Bring your smartphone and learn how to create striking images of flowers and gardens in the beautiful surroundings of the Blackbrook Garden.

We will teach you how to plant containers, everything from a single window box to a full planting display.

This course will teach you all about this varied and incredibly useful plant helping you to find a space for at least one in your garden.

You will explore different weaves to create pattern and texture and will learn how to make an Irish Potato Skib.

Whether you have a small or large garden, propagation is an incredibly useful skill in creating new plants.

Learn the art of flower pressing, how to select and prepare flowers through the seasons, which ones
work and which don’t, and learn how to create beautiful designs.

Whether you are a keen gardener with a passion for an ever changing display or you are searching for something beautiful yet manageable, we will look at different ways of combining and utilising herbaceous plants.

We will give you some hands on experience to have the confidence to tackle a wide variety of fruit and will look at the best way to care for the plants through the year to give a plentiful crop. 

In this garden design course we help you to understand the design process to enable you to create the garden that you want and that works for you in the space you have.

Boo will take you through the process of picking and and conditioning the flowers, preparing vases and then show you some techniques and tricks on how to get the most out of your arrangements. 

Learn how to plant vegetables with confidence and set yourself up for a successful growing season.
This practical, hands-on course will give you the skills and understanding to grow healthy, productive crops at home.

In this course we teach you skills and ways to create new plants and make the most of your garden with a limited budget.

Come and join us for this winter decoration course, to have displays just in time for Christmas or perhaps to simply step into the festive season.

The basis of all good gardens is good and healthy soil. When the soil is in good condition all other aspects of horticulture are far easier to manage.

Bring your sketchbook, pencils and paints to come and explore the beautiful surroundings of the Blackbrook Garden, under the tutelage of Jantien Powell.