After being a course leader and lecturer in Horticulture at Nottingham Trent University for nearly 20 years I am now working on a new venture in Limousin, France. In our plant nursery and garden school we aim to carry on sharing our passion for horticulture and natural crafts.
Specialist subjects include plant science, propagation, plant identification, specialist traditional and modern pruning and maintenance techniques. We also teach greenwood crafts, weaving, stained glass art and other crafts using natural materials.
Eco-Print workshop Tuesday 2nd June
Come along and have a go at ‘Eco-printing’ techniques. This technique uses botanicals and other natural materials to create beautiful and unique designs on natural fabric and paper. You will experiment with leaves, flowers, berries, bark and rust combined with plant based dyes to print onto cotton and paper samplers. You can bring your own T-shirt or household linen to work on too. You will go home with some unique prints and an understanding of the materials and processes involved so that you can go away and experiment at home.
!!Tuesday 2nd June 2020 1-4pm 35€ THIS WORKSHOP IS NOW FULLY BOOKED. PLEASE GET IN TOUCH USING THE CONTACT FORM BELOW TO REQUEST EXTRA DATES!!
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This half day workshop explores the principles of soft landscape design principles including colour theory (how to use complimentary, monochromatic and contrasting colour schemes) scale drawing and how to select appropriate plants for year round colour and interest in your garden borders.
This half-day workshop in plant propagation will look at the basics of propagating from seed and from softwood cuttings. You will learn a little botany that will help you to be more successful in rooting cuttings and understanding the different types of seeds, seed sowing tips and overcoming different types of dormancy in seeds.
This half day introductory course is running on Tuesday 5th May 2020 1.30-4pm 25€ per person
Beat the winter blues and learn a new skill at Le Jardin Créatif!
After a light lunch of warming winter vegetable soup and home baked bread there will be a practical session where we will first demonstrate the techniques and then you will practice the practical work to develop the basic skills required to create a laid hedge. This practical session will also include a little tool maintenance and tool safety and will cover traditional and modern tools and materials used in hedge laying.
This short course is aimed at those who want to develop a potager and grow vegetables for the first time or to improve their understanding of growing vegetables successfully.
varieties, pest and disease control and how and when to harvest your crops. There will be a mix of theory, demonstration and practical activities.