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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.

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Come along and make a cute piglet sculpture for your home or garden out of chicken wire. Tuesday 27th August 10.00-4.00
(Contact us for group bookings/alternate dates)

The course will run from 10-4 and includes a light lunch and refreshments and all materials required to make your piggy. Cost: 45€ per person

This course is suitable for beginners and chicken wire is a malleable material that is easy to use but does take a little strength and dexterity for sculpture.

To book a place on the course you can use the payment options below. This uses PayPal as a secure payment system but you do not need to have a PayPal account to use it, card payments are also accepted. If you prefer to send us a cheque, or have difficulty using the online system then use the contact form below to check availability and request a booking form. You can use this form for all other questions too.

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Get floral and make some  unique plaster tile as a wall hanging or decoration.

You will have the opportunity to make a pair of tiles, they can be themed or matching or totally different. Thursday 8th August 2-4pm Cost 25 euros

Your tiles will be dry enough to take away at the end of the session  but you may want to paint them, varnish them or give them a colour wash when fully dried after a couple of days.

 

To book a place on this course you can use the payment options below. This is a secure PayPal payment but you do not need to have a PayPal account in order to use it, card payments are also accepted. We will send confirmation and more details once we receive your booking. If you prefer to pay by cheque or have difficulty using the online system then please use the contact form below to check availability and we will send you a booking form and more details by email.

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Come along and have a go at ‘Eco-printing’ techniques. You will experiment with leaves, flowers 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 6th August 1-4pm 35€

20180421_153155596_iOSTHIS DATE IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE, WE ARE HOLDING AN EXTRA SESSION ON FRIDAY 9TH AUGUST :Link to extra date 9th August

 

 

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We are offering another chance to come and make a dragonfly  out of woven willow to mount onto a wall or display in your garden.

This popular course is suitable for beginners and a good starting point for anyone wanting to learn how to make realistic sculptures out of freestyle woven willow. Willow is a pliable material and easy to use but does require a little strength and dexterity to use for sculpture.

The course runs from 10.00-3.30/4.00 on Tuesday 9th July and includes a light lunch and all materials needed to make a medium sized dragon fly (approx. 80-100cm)

Price per person is 50€

THIS WORKSHOP IS NOW CLOSED FOR BOOKINGS AS WE HAVE TO PREPARE THE WILLOW. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ENQUIRE ABOUT FUTURE DRAGONFLY WORKSHOPS PLEASE USE THE CONTACT FORM BELOW

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Come along and make an owl out of chicken wire! You will learn the basics of building a sculpture using chicken wire and create a stunning owl sculpture for your garden or home.

The course will run from 10.00-3.30 on Thursday 25th July and will include a light lunch. (Please be aware that everyone works at different speeds and you may finish a little earlier or later than the scheduled time) cost: 45 euros

Chicken wire is a fairly malleable material  and easy to mold and this course is suitable for beginners but some dexterity and physical strength is needed to work with this material over a day.

If you would like to book a place on this course you can use the payment options below. We will send you further details once we receive your booking. If you prefer to send a cheque, or have difficulty using the online system then please use the contact form below to check availability and we will send you a booking form and more info.

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Come along and have a go at ‘Eco-printing’ techniques. You will experiment with leaves, flowers 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.

Thursday 27th April 1-4pm 35€

20180421_153155596_iOSTHIS COURSE IS NOW CLOSED FOR BOOKINGS YOU CAN STILL BOOK ONTO THE COURSE ON: 6TH AUGUST

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Learn how to use basic weaving techniques to make garden obelisks for your climbing plants. You will make a pair of obelisks (approx 80cm-1m tall) for using in the ground or in pots

Saturday 11th May 1-4pm 40€

BOOKINGS ARE NOW CLOSED FOR THIS COURSE AS WE HAVE TO PREPARE THE WILLOW WHICH TAKES 6 DAYS. PLEASE GET IN TOUCH IF YOU WANT AN EXTRA DATE

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We are offering another chance to come and make a dragonfly  out of woven willow to mount onto a wall or display in your garden.

This popular course is suitable for beginners and a good starting point for anyone wanting to learn how to make realistic sculptures out of freestyle woven willow.

The course runs from 10.00-3.30/4.00 on Wednesday 1st May and includes a light lunch and all materials needed to make a medium sized dragon fly (approx. 80-100cm)

Price per person is 50€

To book a place on this course you can use the ‘Buy Now’ button below. This is a secure PayPal transaction but you do not need a PayPal account to use it, card payments are also accepted. We will send you a detailed itinerary once we receive notification of your booking. If you prefer to pay by cheque then please use the enquiry form below to check availability and request a booking form. Any questions – use the contact form below.
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IMG_0676Come along and learn the art of making animal sculptures out of willow. Make a majestic Stag Head to mount indoors or outside.

You will learn the basics of using willow as a medium for sculpture and create an impressive stag head sculpture over the course of the day.

Tuesday 30th April 10.00-4.30; a light lunch, refreshments and all materials are included: 65€ 

Willow is a flexible material that is easy to use for freestyle IMG_1677sculpture and you will be able to add your own personal touches to your stags head. You do need a little strength and dexterity to work with willow on a larger sculpture such as the stags head. We will support anyone who needs a little help to finish theirs off on the day.

 

BOOKING IS NOW CLOSED FOR THIS DATE, we have an extra date on 18th June 

 

 

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La Petite Pépinière de la Guinandie sera ouvert Samedi 2 Mars!

Our little nursery here at Le Jardin Créatif will be opening again for the new season from Saturday 2nd March. We open every Saturday from March until October (except for the occasional fermeture exceptionnelle) from 10.00am – 4.00pm. At other times we are open by appointment – if you want to call in on a weekday just send an email or message us to make sure we are here and/or available giving us at least 24 hours notice to reply. (We are not open on Sundays).

IMG_2181This winter we have added another large shade tunnel so that we can expand our range of plants and keep them cool and healthy in the hot weather.

We have a selection of spring and summer flowering bulbs, herbaceous perennials, cottage garden plants – great for butterflies and bees – tender perennials, ornamental edibles (we love plants that look good and taste good too!), ornamental grasses and from late March we will have bedding plants, vegetable plants, herbs and climbers.

We also sell professional grade compost, pots and baskets, enviromesh and other sundries. We will be opening our new sales office from our vintage Regency Balmoral caravan in the next few weeks.

For nursery customers our garden is also open on Saturdays for you to wander around, gain inspiration and see examples of planting combinations as well as our artwork and sculptures that you can come along and make on our courses.

Later in the year we will be taking part in the Jardins Ouverts scheme again and will be holding some open days and events ourselves over the coming months so watch this space!