Course schedule
See below for our full class list and to register for your course
Short Courses - Spring/Summer 2025
Our short courses for Spring/Summer 2024 have now finished. We will be adding our Autumn 2024 dates here soon.
| Course details: | Date | Centre | Format | Time | Price | Next step: | |
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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 Monday evenings in our Station Hall classroom in Herne Hill | Monday 20th January 2025 - Monday 17th March | Herne Hill (Station Hall) | 8-week course - evenings | 5pm - 7pm | £425 | 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 8th & Sat 15th February 2025 | Herne Hill (Rosendale Rd) | 2-day course (mornings) | 10.30am - 1.30pm | £105 | 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 8th March 2025 | Herne Hill (Rosendale Rd) | Half-day workshop | 10.30am - 1.30pm | £49 | 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 15th & Sat 22nd March 2025 | Herne Hill (Rosendale Rd) | 2-day course (mornings) | 10.30am - 1.30pm | £105 | 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 29th March 2025 | Herne Hill (Rosendale Rd) | Half-day workshop | 10.30am - 1.30pm | £49 | ENROL |
| 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 after Easter on Wed evenings in our Station Hall classroom in Herne Hill | Weds 30th April - Weds 25th June 2025 | Herne Hill (Station Hall) | 8-week course - evenings | 6pm - 8pm | £375 | 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. Afternoon workshop in our Herne Hill (Rosendale Rd) classroom with a maximum of 12 students. | Saturday 10 May 2025 | Herne Hill (Rosendale Rd) | Half-day workshop | 2pm - 5pm | £49 | ENROL |
| Introduction to Garden Design | 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 10th & 17th May | Herne Hill | 2-day course (mornings) | 10.30am - 1.30pm | £95 | ENROL |
| Propagating Garden Plants | The most cost-effective way to a beautiful garden! By growing from seed, taking cuttings and dividing existing plants you can create a garden at a fraction of the cost of buying at a garden centre. Our Beginners Propagation Workshop will show you the tips, tricks and techniques required to fill your garden with colour and fragrance through the year. Saturday workshop in our Herne Hill (Rosendale Rd) classroom with a maximum of 12 students. | Saturday 24th May | Herne Hill (Rosendale Rd) | Morning workshop | 10.30am - 1.30pm | £49 | ENROL |
| Propagating Garden Plants | The most cost-effective way to a beautiful garden! By growing from seed, taking cuttings and dividing existing plants you can create a garden at a fraction of the cost of buying at a garden centre. Our Beginners Propagation Workshop will show you the tips, tricks and techniques required to fill your garden with colour and fragrance through the year. Saturday workshop in our Herne Hill (Rosendale Rd) classroom with a maximum of 12 students. | Saturday 15th June | Herne Hill (Rosendale Rd) | Morning workshop | 10.30am - 1.30pm | £49 | ENROL |
| Practical Gardening Skillsevening course | A four-week practical course covering some essential knowledge and techniques for the gardener. Learn about choosing plants, and keeping them alive and healthy. Understand the soil and the seasons. Explore how to plan your gardening. Other topics include seeds, weeds, planting, maintenance, soil improvement, digging, not digging, propagating ... A fun, confidence-building course aimed at beginner & intermediate gardeners but open to anyone. Monday evening course in Herne Hill with a small group | Summer 2025 (four weeks) tbc | Herne Hill | 4-week course (one evening per week) | 5-8pm | £245 | ENROL |
| Composting Workshop (tbc) | Workshop in our Herne Hill (Rosendale Rd) classroom with a maximum of 12 students. | Saturday 19th October 2025 (provisional) | Herne Hill (Rosendale Rd) | Half-day workshop (pm) | 10.30am - 1.30pm | £49 | REGISTER |
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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 | SEPTEMBER 2025 | Herne Hill (Rosendale Rd) | Tuesdays | 10.30am - 2.30pm | 2025 details not yet announced | Join advance waiting list |
| A Year in the Garden | Daytime course | SEPTEMBER 2025 | Telegraph Hill | Fridays | 10.30am - 2.30pm | 2025 details not yet announced | Join advance waiting list |
| A Year in the Gardenevening course | Evening course | SEPTEMBER 2025 | Herne Hill (Station Hall) | Mondays (evening) | 5pm -7pm | 2025 details not yet announced | Join advance waiting list |