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Thursdays between 10am and 4pm for 22 weeks, starting early September 2018.
This RHS course will be delivered at Holehird Gardens by the lecturing team from Newton Rigg College, to whom all enquiries should be directed.
The course is a mix of practical hands on gardening skills, demonstrations, plant identification and garden visits. The course consists of 6 units which include:
ground preparation and soil testing; pruning and plant maintenance; plant propagation; planting techniques; identification of garden plants, weeds, pests and diseases; sustainable gardening.Course fee for 2018 TBC. Fee for 2017 was £620 (inc £112 RHS Registration Fee). The fee can be paid in 5 instalments throughout the year.
For more details contact enquiries@newtonrigg.ac.uk or call 01768 893400.
Thursday 20 September
10.00 to 13.00
Cost: £5 for LHS members, £23 for non-members which includes membership of LHS.
The workshop will be led by LHS member Pat Murphy.
Find out more about the botany of different types of seed including vegetables, shrubs and perennials. Learn how to collect, clean and sow seeds. Get involved in practical tasks to increase your skills. Learn how to increase your chance of successful germination with unusual seeds.Click here for a course application form or with any enquiries about the course or LHS membership. Places are limited to 12. Please book by 12 September.
Saturday 27 October 2018
2pm
Marchesi Centre, Holly Road, off Ellerthwaite Road, Windermere, LA23 2AF
While Gardens Manager of Colesbourne Park in Gloucestershire, Dr Grimshaw was the principal author of 'New Trees: Recent Introductions to Cultivation', sponsored by the International Dendrology Society, and considered to be the most important book on trees introduced in the past 35 years. In August 2012 he became Director of the Yorkshire Arboretum with responsibility for the 120 acre arboretum and the 20 acres of Ray Wood on the Castle Howard Estate.
This lecture is open to the non-members as well as members of the LHS.
Thursday 8 November 2018
10.00 to 13.00
Cost: £5 to LHS members, £23 to non-members which includes membership of the LHS.
This workshop will be led by LHS member Pat Murphy.
Learn about planting bulbs for different types of display - early, late and colour. Techniques of planting. Practical session to create your own display. How to look after your pots until display time.Please bring your own pots - a selection of bulbs will be available to purchase at cost price.
Click here a course application form or with any enquiries about the course or LHS membership. Places are limited to 12. Please book by 26 October.
Saturday, 24 November 28
2:00 pm
Marchesi Centre, Holly Road, off Ellerthwaite Road, Windermere, LA23 2AF
For years Doug has been fascinated by the lives of a group of real-life gardening heroes, people who braved hardship, evil warlords and cannibals, and travelled the world searching for rare and unusual plants which changed our gardens and gardening for ever. This lecture tells their story and is dedicated to them.
This lecture is open to non-members as well as LHS members.