Planning & Design - The Basics & The Best Plant Combinations - Tuesday 15th April 2025
Planning & Design - The Basics & The Best Plant Combinations
This workshop will explain and illustrate the key aspects of successfully planning and designing garden beds and borders including understanding and making the most of your site, grouping plants, utilising plant features for maximum impact and succession planting methods. There will be tips and advice on applying techniques learnt to problem sites and how to improve existing borders that lack impact. In addition, the day will include focus on themed borders, including colour, herbaceous, mixed borders and seasonal. There will be lots of practical advice on making the most of perennials, annuals and bulbs in a border for long term interest and star plants for different sites and seasons. There will be an illustration of the best plant combinations and how to implement them in you own garden. Marguerite will explain and illustrate techniques such as focal points, harmony, flow, repetition and structure and how to use this to best effect when planning beds and borders.
The last 30 minutes of the session will allow for summary round up and Q & A.
All you need to bring with you on the day is a notebook and pen. You will be given handouts relevant to the workshop to take home. There will be lots of opportunities during the day to handle materials referred to during the session. The workshop is very interactive and at any point during the day you can ask questions relating to your own gardens.
The Details
This workshop will take place on our Terrace (to the right of The Garden Cafe) in our Marquee. Please wear suitable clothing, although it is heated on cooler days. Your ticket price includes tea, coffee, a freshly made lunch, and a sweet treat. Seating in the Marquee is metal chairs or benches, so you may wish to bring a cushion to sit on.
Please advise of dietary requirements when booking.
Enjoy 10% off on The Day
When buying online, your ticket will be emailed to you. You do not need to print this at home as we have a record here, to check you in on arrival. On the day of the workshop, you will be given a 10% voucher to spend on the day of the workshop, so don’t forget to make the most of some shopping time before or after your workshop! Please note, the voucher cannot be used against Garden Furniture, existing promotions, or in The Garden Cafe or The Food Hall.
You can also book with us in-store or over the phone by calling us on 015395 63630.
Please note, tickets are non-refundable. Dogs are not permitted to be in attendance at any workshops.
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