Horticulture at Kew and Wakehurst

Courses run throughout the year so find out what's coming up, read biographies about the tutors and book your place quickly - these courses are extremely popular!

Vegetable Gardening

Course: Vegetable Growing for Novices

Wed 30 May 2012

This course is ideal for novice gardeners who have recently acquired an allotment or vegetable patch and would like to improve their vegetable growing skills.


Walled garden at Wakehurst

Talk - Seasonal stroll and soup

Thu 12 July 2012, 10.30am - 1pm

Spring, summer, autumn or winter - come and celebrate the joys of seasonality in this series of quarterly talks and strolls at Wakehurst, a garden for all year round interest.


Wakehurst woods

Talk - Seasonal stroll and soup

Thu 11 October 2012

Spring, summer, autumn or winter - come and celebrate the joys of seasonality in this series of quarterly talks and strolls at Wakehurst, a garden for all year round interest.


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Lathraea clandestina

Lathraea clandestina
purple toothwort

A root parasite with explosive seed capsules, purple toothwort is becoming increasingly popular as a decorative garden plant.

Find out more about this species

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