Special Events at The Burrows Gardens

Saturday 26th June 2010
Charles Hanson (featured regularly on television with Tim Woonacott) valuing your own antiques at The Burrows Gardens in the style of the Antiques Roadshow. Half the proceeds will be going to charity. Entrance fee is £4.00 per adult.

Wednesday 9th June, Wednesday 23rd June and Wednesday 7th July
Anne Liverman, Garden Guru along with Craig Dalton, Garden owner.
A day course at the Burrows Gardens teaching all gardeners how plants can be increased or propagated. You will be taken through a number of different tasks outdoors showing you how to sow seeds, take cuttings and divide and layer plants. You will learn the best way to increase the stock of plants depending on their type and growing habit. The day will conclude with a guided tour of the Burrows Gardens by the owner, Mr. Craig Dalton.

What you will learn
By the end of the course you will have learnt and be able to
· Understand the term propagation
· Understand the use of seed in plant propagation
· Propagate plants by cutting and division
· Demonstrate layering
· Outdoor sowing techniques
· Transplant seedlings and plants
· Planting out and hardening off

This course is aimed at
· Anyone who loves gardening but lacks experience or confidence and wishes to develop a range of practical skills and build on their horticultural knowledge

Entry requirements
· None required but you will be working with soil and plants so please make certain you have rubber gloves and are up to date with your tetanus injections.

Teaching technique
· The teaching is completely practical, with Anne Liverman showing and helping you with a number of exercises and tasks which build up over time to increase your awareness of gardening techniques and how to carry them out. You will be able to work on your own but also in small groups with Anne on hand to support you.

How you will be assessed
· You will not be assessed. This course is purely to increase your knowledge and help you to enable you to make more use of the techniques available within the garden.

Goal
· You will gather an understanding of the basic principles of the successful propagation of plants. You will increase your knowledge of plants and how to increase their stock. You will gain in confidence, learning from Anne and like-minded gardeners.

Included in your day is all of the above, commencing at 10.15am,
· Coffee
· Workshop One and demonstration
· Lunch
· Workshop Two
· Private tour of the garden
· Afternoon tea
· The day will conclude at approximately 4.15pm

Cost - £55.00 per person
Maximum – 25 people
Please book early to avoid disappointment.
Telephone (01335 360745).

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