Course
The Gardening Year at West Dean – Spring with Tom Brown
West Dean
£157Tom will go through a number of seasonal tasks, both from a theoretical and practical standpoint. This course is an opportunity to discover tips and techniques to help get great results at home.
Course Description
This course is one of a new series of four one-day courses led by Tom Brown, Head Gardener at West Dean Gardens. It aims to take a seasonal look at some of the key aspects of what is growing and happening over this coming year at West Dean Gardens.
In this spring course, which will take place in April, the focus is on the following topics:
- Preparing your greenhouse for summer crops
- Seed sowing and pricking out
- Potting on for summer displays
- Training climbers
- Planting in the Kitchen Garden
- Salads
- Biological controls
- Thinning stone fruit
- Creating supports and staking