| Arrival |
10am — 10:30am |
Coffee/tea and home-made biscuits served |
| Morning Session 1 |
10:30am — 11:30am |
Meet Sarah and Josie —Perch Hill’s head gardener and the team. Sarah will guide you through the principles of the cut flower cut-and-come-again philosophy — how to get a lot of produce from minimal space. |
| Break |
11:30am — 11:50am |
Coffee/tea and home-made cake |
| Morning Session 2 |
11:50am — 1:00pm |
Sarah will then show you the best plants to be sown/planted now to give you almost year-round picking just outside the door and give you growing tips and advice, plus a guide to conditioning flowers to make them last as long as possible in a vase. |
| Lunch - 2 Courses |
1:00pm — 2:15pm |
Using recipes from Sarah’s cookbooks and produce from the garden wherever we can. This is served with home-made cordial. There will be time for shopping after lunch. |
| Demo |
2:15pm — 3:15pm |
Covering lots of practical skills including propagation, pest and disease control, and staking, Josie will take you through the practical skills you need for time-efficient flower and colour production. She will also demonstrate how we propagate many of our plants from seeds and cuttings. |
| Q&A |
3:15pm — 3:30pm |
Q&A with Sarah and Josie to clear up any queries you might still have. |
| Private Wander |
3:30pm — 4:00pm |
Time for a private wander around the garden and shopping and refreshments in the Perch Hill shop. |
| Day Ends |
4:00pm |
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