Course schedule
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Short Courses - Spring/Summer 2025
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Short Courses - Autumn-Winter 2026
Autumn/Winter 2026 dates are listed below. Click the green button for booking link or waitlist sign-up.
We are in the process of updating dates and enrolment details for the 2026-27 academic year. Some provisional courses for Spring 2027 are also listed below: click on the green button to join the waiting list for an alert as soon as the details are confirmed and booking opens for these courses.
Spring/Summer 2026 dates are listed below. Click the green cross to view info including booking link.
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| Course details: | Date | Centre | Format | Time | Price | Next step: | |
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| Composting Workshop | Workshop in our Herne Hill (Rosendale Rd) classroom with a maximum of 12 students. | Saturday 26th September | Herne Hill (Rosendale Rd) | Half-day workshop | 10.30am - 1.30pm | £55 | ENROL |
GARDEN DESIGN SHORT COURSE evening course | Learn the main priniciples of Garden Design and the practical processes of appraisal, mood & concept plans, measuring and drawing up plans, creating designs and planting plans, choosing hard and soft landscaping and making plant lists. 8-week course held over 9 weeks (1-week half term break) on Wednesday evenings in our Station Hall classroom in Herne Hill | Wed 30th Sep - Wed 25th Nov 2026 | Herne Hill (Station Hall) | 8-week course - evenings | 6-8pm | £450 | ENROL |
| Fruit & Vegetable Growing basics | Wherever you are growing your fruit and vegetables, whether that's in your garden or vegetable plot, or in containers on your balcony, there's always a lot to do for the the urban food grower. This practical workshop will start by looking at some general food-growing basics with an emphasis on 'low-maintenance' food growing. Students will then be taken through some seasonal practical tasks. We'll also look at how to compost and make your own growing mediums, and at how to use renewable, recyclable resources and organic practices. If weather and time allow there will also be a tour of a low-maintenance allotment plot and we'll discuss some of the traditional and less-traditional methods people use when growing fruit and vegetables. Morning workshop in our Herne Hill (Rosendale Rd) classroom with a maximum of 12 students. | Saturday 3rd October 2026 (am) | Herne Hill (Rosendale Rd) | Half-day workshop | 10.30am - 1.30pm | £55 | ENROL |
| Making the Most of Your Garden | Do you have a garden? An outside space? A windowsill? Come and develop your understanding of it, what is already there and how it can be enhanced. The aim of the course is for students to go away with a plan or, at the very minimum, knowledge of the potential of their space. | Saturday 10th & 17th October 2026 | Telegraph Hill | 2-day course (afternoons) | 2-5pm | £115 | ENROL |
| Wildlife-friendly Gardening | Workshop in our Herne Hill (Rosendale Rd) classroom with a maximum of 12 students. | Saturday 7th November | Herne Hill (Rosendale Rd) | Half-day workshop | 10.30am - 1.30pm | £55 | ENROL |
| Sustainability Workshop | A new workshop for anyone interested in Sustainability issues in Hortculture. | Saturday 14th November | Herne Hill (Rosendale Rd) | Daytime workshop | 10.30am - 1.30pm | £55 | ENROL |
| Christmas wreath-making workshops 2026 | A seasonal workshop to end the term with! Christmas Wreath-making using seasonal foliage and berries including some from your own garden if you wish. Learn how to construct a wreath from scratch and decorate with a selection of seasonal foliage & berries, gathered for you on the farm. You can make your design really personal by bringing along some of your own foliage too if you wish. You will leave with your own beautiful wreath to hang on your door which will last you well into the New Year. | Dates tbc (normally a few options in late Nov/early Dec | Herne Hill & Telegraph Hill | Afternoon & evening workshops | tbc | £65 (provisional) | Xmas 2026 - sign up for updates |
| Garden Design for Beginners | Garden design. What is it? How do they do it? This mini-course offers students the opportunity to think about gardens from a planning or design perspective. It aims to demystify the art and language of garden design as well as offering a few practical techniques for planning outside spaces. Course held on two consecutive Saturdays in our Herne Hill classroom with a maximum of 12 students. *This course was previously known as Garden Design for Beginners | Saturdays 30th Jan & 6th Feb 2027 (provisional) | Herne Hill (Rosendale Rd) | 2-day course (mornings) | 10.30am - 1.30pm | £115 | Join waiting list |
| Building a Career in Gardening | A new workshop looking at gardening for a living: study/training options, career paths and the ins and outs of running your own gardening business. Led by tutors who between them have done it all! We'll look at study and training options and how to get started in your own business: what to look out for, as well as covering some of the resources, tools and skills you might need -and the pitfalls you might meet - both right at the beginning and further down the line. | Saturday 27th Feb 2027 (provisional) | Herne Hill (Rosendale Rd) | Half-day workshop | 10.30am - 1.30pm | £50 | Join waiting list |
| INTRODUCTION TO HORTICULTURE - SHORT COURSEevening course | 8-week evening course introducing the basics of horticulture. Start learning more about horticulture, just in time for Spring! Informal, friendly and practical course; classroom-based with demonstrations and plenty of actual plants to illustrate the themes of each lesson. 8-week course (with half term break) starting in January on Wed evenings in our Station Hall classroom in Herne Hill | Weds 20th Jan - Weds 17th Mar 2027 | Herne Hill (Station Hall) | 8-week course - evenings | 6pm - 8pm | £450 | Join waiting list |
| Making the Most of Your Garden | Do you have a garden? An outside space? A windowsill? Come and develop your understanding of it, what is already there and how it can be enhanced. The aim of the course is for students to go away with a plan or, at the very minimum, knowledge of the potential of their space. | March, dates tbc | Herne Hill (Rosendale Rd) | 2-day course (mornings) | 10.30am - 1.30pm | £115 | Join waiting list |
| Houseplants Workshop | Help your existing houseplants to thrive and learn to propagate new ones! This workshop will introduce some house/office plants, look at how to care for them, and introduce you to some common propagation techniques. A fun and informative workshop giving you the confidence to grow houseplants for your home or for your office, friends and family. Morning workshop in our Herne Hill (Rosendale Rd) classroom | March, dates tbc | Herne Hill (Rosendale Rd) | Morning workshop | 10.30am - 1.30pm | £55 | Join waiting list |
| London School of Horticulture Spring Symposium | Our second mini-symposium, bringing together Londoners interested in horticulture for a lively and interesting evening of speakers and events ... with wine, snacks and lots of opportunities to interact with the speakers and each other. | March, date tbc | Herne Hill (Station Hall) | Evening symposium | 6-9pm | £20/£15 (conc) | Join waiting list |
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All courses are for adults only
Part-time Course: 'A Year in the Garden'
| Course | Course details: | Start Date | Centre | Day | Time | Price | Next step: |
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| A Year in the Garden | Daytime course | Tuesday 15th September 2026 | Herne Hill (Rosendale Rd) | Tuesdays | 10.30am - 2.30pm | £295 reservation deposit plus £890 per term | ENROL |
| A Year in the Garden | Daytime course | Friday 18th September 2026 | Telegraph Hill | Fridays | 10.30am - 2.30pm | £295 reservation deposit plus £890 per term | ENROL |
| A Year in the Garden 'lite' (3 stand-alone evening courses covering the basics between them) evening course | A series of 3 rolling one-term (8-week) evening courses which between them cover the essentials of horticulture, basic garden design and practical gardening | SEPTEMBER 2026 | Herne Hill (Station Hall) | Wednesdays (evenings). Autumn 2026: Intro to Garden Design (8 weeks); Spring 2027: Intro to Horticulture (8 weeks) Summer 2027: Practical Horticulture (4 weeks tbc) | 6pm -8pm | Intro to Garden Design/Intro to Horticulture - £450 Practical Gardening - £295 | More info |