, Bristol BS16 1EL, Avon Wildlife Trust learningawt@gmail.com c-js.info/31wcWTp
Develop an understanding of fundamental growing techniques and holistic landscape management that will prepare you to grow food at allotment, community garden or small market garden scale. Delivered over 8 weeks, this course leads candidates through seven taught sessions plus a final day of student-lead practical demonstrations, micro-teaches and workshops.
Cost £545
13/06/2024 Experience garden design 1 Day
London, West Dean: KLC School of Design 01243 818 300 option2 bookingsoffice@westdean.ac.uk c-js.info/4aKsoi5
This day provides the perfect concise introduction to the world of garden design.
Cost £200
15/06/2024 Managing and maintaining a mixed herbaceous border 1 Day
West Dean, West Dean College 01243 818 300 option2 bookingsoffice@westdean.ac.uk c-js.info/3ty3FNx
Learn how to manage and maintain mixed herbaceous borders, using both traditional techniques and contemporary methods to create a soft and natural aesthetic.
Cost £151
04/07/2024 Practical Re-wilding 2 Days
Upcott Grange, Species Recovery Trust 01722 322539 bookings@speciesrecoverytrust.org.uk c-js.info/3SoX2oq
An immersive course covering the history & potential future of this alternative approach to nature conservation
Cost £170
04/07/2024 Creating a drought tolerant garden 1 Day
West Dean, West Dean College 01243 818 300 option2 bookingsoffice@westdean.ac.uk c-js.info/3RIJMeB
Learn about techniques to reduce the amount of water that your garden needs to not only survive but thrive and become a haven for insects.
Cost £153
05/07/2024 Short course in Agroecology: The Agroecological Way 5 Days
Tamarisk Farm, West Bexington, The Agroecological Way theagroecologicalway@gmail.com c-js.info/3vvnzJF
A foundation in the ecological processes, socio-political principles and farming methods central to agroecology, giving first-hand insight to a broad range of farm enterprises at Tamarisk Farm. Includes: Ecological principles and methods for agroecology in arable, livestock (sheep, cattle, hens) and horticulture; Sustainable fibre; The politics of agroecology and more...
Cost £395/425/500 (Bursary places available)
12/08/2024 Rewilding, reintroduction and regeneration: 2-week experience 12 Days
Lower Sharpham Farm, Ashprington, Totnes, TQ9 7DX, Ambios Ltd info@ambios.net c-js.info/4bx3qmV
Experience practical approaches to nature recovery through rewilding at Sharpham and understand what it means for you and your future. Learn about the reintroduction of missing species and explore how we might work with nature, and natural processes, to produce food without destroying the planet through regenerative farming.
Cost ££980
25/08/2024 Designing your own garden 4 Days
West Dean, West Dean College 01243 818 300 option2 bookingsoffice@westdean.ac.uk c-js.info/4aGCQHx
Learn the basics of site evaluation and the creation of a functional layout and planting plan, which can be used to plan and plant your garden.
Cost £452
31/08/2024 An introduction to propagation 1 Day
West Dean, West Dean College 01243 818 300 option2 bookingsoffice@westdean.ac.uk c-js.info/3TNXYWh
Gain confidence and knowledge to propagate and a few young plants for your garden .
Cost £166
06/09/2024 Grow Leader Course - September 2024 8 Days
Grow Wilder, Bristol BS16 1EL, Avon Wildlife Trust learningawt@gmail.com c-js.info/31wcWTp
Develop an understanding of fundamental growing techniques and holistic landscape management that will prepare you to grow food at allotment, community garden or small market garden scale. Delivered over 8 weeks, this course leads candidates through seven taught sessions plus a final day of student-lead practical demonstrations, micro-teaches and workshops.
Cost £545
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