Gardening courses

Sub-categories: Garden design and maintenance | Garden furniture & decoration | Gardening: grow your own | Gardening: pruning & orchard management | Terrariums and indoor gardening

You may also be interested in: Beekeeping | Floristry | Food: foraging & wild food | Traditional woodland crafts & green woodworking

Find gardening workshops across the UK. Learn techniques for growing your own vegetables or making the most of your garden. Learn how to create and maintain fruit orchards; when to plant, prune and how to take care of your trees and plants to get maximum yield or crop. Bring interiors to life with with indoor gardening and terrarium workshops.

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Mosaic for outdoors class Todmorden West Yorkshire

Mosaic for outdoors class Todmorden West Yorkshire

West Yorkshire - Next course on 19th April 2020

Join us at our creative studio for one of Laura Barnes Mosaic courses at CWN in Todmorden. Laura has been teaching art of various kinds for many years all the way up to college level. She has a fine art degree and a Masters in Ceramics! We're very lucky to have such a talented and experienced teacher with us. On one of Laura's Outdoor Mosaic courses you can upcycle, learn animal mosaic techniques, mosaic especially for the outdoors, learn traditional and contemporary techniques, a dragonfly, a bee, a cockerel! There...

Training course in upcycling with pallets. An introduction to making furniture with pallets for beginners in Somerset: one or two days

Training course in upcycling with pallets. An introduction to making furniture with pallets for beginners in Somerset: one or two days

You can choose just to do the Upcycling with Pallets course as a one day course or stay for the whole weekend (for just £175)! The course will cover the tools and techniques used in taking apart a pallet and turning it into something new, using upcycling skills and reclaimed timber. This course is for anyone who wishes to learn how to turn pallets into something useful. Courses are run every month throughout the year (except August) just ask for the updated list. Day one: During the day we will...

Kate Morrell willow sculpture courses

Kate Morrell willow sculpture courses

Leicestershire - Next course on 8th April 2020

Learn to sculpt your own small willow animal in the grounds of my home in the beautiful setting of Donington Le Heath. We can work indoors or outdoors (weather permitting). Come and join me for a fun and relaxed informal day willow weaving. To start off with I would recommend a small animal or bird as the craft is very time consuming and I want you to leave with a finished piece of willow sculpture. I will show you the techniques I use to make the sculpture from start to...

Rustic oak garden bench - one day course

Rustic oak garden bench - one day course

This rustic oak green woodworking experience is for a full day for 1 or 2 people working together to make a piece of garden furniture - a small bench. The course is aimed at friends or couples wanting to share a very unique experience together but individuals are more than welcome too. No prior woodworking skills or experience is needed just lots of willingness to get stuck in and enthusiasm. You'll be shown lots of hands on techniques working with the grain & encouraged to use some beautiful old hand...

Garden mosaic workshop

Garden mosaic workshop

This one day mosaic workshop is relaxed creative and lots of fun. You will learn so much in a day from preparation to design, what materials and adhesives to use for outside mosaics, how to apply your chosen materials and how to grout and finish off your mosaic piece. You can choose to mosaic a garden pot, make a house number plate, mosaic a stepping stone, or create a garden mosaic art work. This workshop is perfect for all abilities from beginners to those with some previous mosaic experience who...

Willow hare workshop

Willow hare workshop

Durham - Next course on 31st May 2020

On this one day workshop, you will learn the basic techniques and skills to enable you to make a fabulous willow hare, for indoor or outdoors. You will learn the various stages it takes to create the body, and the weaving techniques to create the finished hare. Please wear warm clothes if the weather isn't great, and feel free to bring your own favourite secateurs with you.

Mosaics for the home and garden

Mosaics for the home and garden

West Yorkshire - Next course on 19th April 2020

This mosaic course is suitable for complete beginners or for those with some experience. In my bespoke mosaic studio, you will make a piece of original art for your home or garden, with expert help and guidance from a professional mosaic artist. The courses are informal, and with small class numbers ( up to 6) so that everyone gets plenty of attention. Materials include glass, tiles and pebbles. Courses run one Sunday a month, and some Wednesdays or Thursdays. No experience of mosaic or other art forms is needed! If...

Contemporary bench making weekend course

Contemporary bench making weekend course

Make a robust but elegant 2 seater interior bench with a beautiful hand tooled texture. Learn to use super sharp hand planes and cabinet scrapers to shape the subtle curves of the seat. Use specialised rotary planes and a hand powered lathe to make spindles. Everyone comes away with new furniture making skills and a beautifully finished bench. Open to all abilities, however the course is somewhat physically demanding. Includes a wholesome lunch both days.

Willow Hare Sculpture

Willow Hare Sculpture

South Yorkshire

A one day course to create a sitting or moongazing hare. An intensive day not for the faint hearted. We will first create a willow framework in/on which to work and then using a random weave in the features and finer detail. You will also learn how to prepare and use willow and related basketry tools and techniques. Please note you will need a high level of manual dexterity in your fingers. Please let us know if you have any specific requirements or needs. Refundable up to two weeks prior...

Willow weaving workshops in the Yorkshire Dales

Willow weaving workshops in the Yorkshire Dales

North Yorkshire - Next course on 14th May 2020

One day willow weaving workshops in the beautiful Yorkshire Dales with lovely views of Ingleborough, Whernside and Ribblehead. We will weave a different sculpture at each workshop including: Plant Supports Curlews Giant Seed Pods Please check our website for dates of these workshops. The tutor Phil Bradley lives in NW Cumbria near Cockermouth where he grows a total of 37 different varieties of sustainable willow on several local sites. The willow is used mainly for basket-making, but also for garden structures and sculptures as well as decorative animals, which is...

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