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A Year Full of Flowers with Sarah Raven at Thyme, Gloucestershire

Inspiration, planting ideas and expert advice for a beautiful garden all year round. This is the course for the general gardener, who - like Sarah – adores and thrives on year round colour, scent and floweriness just outside the door.
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Based on her book, tracing the year from January to December at her home, Perch Hill, Sarah offers a complete and transporting account of a garden crafted over decades

Sharing the lessons learned from years of plant trials, she explains the methods that have worked for her, and shows you how to achieve a space that's full of life and colour.

Colour and scent are the hallmarks of Sarah's style - and they are simple luxuries that everyone can bring into their garden. On this day course, she (with her friend, Arthur Parkinson, who will teach some practical skills in the afternoon, as well as a floristry demo) will give you inspiration, planting ideas and expert advice for a beautiful garden all-year round. Sarah will show you her favourites of the hardworking varieties that make the garden sing.

Discover long-lasting, divinely scented tulips, roses that keep flowering through much of summer and well into autumn, the most magnificent dahlias and show-stopping alliums, as well as how to grow sweet peas up a teepee, take cuttings, and stop mildew in its tracks. This is passionate, life-enriching gardening; it's also simple, adaptable and can work for you. Sarah has made the garden central to her life - this course shows you how you can too.

It is held at Thyme, Southrop Manor Estate, Gloucestershire, GL7 3PW. Nestled in the rolling Cotswold hills, Thyme is a 'Village within a Village'. The collection of restored historic buildings evoke a hamlet feel, enveloped by a series of classic country house gardens and orchards that supply flowers for the house, food for the kitchen, and herbs for the spa. At Thyme, guests can stay in the botanically inspired bedrooms, dine in the restaurant situated in the old Ox Barn, or partake in classes and workshops from the Calendar of Happenings. Thyme is a place to slow down and reconnect with nature.

Thyme are kindly offering a 10% discount code for attendees to redeem against a bedroom reservation between Tuesday 18th and Friday 21st of March in the hotel - this will be sent out to you upon booking.

  • This course is taught by Sarah with assistance from Arthur Parkinson and Caroline Nevile.
  • It is a lecture with slides format, with some practical demos.
  • You will get a course hand-out covering all the information Sarah teaches on the day.
  • The day lasts from 10.00 until 3.30 including tea/coffee on arrival, (from 10am for a 10.30am prompt start) morning tea/coffee break and a 2 course garden menu lunch served in the Ox Barn at Thyme

Course details

Time 10:00-15.30
Lead By Sarah Raven
Location Thyme, Gloucestershire, GL7 3PW
Learn About Growing flowers year-round
Meal Yes
Date Wed 19th March 2025
Course Type Event

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