| Arrival |
10am — 10:30am |
Coffee/tea and home-made biscuits served |
| Morning Session 1 |
10:30am — 11:30am |
Meet Sarah and Josie. Sarah will explain the remarkable dahlia trialling and breeding programme that’s been running at Perch Hill for the last 10 years. |
| Break |
11:30am — 11:50am |
Coffee/tea and home-made cake |
| Morning Session 2 |
11:50am — 1:00pm |
In this session, Josie and Sarah will talk you through what makes a brilliant dahlia – focusing on varieties of colour, vase life, pollinator interest and flowering performance. Before breaking for lunch you will be taken through the garden to see the dahlia beds.
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| Lunch - 2 Courses |
1:00pm — 2:15pm |
Served in the greenhouse. The team in the kitchen use recipes from Sarah's cookbooks and produce from the garden wherever possible. This will be served with home-made cordial and there will be time for shopping after lunch. |
| Demo |
2:15pm — 3:00pm |
Led by Sarah, this session includes practical demonstrations showing you how we use dahlias in arrangements. |
| Practical |
3:00pm — 3:30pm |
make your own hand-tied bunch to take home. |
| Private Wander |
3:30pm — 4:00pm |
Time for shopping and private wander |
| Day Ends |
4:00pm |
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