Garden design for beginners
Learn how to get the most out of your garden space.
Led by award-winning gardener and author, Christine Lavelle, this course will help you look at your garden to get the most out of your space.
Topics covered will include landscape, plants, colour and accessories, as well as looking at the correct plants for your garden whilst learning where to position them. A selection of plants to create stunning plant combinations will feature in the day. You'll come away with a sense of direction on where to start with your garden.
Please note, Garden entry is included in the ticket price.
About the tutor
Christine Lavelle is a lecturer in horticulture and ecology at Writtle College, Chelmsford, UK, and an external examiner for the School of Horticulture at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. She trained at the National Trust for Scotland’s Threave School of Practical Gardening and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Christine was assistant Head Gardener at Levens Hall topiary gardens in Kendal and Hardy Ornamentals Team leader at Askham Bryan College in York. Her main areas of work are in organic growing and wildlife gardening.
Together, Christine and her husband Michael Lavelle won the Garden Media Guild Practical Book of the Year Award in 2003 and 2008 for their books Organic Gardening and How to Create a Wildlife Garden (both published by Lorenz Books).