Grow Your Own Cut Flowers with Sarah Raven at Thyme, Gloucestershire

I’ll explain how to prepare, plant, maintain and harvest buckets of flowers from your garden from March through to November. We'll cover hardy and half-hardy annuals, biennials and sweet peas as well as tulips and other bulbs. You will also learn the best sowing and growing techniques so you can achieve easy yet brilliant results and plant rotation through the seasons to make the most of whatever space you have, little or large. We'll also cover flower conditioning techniques to make all your cut flowers last well in the vase.

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 till 3.30 including tea/coffee on arrival, (from 10am for 10.30am prompt start) morning tea/coffee break and a 2 course garden menu lunch served in the Ox Barn at Thyme