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Gardening Advice & Tips at Grosvenor Gardening School

Here at Grosvenor Garden Centre we aim to help everyone enjoy their visit and our Gardening School is a great way to learn more about how to make the most of the plants in your garden too.  

Each class offers advice, demonstrations, hints and tips on the amazing world of plants, flowers and gardening - not to mention the chance to ask questions from our experts, who include author and radio broadcaster, Jenny Hendy.

Many classes include the chance to make and take away a planter (or similar) and all include your choice of tea or coffee and cake.

With notes from each class to take home for reference, each gardening school class provides everyone with an educational and entertaining session not to mention the chance to swap stories and make new friends!

So if you are a novice and would like to learn more about how to garden, or if you are a gardening enthusiast and are looking to expand your vegetable patch, there will be a class to suit you.

Booking is essential as many classes sell out so please contact Customer Services on 01244 625200 to book your place now. If you can’t wait until the next gardening class for gardening advice, don’t forget our team of horticulturalists are on hand to answer any of your queries at any time with their specialist knowledge and guidance.

Wednesday 23rd May 10am – 1pm
Pots of Patio Style - Sorry, this class is fully booked.
£10.95 including tea/coffee and a scone with jam & cream and a free exclusive offer just for you.
Prepare to impress friends and family alike this year with your fabulous container displays and patio pizazz! Jenny's demonstrations are sure to inspire you and whether you are fairly experienced or just starting out. Pick up plenty of useful hints and tips on how to plant and dress the patio for alfresco dining, relaxation or entertaining friends.

Wednesday 27th June 10am – 1pm
Roses Round the Garden
£10.95 including tea/coffee and a scone with jam & cream and a free exclusive offer just for you.
Back in fashion with a fanfare and deservedly so, there are roses to suit any size or style of garden from a chic urban courtyard to a rambling cottage idyll. Roses are some of the longest flowering shrubs and climbers and many of today's varieties, such as the celebrated English roses, combine fragrance and repeat flowering with old-fashioned romance. Several make superb subjects for patio pots and there are numerous award-winning, disease-resistant kinds to choose from. This workshop shows you how to get the very best from roses including suggestions for perfect plant partnerships. Click here to book your tickets online.

Wednesday 11th July 10am – 1pm
Decorating Walls, Fences and Pergolas
£10.95 including tea/coffee and a scone with jam & cream and a free exclusive offer just for you.
Running out of room for more plants? How about exploiting your vertical space? There are beautiful flowering shrubs and climbers to dress walls and fences, not to mention colourful foliage kinds to brighten shady border backdrops. All many of them need is a little support and the right start in life.  Jenny will also show how to add colour and interest aside from planting; how to grow climbers up obelisks and wigwams and which are the best for patio pots. Click here to book your tickets online.

Wednesday 12th September 10am – 1pm
Bee and Butterfly Friendly Gardening
£10.95 including tea/coffee and a scone with jam & cream and a free exclusive offer just for you.
Help our beleaguered bees and butterflies by providing them with a feast from their emergence in spring till their autumn disappearance. You don't have to keep honey bees to do your bit for conservation, bumble bees and others will be grateful for any suitable food plants or habitat improvements. And the bonus is that not only will your fruit and veg will be pollinated successfully, your garden will also be filled with attractive and colourful blooms as well as jewel-like butterflies. Click here to book your tickets online.

Wednesday 10th October 10am – 1pm
Autumn and Winter Patio Makeovers
£10.95 including tea/coffee and a scone with jam & cream and a free exclusive offer just for you.
Don't be blue about the approach of winter! Come along to this inspiring workshop on how to turn your patio into a sparkling celebration of the seasons. There will be lots of container recipes to try as well as stylish ideas for brightening even the dullest winter day with lights, garden decorations and colour-schemed planters. Click here to book your tickets online.

Wednesday 5th, Thursday 6th, Wednesday 12th & Thursday 13th December 10am – 1pm
Christmas from the Garden
£24.95, including a make and take away Christmas Wreath; tea/coffee and a mince pie.
Jenny Hendy along with Elaine from our Green Team will show you how to transform your home with practical demonstrations on using natural products from the garden to decorate your home for Christmas.  Don’t forget your gloves,  scissors, secateurs, foliage and berries from your garden too. Click here to book your tickets online.

For more information on any of these events, or to book where applicable, please follow the orange highlighted links or call Customer Services on 01244 625200. All event details are correct at the time of publishing.  Grosvenor cannot be held responsible for the cancellation of any event.

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