Courses

Designing with Plants Course

Location - Holehird Gardens, Patterdale Road, Windermere, LA23 1NP 

Tutor - Shelagh Todd: Cumbria-based lecturer, designer and plantswoman.

Course Description- It’s all too easy to have a garden full of wonderful plants that feels more like a restless collection than a well thought out design. Discover how to create a garden with a sense of year-round unity and well-being. Learn to select plants for their visual, aesthetic, and structural properties, how to assess your site conditions and the process of creating a planting plan on paper.   

Course Content will include Plant Knowledge and Identification; Plant Form, Habit, Colour & Texture; The Role of Plants in the Planting Scheme; Seasonal Colour and Excitement; Considering Plant Selection and using the mantra of “the right plant for the right place”; Drawing up Planting Plans and Exploring & Discussing Different Plants and Themed Borders in the glorious gardens at Holehird.         

Course Dates

Spring and Summer 2025: 4 days teaching (10.30am - 4.00pm)

Course fee: £360

Dates: Thursday 3 April, Thursday 15 May, Thursday 12 June and Thursday 10 July

Autumn and Winter 20254: 4 days teaching (10.30am - 4.00pm)

Course fee: £360

Dates: Thursday 4 September, Thursday 9 October, Thursday 6 November and Thursday 4 December

For more information and to book your place, email Shelagh on  shelagh.todd@outlook.com