At the request of past graduates eager to continue their learning enjoyment of all things gardening, we occasionally offer a specialist short course or event covering topical and seasonal aspects of garden design and planting.
Making use of our vast horticultural network, the days vary between lectures by leading personalities and visits of rarely viewed private gardens or nurseries with collections of unusual plants.
Join us for an intensive 4-day planting design course with Nick Bailey, one of the UK’s leading plantsmen and garden designers. Nick is known for his interactive teaching style, dynamic design approach and innovative ideas around the art, craft and science of planting design. This course is ...
View this courseDo you have ideas for your garden but struggle to know how to turn them into a successful design? This practical and highly visual two-day course introduces the essential principles of garden design, helping you understand how to organise and shape outdoor space with confidence. Led by ...
View this courseJo Thompson Rachel de Thame Ann-Marie Powell Jo Thompson is one of the UK’s leading garden designers, celebrated for her romantic, painterly planting and instinctive, atmospheric approach to design. A multi-gold medal winner at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, she creates beautifully crafted, sustainable gardens that ...
View this courseAshington Manor The gardens at Ashington Manor, created by Isabel and Julian Bannerman, surround a historic house and are designed with a strong sense of structure, atmosphere and narrative. The layout combines formal elements with more informal planting, creating a series of distinctive garden spaces. Features include ...
View this courseDo you have a potentially good garden but do not know where to begin? The first 3 days of this popular 4 day course take place in the Chelsea Physic Garden lecture room with the final day spent in two private gardens near Petersfield. Your tutor is RHS Master of ...
View this courseEach year, we include a visit to a project underway by a practising garden designer. Trips are held in the summer, and dates will be released early in 2027. In 2026 we were delighted to be able to join renowned head gardener and plantsman, Troy Scott-Smith for ...
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