LANDSCAPE SERVICES
HIGH QUALITY
EDUCATIONAL EVENTS
AND WORKSHOPS
Garden Masterclass is an educational
programme created over four
years ago by garden designer Annie
Guilfoyle and horticulturalist and
writer Noel Kingsbury. Both Annie
and Noel realised that there was
simply not enough high quality
educational events and workshops
on offer for professional garden
designers, landscape architects
and horticulturalists. The Garden
Masterclass programme is
deliberately held in locations all
over the United Kingdom, Ireland
and continental Europe, as in the
past there has been very little on
offer outside the south-east.
The tutor list includes many of
the most highly respected names
in the landscape design and
horticultural industry such as Dan
Pearson, Tom Stuart-Smith, Olivier
Filippi, Nigel Dunnett and James
Hitchmough. Group numbers are
purposely limited to a maximum
of between 20 to 30 people,
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ensuring that attendees receive
high-quality learning with the
tutor, smaller numbers also enable
extremely thought-provoking group
discussions. Events may be lecture
based or offer a more hands-on,
practical workshop approach to
learning.
This year there are several events
specifically aimed at landscape
architects, such as a seminar-
based study day at Hestercombe
in Somerset, with landscape and
heritage consultant Deborah Evans,
who will focus on design issues
in the historic environment. For
horticulturalists there is plenty
on offer, including a day at the
magnificent Exbury Gardens in
Hampshire, focusing on trees and
shrubs led by Jim Gardiner, the
former Director of Horticulture
at Wisley. James Hitchmough,
Professor of Horticultural Ecology
at Sheffield comes to The Horniman
Museum in London to study the
deep gravel herbaceous planting
system that he has designed there.
Tom Stuart-Smith will be explaining
his approach to the large-scale
planting schemes that he has
designed at Chatsworth. Landscape
architects Giacomo Guzzon, Ton
Muller and Zac Tudor will be
discussing sustainable planting for
the public realm.
Important new subjects this year
include natural swimming pool
design and specification with
designer and swimming pool
specialist Sarah Murch, and the
transformation of a brown-field site
into a ‘post-wild’ family garden with
Jo Mckerr and Marina Christopher.
Study days run from 10am until 4.30
and include lunch and refreshments.
To find out more about this
extensive programme go to:
www.gardenmasterclass.org or
email [email protected]
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