Gardening Courses
These courses are perfect for those looking to start gardening, or improve specific skills on their plot.
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£125.00
Buy NowA Morning and Lunch with Tricia Guild
I'm passionate about COLOUR and about Tricia Guild and her incredible Designers Guild fabric and interior designs which have reigned supreme for the last thirty years. There is no one who can teach us more about how to combine things – what to put with what and not – than Tricia in our home…
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£100.00
Buy NowAn Evening at Sissinghurst with Sarah
The evening will start with a talk and tour of the garden with me and then a talk with Adam or Juliet Nicolson on the history of the place and family. You'll then be free to wander on your own when it's closed to the public. My Perch Hill team will then serve you a delicious 3 course dinner. …
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£150.00
Buy NowBrilliant Bulbs at Bix Manor with Sarah
A day with Sarah who will share her expertise on choosing, growing and arranging your bulbs for borders, cutting and containers. Now is the moment to make your next spring and summer garden more brilliant. Flower arranging demo included! …
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£150.00
Buy NowBrilliant Bulbs at Oxleaze Barn with Sarah
Based on her experience of 20 years of absorbing the wisdom of the Dutch bulb breeders, who she visits every spring and 23 years gardening at Perch Hill, Sarah will tell you everything she knows about choosing, growing and arranging bulbs for borders, grass, containers and vase. She'll include practicals…
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£165.00
Buy NowBrilliant Bulbs at Perch Hill with Sarah
Based on her experience of 20 years of absorbing the wisdom of the Dutch bulb breeders, who she visits every spring and 23 years gardening at Perch Hill, Sarah will tell you everything she knows about choosing, growing and arranging bulbs for borders, grass, containers and vase. She'll include practicals…
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£215.00
Buy NowGrowing and Arranging Cut Flowers Course with Sarah
Learn how to create a cutting patch in the morning, and in the afternoon pick a bucketful of flowers to create your own hand tied bunch to take home. This is an intensive course, ideal for those who have some sowing and growing knowledge. This course is taught by Sarah at Perch Hill. The day lasts from…
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£40.00
Buy NowHead Gardener's Talks and Demonstrations
Josie, our Head Gardener at Perch Hill, is running two-hour morning courses from 10.30-12.30. Do come and learn about various gardening techniques and chat through your gardening problems. Each day to choose from has a different focus: 11/04/17 –…
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£165.00
Buy NowThe Colour Garden
In this course, based on my new book 'The Colour Garden', I'll take you through my rules of colour combining and my favourite plants to give you a rich and strong palette, AS WELL AS a very different group of soft and smokey tones, new to us at Perch Hill. I'll give you ideas for how to put these together…
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£180.00
Buy NowThe Cutting Garden Course with Sarah
Grow your own cut flowers part 1! If you've been thinking about creating a cutting patch, or just growing a few flowers to pick for the house, but are not sure where to start, this course will show you how. I'll explain how to prepare, plant, maintain, and harvest buckets of flowers from your garden…
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£150.00
Buy NowThe Harvest Garden at Bix Manor with Sarah
Whether it's growing your own cut flowers or bowls of herbs, veg and salad, Sarah's a great believer in growing only the plants which will give you a massive harvest from little time and space – the cut-and-come-agains. That's what this new course will cover – an intensive cut flower course…
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£150.00
Buy NowThe Harvest Garden at Oxleaze Barn with Sarah
Whether it's growing your own cut flowers or bowls of herbs, veg and salad, Sarah's a great believer in growing only the plants which will give you a massive harvest from little time and space – the cut-and-come-agains. That's what this new course will cover – an intensive cut flower course…
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£165.00
Buy NowThe Harvest Garden at Perch Hill with Sarah
Whether it's growing your own cut flowers or bowls of herbs, veg and salad, Sarah's a great believer in growing only the plants which will give you a massive harvest from little time and space – the cut-and-come-agains. That's what this new course will cover – an intensive cut flower course…
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£165.00
Buy NowThe Perennial Cutting Garden
Grow your own Cut Flowers Part 2! For those who have limited time for sowing, but would like some reliable perennial plants which look good in the borders; and you can pick from them too. Sarah and Josie (head gardener at Perch Hill) will show you the best perennials for each season, spring to winter,…
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£165.00
Buy NowYear Round Veg Course with Sarah
For those who want to grow their own veg not just in the summer, but all year round. This course is based on my veg growing philosophy – don't grow everything, but spend your precious time and use your precious space with the highly productive, long-season crops, which will give you delicious…
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£150.00
Buy NowCharles Dowding - No Dig Organic Veg Gardening
Charles graduated from Cambridge in 1980 and started an organic, no dig market garden. He will explain the principles of no-dig growing, how it saves so much time, for results as good if not better than in dug/tilled soil. He will show you how to create a productive garden, and even experienced gardeners…
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£150.00
Buy NowCreative Containers at Parham House and Gardens with Sarah
In this course – held in the Great Hall at Parham House, which is in Simon Jenkins's Top 20 "England's Thousand Best Houses" – I'll cover pots of single species, as well as the rules of how to combine things – getting the colour and structure right – selecting from a pool of…
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£215.00
Buy NowFlower Arranging for Beginners with Sarah
Learn how to fill your house with quick and simple, yet beautiful arrangements. Sarah will demonstrate in the morning, and in the afternoon she will teach you a failsafe recipe for how to pick and arrange a hand-tied bunch, or mixed vase. We'll also cover picking and conditioning tips before you then…
