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FOOD AND GARDENINGFOOD DAYS 27food courses 27Garden lectures 28GARDEN COURSES 28–29KEYSuitable for AllIntermediateBeginnersAdvancedGarden LecturesSeasonal Inspirations – the latesttrends for flower arrangingJune 22For further information please see Events onpage 6.Taster days: See page 8Late summer pizzazz – dahlias,grasses and stylish perennialsAugust 24GL4020 | £66 | NEW |Garden centres may try to sell us short squatplants, but real gardeners prefer them tall andelegant. They also like plants that extend theseason, ones that can be used with late, tallgrasses. Come and find out about the bestasters, grasses, yellow daisies and lots of otherairy plants that die beautifully.VAL BOURNERabbit’s eye view – long term plantperformanceSeptember 21GL4087 | £66 | NEW |How long will plants survive? Will they spread?How will my new border look in five yearstime? This full-day garden-based workshop aimsto encourage participants to observe gardenand landscape plants, focusing on their growththrough the year, looking at how they competewith each other, how to assess prospects fortheir longevity and their suitability for a varietyof garden locations.dr NOEL KINGSBURYPage 8Taster DaysSummer 2013For more informationplease see pages 8–10Garden CoursesFrom plot to plate – cooking from yourown vegetable gardenJune 81D3887 | £105 |This course will help you keep your vegetablegarden or allotment productive by suggestingwhat you could be planting and harvesting andhow to turn them into delicious home-cookeddishes. Rosie’s tips are practical and proven,drawing on years of successful growing to feedher family. Over in the cookery room Rosemarywill show you how to use some of the earlysummer harvest for recipes that are packedfull of flavour, practical and easy to prepare foreveryday and special occasions.ROSEMARY MOON AND ROSIE YEOMANSMetalwork for the gardenJune 16–215D3911 | £559 | NEW |Please see page 36 for further information.PETER PARKINSONSculptural willow for the gardenJuly 1–32D3937 | £205 | NEW | /Please see page 21 for further information.DOMINIC PARRETTESummer propagation – plants for freeJuly 201D3967 | £123 |Learn how to increase your plant stock byusing simple methods of propagation. Duringthis hands-on practical day try out variousmethods including division, root cuttings, softand hardwood cuttings, seed collection andtreatments – all valuable techniques for you toapply to your own garden.SALLY GREGSONEnamelled sculpture for the gardenAugust 3–9SS3988 | £641 (incl all dinners)SUMMER SCHOOL |Please see page 33 for further information.JOAN MACKARELLFront gardens – how to make the mostof themSeptember 141D4067 | £102 |Front gardens are arguably more importantthan back gardens. How can they look stunningand still service our modern lifestyles? Throughdiscussion and practical workshops thiscomprehensive one-day course will guide youup the garden path helping you to make yourfront garden the envy of the neighbourhood.PETER BONNEYRe-vamping a tired borderSeptember 151D4069 | £102 | NEW |Do you need help with putting the life backinto an old border? Perhaps it’s full of perennialweeds, large clumps of bully-boy perennials orhas areas where shrubs and trees have turned aonce-sunny border into a shady one. This onedaycourse will help you to refresh your ideas,get back on track and improve your garden.SALLY GREGSONGardens photography – close-upsand vistasSeptember 26–29LW4098 | £310 | NEW |Please see page 41 for further information.JACQUI HURST28Fees listed for each course are non-residential – please see page 67 for accommodation costs | Short Courses May–October 2013
TutorsFOOD AND GARDENINGMaking garden vessels or sculpturesin metalSeptember 27–29WE4103 | £244 |Please see page 36 for further information.MIKE SAVAGEWillow work for the gardenSeptember 30–October 33D4108 | £302 | /Please see page 21 for further information.DOMINIC PARRETTETrees in the gardenOctober 141D4143 | £110 | NEW |Trees are such a dominant and long-livedelement in the garden that their choosingand planting is the subject of considerabledeliberation. This course will help you to makethe right choice for your garden as you learnpractical skills for planting, pruning and aftercare.STEPHEN SMITHGetting the best out of your allotmentOctober 191D4155 | £102 | /Whether you are new to allotments or inneed of help with an existing one – whobetter to learn from than the Manager ofthe BBC Gardeners’ Question Time garden?Rosie Yeomans is keen to share her wealth ofexperience, including growing systems, choosingthe best varieties and adapting techniques‘allotment style’.ROSIE YEOMANSThe small gardenOctober 191D4156 | £102 |Small gardens are challenging to design.Following her experiences in the BBC Televisionseries Small Town Gardens, Annie Guilfoyle willfocus on designing and maintaining interest ina small site without overfilling the space. Afterlearning the basic principles, you can expect towork on your own designs.ANNIE GUILFOYLEGrowing plants to sellOctober 201D4157 | £102 |Do you want to turn your passion into abusiness? Discover everything that is involvedin running a small, micro-nursery. This day ispacked with useful tips and ideas on whichplants to grow, where to sell, transporting plantsand setting up a stall and equipment that youmight need.ROSIE YEOMANSALEX BARKER loves to fiddle with food! Aftera career in magazine cookery writing. Alex set upan international food picture library supplying thepictures that make you drool over recipes. She haswritten many cookery books and specialises in foodthat looks and tastes sensational.PETER BONNEY began his career teachinggeography until his love of design led him toa change of direction. Since 1994 he has beendesigning gardens, not only in the UK but also Italy,France and even Hollywood.VAL BOURNE is an award winning garden writer,photographer and lecturer. Writing for the DailyTelegraph’s gardening section and many othergardening magazines. She has also written a numberof books, including the award-winning NaturalGardener.ALEXA GOODWIN lives in Surrey, with herhusband and their three daughters. She enjoyscreating simple, delicious Indian food for her familyand friends, using locally sourced ingredients. Withher two sisters, Alexa has successfully broughtauthentic, Indian cooking to the home, through thepublication of The Three Sisters Indian Cookbooks.SALLY GREGSON has run her own nursery, MillCottage Plants, for nearly 20 years. She lecturesinternationally and has written two books – PracticalPropagation and Ornamental Vegetable Gardening.ANNIE GUILFOYLE has a degree in GardenDesign from the Middlesex University and combineslecturing with professional practice. Her work wasfeatured in BBC television’s Small Town Gardens.SUE HINGSTON is a professional florist whotrained and worked in London. She has taught atMcQueens Flower School and creates floral displaysfor various occasions including West Dean’s AppleAffair.DR. NOEL KINGSBURY is a widely publishedwriter of books on garden design and plants. He hasbuilt up a reputation for designing gardens with anaturalistic feel.CHRISTINE MCFADDEN is a much publishedand internationally respected food writer. She iswell-known for her magazine features on local foodproducers and has written on flavours for the RHSThe Garden magazine. Her books, Pepper, the Spicethat Changed the World, and The Farm Shop CookBook were both nominated for international foodmedia awards.ROSEMARY MOON has spent the last 30 yearsbased in Chichester, entertaining and amusingpeople by writing, talking and teaching aboutfood. After many years travelling, broadcasting anddemonstrating she has made West Dean a centrefor her demonstrations to encourage people to usemore local and seasonal foods.JULIET SARGEANT is a garden designer basednear Brighton with an award-winning garden onpermanent display at the RHS Garden Wisley. She isjoint author of A New Naturalism and is the Chair ofThe Society of Garden Designers.STEPHEN SMITH is a Horticulturalist and LandscapeHistorian until recently managing a number ofsquares for the Grosvenor Estate. Currently workingas a freelance consultant specialising in historiclandscapes and horticultural training.GILES THOMPSON trained as a chef under MichelBourdin at the Connaught, and was latterly ExecutiveChef at The Ritz. Before moving to Chichester hewas Head of School at Le Cordon Bleu CulinaryAcademy in Marylebone. He now runs restaurantsat the Earl of March and The Partridge, nearWest Dean.SARAH WAIN trained in Australia and then workedat the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. She and herhusband, head gardener, Jim Buckland now work atWest Dean Gardens where they have restored thekitchen garden.ROSIE YEOMANS M.Hort. is a lecturer, consultantand broadcaster and the Manager of the BBC Radio4 Gardeners’ Question Time Garden in Hampshire. In2011 she won the New Garden Media Talent of theYear Award.noel kingsbury0844 4994408 | bookingsoffice@westdean.org.uk | on-line booking at www.westdean.org.uk29
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