Why Study This Course?
New to gardening and wondering what you need to be doing in your garden at different times in the year? Whether its flowers, vegetables or shrubs you re interested in, this series of workshops can help get you started or develop your gardening knowledge to make your garden even better. You can take each one individually or all 3 to help you throughout the growing year.
Whether its flowers, vegetables or shrubs you?re interested in, this series of workshops can help get you started or develop your gardening knowledge to make your garden even better. You can take each one individually or all 3 to help you throughout the growing year.
Each session, we will look at the following areas:
-What?s growing now in the garden, including flowers, vegetables and shrubs.
-How to prune, feed & care for your plants each season.
-What to plant or do to prepare for the next season to make sure your garden is both thriving as well as seasonally interesting.
-Propagation tips and composting.
This session will be taught mostly in the classroom and demonstrations and samples will be included to enable you to fully understand the practical aspects of gardening.
The workshop is delivered by a professional gardener and planting designer so please do think about any specific questions you might have to ask in the session and we will see if we can help you .
No previous experience required just an interest in the practical aspects of growing plants.
There is no formal assessment for this course, but your progress will be monitored via question and answer in groups and individually and by observation. You will be given regular verbal feedback as to how you could improve and your progress in general.
If you require further course information or advice & guidance that is not answered in this outline, please email art@rhacc.ac.uk
If you would like general information about the college, for example, fees & finance, funding, term dates or opening times please email info@rhacc.ac.ukor drop in to our main reception area.
For information on course fees and how to get additional help to pay for them look at our How to Pay for Your Course section.
Please note that tutors may occasionally be changed at short notice. While teaching styles may vary, we ensure consistent quality across all of our courses. For this reason, a change of tutor does not qualify for a refund.
