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Courses and workshops 2020 To book any of these courses, please call 020 3176 5830 1
RHS Hyde Hall
Introduction Contents
Courses and workshops 04
at a glance
Horticulture 08
In this brochure you will find a wide range of courses and workshops to inspire
your experience and knowledge of plants and gardens, from pruning and Creative 21
propagation to art and photography.
Whether you enjoy creative days out or short
courses for building your skills, we hope you find
something to suit you in the following pages. The Photography 33
courses offer the opportunity to learn alongside
RHS horticulturists and experts in their field in the
amazing, unique setting of RHS Garden Hyde Hall.
Our 2020 programme aims to provide horticultural
sessions to suit everyone, whether you are just Further Information 37
starting out with a garden or are already confident
in your horticultural ability and looking to broaden
your skills. We have once again extended our
range of creative courses and workshops to cover
photography, willow weaving and a variety of Back cover
traditional and contemporary crafts.
How to book
The Royal Horticultural Society is a UK charity
established to share the best in gardening. We want
to enrich everyone’s life through plants, and make the
UK a greener and more beautiful place. We are entirely How to find us Back cover
funded by our members, visitors and supporters.
We hope you find a course to match your needs and
look forward to welcoming you to the garden and
Clore Learning Centre in 2020.
2 To book any of these courses, please call 020 3176 5830 To book any of these courses, please call 020 3176 5830 3
Courses and workshops at a glance Courses and workshops at a glance
Courses and workshops
at a glance Date
Friday 17 April
Time
10am to 4pm
Type
Photography
Course Title
The Art of Garden Photography
New
Course
Page
No.
34
Wednesday 22 April 11am to 1pm Horticulture Natural Plant Supports 11
Saturday 25 April 10.30am to 3.30pm Horticulture Starting from Scratch - Propagation 12
Date Time Type Course Title New Page
Course No. May
January Friday 1 May 11am to 1pm Horticulture What Now? - May and June 12
Thursday 30 January 11am to 1pm Horticulture Getting the best out of your roses NEW 8 Saturday 2 May 5.30am to 9am Horticulture Hyde Hall at Sunrise 12
February Thursday 7 May 10.30am to 12.30pm Horticulture Lawn Care for your Garden 12
Friday 7 February 11am to 1.30pm Horticulture Designing with plants 8 Saturday 9 May 10.30am to 4pm Horticulture Starting from Scratch - Fruit and 13
Vegetables
Saturday 8 February 11am to 1.30pm Horticulture Designing with plants 8
Saturday 16 May 10.30am to 3.30pm Creative An introduction to Lino Printing 23
Monday 10 February 10.30am to 1.30pm Creative Embroidered Flowers NEW 21
Wednesday 20 May 11am to 1pm Horticulture Plants for Difficult Places 13
Thursday 27 February 11am to 1pm Horticulture Plants for winter Interest 9
Tuesday 26 May 10am to 4pm Creative Moving on with Watercolour NEW 24
Saturday 29 February 10.30am to 3.30pm Creative An introduction to Lino-Printing 21
Wednesday 27 May 10.30am to 4.30pm Creative Joacobean Crewelwork: Flower in a Vase NEW 24
March
Friday 29 May 10.30am to 4pm Creative Willow Weaving - Garden Obelisk and 24
Thursday 5 March 11am to 1pm Horticulture Early spring pruning 9
Tension Platter
Saturday 7 March 11am to 1pm Horticulture What Now? March and April 9
Saturday 30 May 10am to 5pm Creative Introduction to Aromatherapy & Natural NEW 25
Saturday 7 March 10.30am to 3.30pm Horticulture Starting from Scratch - How to garden 10 Skincare
Thursday 19 March 10am to 3.30pm Horticulture Plant Pests and Diseases 10 June
Saturday 21 March 10.30am to4pm Photography Indoor Botanical Studio Photography NEW 33 Saturday 6 June 10am to 4pm Creative Introduction to Weaving 25
Thursday 26 March 11am to 1.30pm Horticulture Success with seeds and cuttings 11 Thursday 11 June 10.30am to 1.30pm Horticulture Summer Pruning 14
Friday 27 March 11am to 1pm Horticulture Wildlife walk NEW 11 Saturday 13 June 10am to 4pm Photography Learn to control Your Camera 34
Saturday 28 March 10am to 4pm Creative Seasonal Blooms - Paper Flowers NEW 22 Thursday 18 June 11am to 12.30pm Horticulture The Curator's Summer Splendour Walk 14
April Saturday 20 June 10.30am to 4pm Creative Rag Rug Making for Beginners 26
Thursday 2 April 11am to 12.30 Horticulture The Curator's Spring Stroll 11 Tuesday 23 June 11am to 1pm Horticulture Wildlife Walk NEW 14
Saturday 4 April 10.30am to 3.30pm Creative Birds in Fabric and Threads NEW 22 Saturday 27 June 10.30am to 4.30pm Creative Painting in Acrylics - Flowers in Bloom NEW 26
Wednesday 8 April 10.30am to 4pm Creative Willow Weaving - Garden Obelisk and 23 July
Tension Platter
Thursday 2 July 11am to 1pm Horticulture Creating Beautiful Borders 15
Thursday 9 April 10.30am to 4pm Creative Willow Weaving - Low Hurdle and Fedge NEW 23
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Courses and workshops at a glance Courses and workshops at a glance
Date Time Type Course Title New Page Date Time Type Course Title New Page
Course No. Course No.
Saturday 4 July 10.30am to 4pm Creative Watercolour: Pond life with NEW 27 October
watercolour, ink and resist
Saturday 3 October 11am to 1pm Horticulture What Now? - Oct/Nov 18
Tuesday 7 July 11am to 1pm Horticulture Get the Look - Garden design styles 15
Wednesday 7 October 11am to 1pm Horticulture Grow your Own - preparing for next year 19
Wednesday 8 July 11am to 1pm Horticulture What Now? July/Aug 15
Saturday 10 October 10.30am to 3.30 Creative Coloured Pencils - Botanical 29
Saturday 11 July 10.30am to 3.30pm Creative Mosaic Garden Mirror NEW 27
Thursday 15 October 11am to 1pm Horticulture Rose Pruning - climbers & ramblers 19
Wednesday 15 July 11am to 12.30pm Horticulture Hyde Hall - Behind the Scenes 16
Saturday 17 October 11am to 1pm Horticulture Rose Pruning - climbers & ramblers 20
Thursday 16 July 2pm to 8pm Photography The Art of Garden Photography 35
afternoon/evening Friday 23 October 10am to 1pm Creative Beginners Knitting Workshop NEW 30
Saturday 18 July 10am to 4pm Photography Learn to Control Your Camera 34 November
Thursday 23 July 11am to 12.30 Horticulture Global Growth Veg Garden Tour 16 Thursday 12 November 10.15am to 3.15pm Creative Mosaic Garden Mirror NEW 30
Saturday 25 July 10am to 5pm Creative From Plant to Perfume NEW 27 Saturday 14 November 10am to 3.30pm Creative Rag Rug - Christmas Wreath making NEW 31
Monday 27 July 10am to 1pm Creative Felted Bowls 28 Thursday 19 November 11am to 1pm Horticulture How to Make and Use Compost 20
August Saturday 21 November 10am to 1.30pm Creative Willow Weaving - Willow Star NEW 31
Friday 14 August 6pm to 9pm Horticulture Bat Evening 16 Wednesday 25 November 11am to 12.30pm Horticulture Curator's Winter Walk 20
Thursday 13 August 11am to 1pm Horticulture Get the Best out of your Hedges 17 Friday 27 November 10am to 1pm Creative Traditional Christmas Wreath 31
Saturday 15 August 10am to 4.30pm Creative Willow Weaving - Zarzo basket NEW 28 Saturday 28 November 10am to 1pm Creative Traditional Christmas Wreath 32
Thursday 20 August 11am to 1pm Horticulture Alpine & succulent ceramic planter NEW 17
Saturday 22 August 10am to 4pm Creative Introduction to Acrylics NEW 28
Wednesday 26 August 11am to 12.30 Horticulture Curator's Late Summer Walk 17
September
Wednesday 2 September 10am to 4pm Photography Learn to Control Your Camera 34
Thursday 3 September 11am to 1.30 Horticulture Seeds - collecting, saving and sowing 18
Friday 4 September 11am to 12.30pm Horticulture What's that Plant? Understanding plant NEW 18
names
Saturday 5 September 10.30am to 4pm Photography Creative Tree Photography 35
Saturday 12 September 10am to 4pm Photography The Art of Garden Photography 36
Thursday 17 September 11am to 1pm Horticulture Wildlife Walk NEW 18
Saturday 19 September 9am to 5.30pm Creative Willow Weaving - Polish Basket 29
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Horticulture Horticulture
Plants for Winter Interest
Thursday 27 February 11am -1pm
Tutor: Andy Tebbutt
The winter months can be a cold, grey and stark time
in the garden. Join the Hyde Hall Gardeners to help
readdress the balance by highlighting plants and
combinations that can be used to bring colour, scent
and ‘elegant decay’ in to the garden throughout the
winter months.
This session will take place both in the class room and
outside so please come appropriately dressed.
Fee: RHS Members £18, Non-RHS Members £31
Skill Level: General/Beginner
Booking essential on 020 3176 5830
Maximum 20 places
Event code: 15376
Early Spring Pruning
Thursday 5 March 11am – 1pm
Tutor: Tom Freeman
Horticulture
Pruning shrubs in early spring will help plants to
remain shapely and will encourage strong new
growth and lots of flowers for the summer season.
Our experts will cover pruning principles and give
practical demonstrations. This session will take place
NEW Getting the Best out of Designing with Plants outside so please come appropriately dressed.
Your Roses Workshop Fee: RHS Members £18, Non-RHS Members £31
Thursday 30 January 11am-1pm Friday 7 February or Skill Level: General/Beginner
Tutor: Lee Hood Saturday 8 February 11am - 1.30pm Booking essential on 020 3176 5830
Maximum 15 places
Roses are one of the most popular garden plants, Tutor: Mary Jarman
Event code: 15378 What Now? – Your Garden in
they are easy to grow and live for many years if
looked after properly. This workshop will provide you
Gain an insight into creative and innovative
planting design to enhance your garden. Covering
March – April
with expert advice from an experienced member of plant selection and combinations for impact as Saturday 7 March 11am – 1pm
our Gardening Team, on choosing the best roses for well as problem solving plants. Ideal for those Tutor: Garden Team
your garden, planting and feeding them, deadheading starting a new garden or those planning to If you’re unsure what you should be doing in the
and recognising and managing pests and diseases. refresh an established area. garden at this time of year, then let our experts guide
Please note this session does not cover rose pruning. Fee: RHS Members £35, Non-RHS Members £48 you. This seasonal workshop covers staking, planting,
This session will take place outside so please come Skill Level: General/Beginner lifting and dividing. This session will take place outside
appropriately dressed. Booking essential on 020 3176 5830 so please come appropriately dressed.
Maximum 20 places Fee: RHS Members £18, Non-RHS Members £31
Fee: RHS Members £18, Non-RHS Members £31
Event code: 15373 & 15374 Skill Level: General/Beginner
Skill Level: General/Beginner
Booking essential on 020 3176 5830 Booking essential on 020 3176 5830
Maximum 15 places Maximum 20 places
Event code: 15372 Event code: 15379
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Horticulture Horticulture
Success with Seeds and The Curator’s Spring Stroll
Cuttings - Spring Thursday 2 April 11am – 12.30pm
Thursday 26 March 11am – 1.30pm Tutor: Robert Brett
Tutor: Heather Cutmore Join RHS Garden Hyde Hall’s enthusiastic Curator
Master the techniques of propagation and you will Robert Brett for the first of our seasonal garden
be rewarded with new plants for free. We will show walks. Enjoy the splendour of spring flowers and the
you how to take cuttings, sow seeds and care for your freshness of the new season’s growth. Learn about
new plants, so come summer, your garden will be a the plants that put on a show at this time of year as
blaze of colour. you take a gentle stroll around the garden.
Fee: RHS Members £31, Non-RHS Members £44 Fee: RHS Members £18, Non-RHS Members £31
Skill Level: General/Beginner Booking essential on 020 3176 5830
Booking essential on 020 3176 5830 Maximum 20 places
Maximum 15 places Event code: 15386
Event code: 15383
Natural Plant Supports
Wednesday 22 April 11am – 1pm
Tutor: Brendan Arundel
Understanding what, when and how to stake and
support herbaceous perennials can fill you with
uncertainty. Do you ever look at a border and
wonder how everything stands up so well? Want
to avoid seeing your plants flopping and snapping
and then frantically trying to support them, or
lamenting not doing so? This practical workshop
will supply you with the knowledge, understanding
Starting from Scratch – Plant Pests and Diseases and methods to enable you to become confident
How to Garden Thursday 19 March 10am-3.30pm with supporting plants in your own garden. It will
Saturday 7 March 10.30am – 3.30pm Tutor: RHS Plant Health Team NEW Wildlife Walk cover support methods and context, materials,
timing, techniques and understanding which
Tutor: Lucy Chamberlain Are you fed up with your plants being nibbled or Friday 27 March 11am-1pm herbaceous plants need to be considered
If you are new to gardening and want help with getting keeling over without warning? Learn about the pests Tutor: Elliot Wagstaff for staking.
started this is the course for you. and diseases most likely to attack your plants, how to Join Elliot Wagstaff, Garden Team Leader, for an
spot them and what to do about them. This workshop will take place outside. Please bring
During the day, we will take you back to basics and informative seasonal walk of the Hyde Hall estate. secateurs, gloves and wear suitable footwear.
guide you through some of the essentials of gardening. This session will cover the identification and control Elliot will share with you his passion for the natural
of a variety of common garden enemies. There will Fee: RHS Members £18 Non-RHS Members £31
We will introduce you to the process of choosing the world and his in depth knowledge of Skill Level: General
also be hands on session to show pests and diseases Hyde Hall’s wildlife from birds and insects to plants
right plants for your garden, how to prepare your soil in context. Booking essential on 020 3176 5830
and care for your plants. Learn how to spot pests and and trees. Maximum 15 places
diseases and identify troublesome weeds. We’ll give Fee: RHS Members £50, Non-RHS Members £63 You will visit the quieter areas of the garden such Event code: 15391
you expert advice and practical experience that will Skill level: General as the woodland and meadows where our wildlife
enable you to create and maintain a beautiful garden. Booking essential on 020 3176 5830 flourishes so don’t forget your camera!
Maximum 20 places
Fee: RHS Members £50, Non-RHS Members £63 Event code: 15381 Fee: RHS Members £18, Non-RHS Members £31
Skill Level: Beginner Skill Level: N/A
Booking essential on 020 3176 5830 Booking essential on 020 3176 5830
Maximum 15 places Maximum 20 places
Event code: 15380 Event code: 15384
10 To book any of these courses, please call 020 3176 5830 11
Horticulture Horticulture
Starting from Scratch – will equipment for keeping your lawn in tip top
condition.
Propagation
This workshop will take place outside.
Saturday 25 Apri 10.30am – 3.30pm
Fee: RHS Members £18 Non-RHS Members £31
Tutor: Heather Cutmore
Skill Level: General
Learn how to grow your own plants from scratch and Booking essential on 020 3176 5830
save a fortune. If you are new to gardening or trying Maximum 15 places
to grasp the essentials of propagation, this course will Event code: 15395
guide you step by step through everything you need
to know about planting seeds and taking cuttings.
The session will include demonstrations and practical Starting from Scratch –
activities with the opportunity to take home plenty of A Beginner’s Guide to
examples for further nurturing. Growing Fruit and Vegetables
Fee: RHS Members £50, Non-RHS Members £63
Saturday 9 May 10.30am - 4pm
Skill Level: Beginner
Booking essential on 020 3176 5830
Tutor: Lucy Chamberlain
Maximum 15 places Join local Head Gardener Lucy Chamberlain for
Event code: 15392 a day-course showing you how to grow delicious
Hyde Hall at Sunrise home-grown fruit and vegetables. Classroom
Saturday 2 May 5.30am – 9.00am sessions will teach you how to choose the most
What Now - Your Garden in suitable fruit and veg for your plot, keep it free from
Tutor: Elliot Wagstaff and Neil Summner
May & June Explore the natural world of Hyde Hall as a new
pests and diseases, and guarantee bumper harvests.
Friday 1 May 11am - 1pm You’ll also visit the new Global Growth edible garden
day begins. Walk the estate with a team of wildlife
Tutor: Garden Team and take part in a sowing workshop. A fruit pruning
experts from Essex Wildlife Trust and the Royal
demonstration will complete the day.
If you’re unsure what you should be doing when, Horticultural Society. Catch the dawn chorus
then let our experts guide you. This workshop covers and other wildlife as it awakes and enjoy the early Fee: RHS Members £50, Non-RHS Members £63
coping with weeds, lawn care, bedding, feeding, pests morning tranquillity of the garden. This walk Skill Level: Beginner
and diseases. This session will take place outside so includes a breakfast stop at the Clover Café Booking essential on 020 3176 5830
please come appropriately dressed. for a bacon roll and hot mug of tea or coffee. Maximum 15 places
Vegetarian option available. Event code: 15396
Fee: RHS Members £18, Non-RHS Members £31
Skill Level: General Fee: RHS Members £29, Non-RHS Members £42
Booking essential on 020 3176 5830 Booking essential on 020 3176 5830 Plants for Difficult Places
Maximum 20 places Maximum 20 places Wednesday 20 May 11am-1pm
Event code: 15393 Event code: 15394 Tutor: Christine Woodhouse
Learn which plants to plant where and your garden
Lawn Care for Your Garden will never disappoint you again. Our experts will
Thursday 7 May 10.30am – 12.30pm show you a range of plants which will flourish
Tutor: Nigel Downs in those awkward places, as well as covering
soil preparation to help you get the best display
The lush green lawns at Hyde Hall are much
possible from your plants.
admired by our many visitors. This session gives
you the opportunity to learn the techniques This session will take place outside so please come
needed for achieving a healthy lawn. Our turf appropriately dressed.
experts will explain how to renovate a grass area Fee: RHS Members £18, Non-RHS Members £31
that is past its best and maintain its appearance Booking essential on 020 3176 5830
by feeding, weeding and mowing. Grass types Maximum 20 places
for different situations will be discussed, as Event code: 15398
12 To book any of these courses, please call 020 3176 5830 13
Horticulture Horticulture
Summer Pruning spectacular borders. Immerse yourself in the vibrant It will explain and demonstrate how to group plants
colours and heady scents of the season and learn to best effect.
Thursday 11 June 10.30am -1.30pm
about the plants that put on a show at this time of The session will be outside so please come
Tutor: Tom Freeman
year as you take a gentle stroll around the garden. appropriately dressed.
This demonstration will show you the correct way
Fee: RHS Members £18, Non-RHS Members £31 Fee: RHS Members £18, Non-RHS Members £31
to prune deciduous shrubs that flower in late winter,
Booking essential on 020 3176 5830 Skill Level: General/Beginner
spring and early summer. It will cover renovation
Maximum 20 places Booking essential on 020 3176 5830
pruning of overgrown shrubs, and evergreens and will
Event code: 15406 Maximum 15 places
include some summer pruning of perennials including
Chelsea chopping and cutting back for a second flush. Event code: 15412
This workshop will take place outside so please come NEW Wildlife Walk
appropriately dressed. Tuesday 23 June 11am-1pm What Now - Your Garden in
Fee: RHS Members £20, Non-RHS Members £33 Tutor: Elliot Wagstaff July & August
Skill Level: General Join Elliot Wagstaff, Garden Team Leader, for an Wednesday 8 July 11am - 1pm
Booking essential on 020 3176 5830 informative seasonal walk of the Hyde Hall estate.
Maximum 15 places If you’re unsure what you should be doing when, then
Elliot will share with you his passion for the natural let our experts guide you. This workshop covers
Event code: 15404 world and his in depth knowledge of Hyde Hall’s watering, dead-heading, tender perennials and
wildlife from birds and insects to plants and trees. summer pruning.
The Curator’s Summer You will visit the quieter areas of the garden such
Creating Beautiful Borders
Thursday 2 July 11am – 1pm Fee: RHS Members £18, Non-RHS Members £31
Splendour Walk as the woodland and meadows where our wildlife Skill Level: General/Beginner
flourishes so don’t forget your camera! Learn everything you need to know about growing Booking essential on 020 3176 5830
Thursday 18 June 11am – 12.30pm the perfect borders from selecting suitable plants, to
Tutor: Robert Brett Fee: RHS Members £18, Non-RHS Members £31 Maximum 20 places
Skill Level: N/A maintenance and aftercare. The event will include a Event code: 15413
Join RHS Garden Hyde Hall’s enthusiastic Curator Booking essential on 020 3176 5830 visit to our magnificent borders.
Robert Brett on an inspiring and informative tour Maximum 20 places Fee: RHS Members £18, Non-RHS Members £31
of Hyde Hall. Visit areas of the garden that others Event code: 15408 Skill Level: General/Beginner
don’t see and enjoy the summer splendour of our Booking essential on 020 3176 5830
Maximum 20 places
Event code: 15410
Get the Look – Garden Design
Styles
Tuesday 7 July 11am -1pm
Tutor: Cath Fairhall-Lewis
An exploration of planting design styles at Hyde Hall
and how to create your own. What sort of look are
you after? Do you want to create a cottage garden, a
woodland glade or perhaps a prairie border? Come
and be inspired by the many different design styles
at the Garden and find out how to create your own
scaled down version at home.
The workshop will take the form of a walk and talk
around the garden. Picking out planting styles and
discussing how and why they work and identifying
key plants.
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Horticulture Horticulture
Get the Best Out of Your Curator’s Late Summer Walk
Hedges Wednesday 26 August 11am-12.30pm
Thursday 13 August 11am – 1pm Tutor: Robert Brett
Tutor: Christine Woodhouse Join RHS Garden Hyde Hall’s Curator Robert Brett on
Christine will explore a variety of plants ideal for use a tour of Hyde Hall. Visit Rob’s favourite places in the
as hedging, either for large boundaries or dividing garden and get an insight into the plants he loves.
small garden areas, formally or informally, evergreen, Fee: RHS Members £18, Non-RHS Members £31
deciduous or simply for colour. Learn all the care Skill Level: N/A
and maintenance and pruning techniques for good Booking essential on 020 3176 5830
establishment. Join Christine for a tour around the Maximum 20 places
garden to look at the different plants suitable for Event code: 15426
hedges and boundaries. All weather clothing required
as the event will be outside only.
Hyde Hall – Behind the Scenes Global Growth Vegetable Fee: RHS Members £18, Non-RHS Members £31
Skill Level: General/Beginner
Wednesday 15 July 11am – 12.30pm Garden Tour Booking essential on 020 3176 5830
There are many new and exciting projects taking Thursday 23 July 11am-12.30pm Maximum 20 places
place at Hyde Hall. Join Robert Brett Curator for a Tutor: Matt Oliver Event code: 15423
walk and talk to find out what is going on behind the
Join Matt Oliver, Hyde Hall’s experienced vegetable
scenes now and what we have planned for the future.
Visit the glass house, nursery and other areas of the
gardener for a special tour of our innovative Global NEW Alpine and Succulent
garden normally closed to the public.
Growth Vegetable Garden. Discover interesting facts Ceramic Planter
about plants you thought you knew and be amazed
Fee: RHS Members £18, Non-RHS Members £31 by how many of them are actually edible from lupins Thursday 20 August 11am – 1pm
Booking essential on 020 3176 5830 to dahlias and many more besides. Tutor: Sam Everiss
Maximum 20 places Work with an experienced member of our garden
Fee: RHS Members £18, Non-RHS Members £31
Event code: 15415 team to plant up a ceramic planter with an array of
Skill Level: General/Beginner
Booking essential on 020 3176 5830 dazzling sempervivums (house leeks). Your living
Maximum 20 places planter requires little maintenance, just water
Event code: 15418 occasionally and it will last for many years.
All materials provided.
Bat Evening Fee: RHS Members £55 Non-RHS Members £68
Friday 14 August 6pm - 9pm Skill Level: General
Tutor: Elliot Wagstaff Booking essential on 020 3176 5830
Maximum 12 places
Starting with a one-hour guided tour of the Hyde Event code: 15421
Hall Estate, we’ll show you a range of bat friendly
plants and discuss ways to encourage these lovely
creatures into your garden. We then head off to the
Essex Wildlife Trust’s Visitor Centre at Hanningfield
Reservoir for refreshments and the opportunity to
watch the bats emerging from their roost.
Fee: £20 per person
Skill Level: General
Booking essential on 020 3176 5830
Maximum 30 places
Event code: 15422
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Horticulture Horticulture
Seeds – Collecting, Saving names and how we keep track of 4,000 different Fee: RHS Members £18, Non-RHS Members £31
plants in the garden? Join this guided walk with our Skill Level: General/Beginner
and Sowing Plant Records Officer to unravel the language of plant Booking essential on 020 3176 5830
Thursday 3 September 11am- 1.30pm labels. Find out how names give clues to plant origins, Maximum 15 places
Tutor: Heather Cutmore plant hunters and collectors, colours, shapes, habits Event code: 15435
An introduction to harvesting and storing seed. and habitats and revealing stories behind names.
This workshop will cover techniques and timings Fee: RHS Members £18, Non-RHS Members £31 Rose Pruning - Climbers &
for harvesting, collecting seeds (in the Dry Garden Skill Level: N/A
weather permitting), and a hands on practical Booking essential on 020 3176 5830
Ramblers
session on cleaning and storing seed, followed by Maximum 15 places Thursday 15 October, 11am - 1pm
a demonstration on seed sowing, giving top tips to Event code: 15429 Tutor: Christine Woodhouse
ensure success with germination.
Learn the techniques for winter pruning of all
Fee: RHS Members £31, Non-RHS Members £44 NEW Wildlife Walk types of climbers and ramblers to aid successful
Skill Level: General/Beginner
Thursday 17 September 11am-1pm
Grow Your Own - Preparing growing and flowering for the following season.
Booking essential on 020 3176 5830
Maximum 15 places Tutor: Elliot Wagstaff for Next Year Workshop repeated on 17 October.
Event code: 15428 Elliot Wagstaff, Garden Team Leader, will lead you on Wednesday 7 October, 11am-1pm Fee: RHS Members £18, Non-RHS Members £31
an informative seasonal walk of the Hyde Hall estate. Tutor: Matt Oliver Skill Level: General/Beginner
Booking essential on 020 3176 5830
NEW What’s that plant? Elliot will share with you his passion for the natural A seasonal grow your own workshop which covers
Maximum 15 places
– an Introduction to world and his in depth knowledge of Hyde Hall’s getting ready for next year, vegetable planting
plans, composting, and soil preparation.
Event code: 15437
wildlife from birds and insects to plants.
Understanding Plant Names. You will visit the quieter areas of the garden such
Friday 4 September 11am-12.30pm as the woodland and meadows where our wildlife
Tutor: Jeanette Jones flourishes so don’t forget your camera!
Have you ever wondered why plants have long Latin Fee: RHS Members £18, Non-RHS Members £31
Skill Level: N/A
Booking essential on 020 3176 5830
Maximum 20 places
Event code: 15432
What Now - Your Garden in
October & November
Saturday 3 October 11am - 1pm
If you’re unsure what you should be doing when, then
let our experts guide you. This workshop covers
dividing and planting perennials, bulbs, protecting
tender plants and cutting back.
Fee: RHS Members £18, Non-RHS Members £31
Skill Level: General/Beginner
Booking essential on 020 3176 5830
Maximum 20 places
Event code: 15434
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Rose Pruning - Climbers &
Ramblers
Saturday 17 October, 11am – 1pm
ingredients you need as well as suitable containers
and then you can sit back and let nature do the rest.
Fee: RHS Members £18, Non-RHS Members £31
Creative
Skill Level: General/ Beginner
Tutor: Christine Woodhouse Booking essential on 020 3176 5830
Learn the techniques for winter pruning of all types Maximum 15 places
of climbers and ramblers to aid successful growing Event code: 15442
and flowering for the following season.
Fee: RHS Members £18, Non-RHS Members £31 Curator’s Winter Walk
Skill Level: General/Beginner
Wednesday 25 November 11am-12.30pm
Booking essential on 020 3176 5830
Maximum 15 places
Tutor: Robert Brett
Event code: 15438 Wrap up warm and head outside for a bracing winter
walk around RHS Garden Hyde Hall. It may be winter
but there is still plenty to see, especially in the Winter
How to Make and Use Garden where plants make a statement with colour,
Compost scent and form.
Thursday 19 November 11am – 1pm Fee: RHS Members £18, Non-RHS Members £31
Tutor: Andy Tebbutt Skill Level: N/A
Making your own compost is great fun and it’s Booking essential on 020 3176 5830 NEW Embroidered Flowers
really good for your garden. We’ll show you what Maximum 20 places Monday 10 February 10.30am – 1.30pm
Event code:15444 Tutor: Lynne Sharpe
Beginner’s embroidery, learn some basic stitches and
techniques to create your own beautiful embroidered
flower picture. All materials provided.
Fee: RHS Members £35, Non-RHS Members £48
Skill Level: General/Beginner
Booking essential on 020 3176 5830
Maximum 15 places
Event code: 15375
An Introduction to Lino
Printing
Saturday 29 February 10.30am – 3.30pm
Tutor: Ailish Warner
Introducing the methods and tools needed to
make linocutting plates at home. The course will
teach you how to simplify images in order to make
clear, artistic prints using simple tools without the
need of a printing press. Please bring your own
photocopies of visual reference pictures and all
other tools and materials will be provided. Advice Skill Level: Beginner
will be given on what to purchase to continue Booking essential on 020 3176 5830
at home. Maximum 10 places
Fee: RHS Members £62, Non-RHS Members £75 Event code: 15377
20 To book any of these courses, please call 020 3176 5830 21Creative
an open mind. NEW Willow Weaving:
Bring hand sewing equipment and small amounts Low Hurdle and Fedge
of white or cream cotton or poly cotton fabrics.
(living fence/hedge)
Painting equipment will be provided.
Thursday 9 April 10.30am- 4pm
Fee: RHS Members £62, Non-RHS Members £75
Tutor: Deb Hart
Skill Level: Beginner/advanced
Booking essential on 020 3176 5830 Rustic hurdles provide a sturdy attractive edging
Maximum 10 places for the garden as well as offering support to lower
Event code: 15387 growing plants, whilst a fedge provides an aesthetic
and cheaper alternative to a fence and can be used to
create an informal boundary in or around the garden.
Willow Weaving: Garden
Fee: RHS Members £72, Non-RHS Members £85
Obelisk and Tension Platter Skill Level: Beginner upwards
Wednesday 8 April 10.30am – 4pm Booking essential on 020 3176 5830
Tutor: Deb Hart Maximum 10 places
Event code: 15389
Join experienced crafter Deb Hart to learn the
basic skills of willow weaving. Create a stunning,
sturdy willow obelisk for your garden (please
make sure it will fit in your car) and a platter held
together entirely by tension. Use your rustic
creation as a cooling tray for bread or cakes or
simply to present food.
The course may be held outside, weather
permitting.
All materials are provided.
Fee: RHS Members £72, Non-RHS Members £85
Skill Level: Beginner upwards
NEW Seasonal Blooms – Fee: RHS Members £75, Non-RHS Members £88 Booking essential on 020 3176 5830 An Introduction to Lino
Maximum 10 places
Paper Flower Making Skill Level: General/Beginner
Event code: 15388 Printing
Booking essential on 020 3176 5830
Saturday 28 March 10am-4.00pm Maximum 15 places Saturday 16 May 10.30am – 3.30pm
Tutor: Bee Watson Event code: 15385 Tutor: Ailish Warner
Join botanical artist Bee Watson for a day of paper Introducing the methods and tools needed to make
flower making at RHS Garden Hyde Hall. You’ll learn NEW Birds in Fabric and linocutting plates at home. The course will teach
how to handcraft detailed paper blooms using high you how to simplify images in order to make clear,
grade crepe and create your own templates from the
Threads artistic prints using simple tools without the need of
study of live seasonal flora and foliage grown here in Saturday 4 April 10.30am-3.30pm a printing press. Please bring your own photocopies
the garden. Tutor: Katrina Parris of visual reference pictures and all other tools and
We invite you to take this time for yourself; offline Use simple techniques to make a hand stitched materials will be provided. Advice will be given on
and immersed in a creative activity in an incredible picture depicting the colour and texture of a bird on a what to purchase to continue at home.
setting. All creative abilities welcome, whether you background of fabrics that you have painted yourself. Fee: RHS Members £62, Non-RHS Members £75
are an experienced crafter or it’s your first time You will be shown how to paint your fabrics and Skill Level: Beginner
attending a class. We’ll guide you through step by create a collage inspired by your photos or the design Booking essential on 020 3176 5830
step, the tips and techniques of this beautiful craft so provided. Suitable for beginners as well as the more Maximum 10 places
that you get the best out of all it has to offer. advanced as the only requirement is enthusiasm and Event code: 15397
22 To book any of these courses, please call 020 3176 5830 23Creative Creative
NEW Moving on with beginner or an intermediate stitcher.
Watercolour Booking essential on 020 3176 5830
Maximum 12 places
Tuesday 26 May 10am – 4pm Event code: 15400
Tutor: Helen Rubinstein
Looking at ways to improve watercolour techniques Willow Weaving: Garden
and how to add other mediums.
Obelisk and Tension Platter
Fee: RHS Members £62, Non-RHS Members £75
Skill Level: improver but beginners can be Friday 29 May 10.30am- 4pm
accommodated too. Tutor: Deb Hart
Booking essential on 020 3176 5830 Join experienced crafter Deb Hart to learn the basic
Maximum 10 places skills of willow weaving. Create a stunning, sturdy
Event code: 15399 willow obelisk for your garden (please make sure it
will fit in your car) and a platter held together entirely
by tension. Use your rustic creation as a cooling tray
for bread or cakes or simply to present food.
The course may be held outside, weather permitting.
All materials are provided.
Fee: RHS Members £72, Non-RHS Members £85
Skill Level: Beginner upwards NEW Introduction to Introduction to Weaving
Booking essential on 020 3176 5830
Maximum 10 places Aromatherapy and Natural Saturday 6 June 10am-4pm
Event code: 15401 Skincare Tutor: Ang Cass
Saturday 30 May 10am-5pm Create a beautiful wall hanging on a basic frame
loom using various fibres including wool, recycled
Tutor: Tanya Moulding
materials and natural items such as wood and shells.
Discover the origins of Aromatherapy and the All materials provided.
remarkable variety of aromatic and therapeutic plants
Fee: RHS Members £70, Non-RHS Members £83
used in skincare in a relaxed, immersive workshop.
Skill Level: Beginner
Explore the wonderful world of aromatic essential oils,
Booking essential on 020 3176 5830
plant oils and natural botanicals and learn how
Maximum 8 places
to create simple, effective, luxurious skincare.
NEW Jacobean Crewelwork: An engaging mix of theory and creativity, where
Event code: 15403
Flower in a Vase you will:
Wednesday 27 May 10.30am – 4.30pm • Learn about the benefits and uses of essential oils,
Tutor: Chrissie Juno Mann plant oils and natural botanicals and extracts
• Understand ingredients to suit different skin-types
This Jacobean Crewelwork design for ‘Flower in
and needs
a Vase: September Charm’ was inspired by 18th
• How to blend and use correct dilutions
century crewel worked pockets. The simple stylised
• Safety and storage
flowers with their appealing symmetry are fresh and
• Create four skincare products to take home
bright with colours that complement. You will learn a
variety of crewelwork stitches including stem, trellis, Fee: RHS Members £76, Non-RHS Members £89
whipped running, French Knots and whipped wheels. Skill Level: Beginner
Fee: RHS Members £75, Non-RHS Members £88 Booking essential on 020 3176 5830
Skill Level: this workshop is suitable for a confident Maximum 14 places
Event code: 15402
24 To book any of these courses, please call 020 3176 5830 25Creative Creative
the class, you will have plenty of one-to-one painting. You are guaranteed to leave with at least NEW Mosaic Garden Mirror
attention, advice and inspiration as you begin either two paintings by the end of the day. Suitable for Saturday 11 July 10.30am-3.30pm
a rug, cushion or smaller project (depending on beginners and those with more experience. Tutor: Nicola Upton
how ambitious you’re feeling). By the end of the You will need to bring your own acrylics and two
workshop, you will have all the skills you need to Participants will have fun being introduced to a
canvases. basic method of mosaics, using simple designs and
begin any rag rug project for yourself at home. All
materials are provided. Fee: RHS Members £66, Non-RHS Members £79 arranging of tiles, through to application to make a
Skill Level: General/Beginner small mirrored mosaic panel to brighten up a corner
Fee: RHS Members £62, Non-RHS Members £75 Booking essential on 020 3176 5830 of the garden.
Skill Level: Beginner Maximum 15 places
Booking essential on 020 3176 5830 Fee: RHS Members £75, Non-RHS Members £83
Event Code: 15409 Skill Level: Beginner
Maximum 12 places
Event code: 15407 Booking essential on 020 3176 5830
Maximum 8 places
Rag Rug Making for Event code: 15414
NEW Painting in Acrylics –
Beginners
Saturday 20 June 10.30am – 4pm Flowers in Bloom NEW From Plant to Perfume –
Tutor: Elspeth Jackson Saturday 27 June 10.30am- 4.30pm Natural Perfumery
Have fun turning old clothing and fabric offcuts Tutor: Marie Antoniou
Saturday 25 July 10am – 5pm
into beautiful rugs, comfy cushions and unique Practical demonstrations followed by one-to-ones Tutor: Tanya Moulding
homeware with the traditional craft of rag rugging. throughout the day will introduce you to the various
Taught by expert crafter and author, Elspeth techniques that the medium of acrylics has to offer. Discover the origins of perfumery and the remarkable
Jackson, you will learn how to use the rag rug Through the subject of painting flowers, vibrant role of aromatic plants in a relaxed, immersive
equipment, how to choose and prepare materials, colour and expressive brush strokes will be a strong workshop. Explore the wonderful world of aromatic
how to design for rag rug and how to do the two feature in showcasing a unique take on a popular essential oils and absolutes and learn how to create your
different techniques (loopy and shaggy). During subject, giving a more contemporary feel to your own natural perfume.
An engaging mix of theory and creativity, where you will
• Learn about the origins and history of perfume
from Cleopatra to Chanel
• Understand perfume vocabulary – the art of
smelling and training the nose
NEW Watercolour: Pond Life • Perfume structure – Top, Middle, Base notes
with Watercolour, Inks and • Fragrance classifications
• Secrets of blending & dilutions
Resist • Safety and storage
Saturday 4 July 10.30am-4pm Fee: RHS Members £76, Non-RHS Members £89
Tutor: Susan Clare Skill Level: Beginner
Susan will demonstrate the use of acrylic inks, corn- Booking essential on 020 3176 5830
starch film and resists to add a new dimension to your Maximum 14 places
watercolour paintings. Using the new techniques Event code: 15419
Susan will guide and support you, as you complete a
painting based on the theme of pond life.
Fee: RHS Members £66, Non-RHS Members £79
Skill Level: Beginner/intermediate
Booking essential on 020 3176 5830
Maximum 10 places
Event code: 15411
26 To book any of these courses, please call 020 3176 5830 27Creative Creative
will be able to weave your very own Zarzo with help Coloured Pencils – Botanical
and guidance from accomplished willow weaver
Deb Hart.
Illustration
Saturday 10 October 10.30am – 3.30pm
Fee: RHS Members £78, Non-RHS Members £91
Skill Level: Beginner upwards Tutor: Janie Pirie
Booking essential on 020 3176 5830 Janie will show you how to draw simple botanical
Maximum 8 places subjects using coloured pencils. She will explain the
Event code: 15424 principals of good composition and show you how to
achieve painterly effects with pencils.
Fee: RHS Members £62, Non-RHS Members £75
Skill Level: General/Beginner
Booking essential on 020 3176 5830
Maximum 12 places
Event code: 15436
Willow Weaving – Polish
Basket
Saturday 19 September 9.00am – 5.30pm
Tutor: Deb Hart
Join Deb Hart, a talented local willow weaver, for an
introduction to the ancient craft of basket weaving.
You will learn different styles of weaving and spend a
relaxing day creating your own basket to take home.
Felted bowls All materials will be provided on the day and are
Monday 27 July 10am-1pm included in the price of the workshop.
Tutor: Lynne Sharpe Fee: RHS Members £78, Non-RHS
Come along and join Lynne Sharpe of ‘The Make It Members £91
Room’ and learn how to make a felted bowl using NEW Introduction to Acrylics Skill Level: Beginner upwards
merino wool fibres, soap and water plus your hands. Saturday 22 August 10am – 4pm Booking essential on
A very satisfying traditional skill. Tutor: Helen Rubinstein 020 3176 5830
Maximum 8 places
Fee: RHS Members £36, Non-RHS Members £49 Join local artist Helen for a workshop that will Event code: 15433
Skill Level: Beginner upwards get you started with acrylics or encourage you
Booking essential on 020 3176 5830 to experiment with different techniques. The
Maximum 10 places workshop will cover a basic look at all acrylic
Event code: 15420 mediums and how to use them moving on to
mixed media with, hopefully, a finished picture
NEW Willow Weaving: Zarzo to encourage you to experiment further.
Basket Fee: RHS Members £62, Non-RHS Members £75
Skill Level: improver but beginners can be
Saturday 15 August 10am- 4.30pm accommodated too.
Tutor: Deb Hart Booking essential on 020 3176 5830
Make a striking Zarzo basket in a day – this is a Maximum 10 places
recently developed basketry style from Denmark. Event code: 15425
These baskets are perfect for beginners and you
28 To book any of these courses, please call 020 3176 5830 29Creative
Join Deb Hart, an expert crafter in willow to create an
enchanting star ready for the Christmas season. You
will be making a large star base filled with random
weave, perfect for adding your choice of seasonal
foliage, Christmas baubles or lights.
Fee: RHS Members £50, Non-RHS Members £63
Skill Level: General
Booking essential on 020 3176 5830
Maximum 10 places
Event code: 15443
NEW Rag Rug - Christmas
Wreath Making
Saturday 14 November 10am-3.30pm
Tutor: Elspeth Jackson
Have fun turning old clothing and fabric offcuts
into a beautiful rag rug wreath in this beginner’s
rag rug workshop. Taught by expert crafter and
author, Elspeth Jackson, you will learn how to use Traditional Christmas
the rag rug equipment, how to choose and prepare Wreath
materials, how to design for rag rug and how to
NEW Beginners Knitting NEW Mosaic Mirror for the do three different techniques. By the end of the
Friday 27 November 10am – 1pm
Tutor: Sue Rogers
Workshop Garden workshop, you will have all the skills you need to
Go back to basics and learn how to construct a
begin any rag rug project for yourself at home,
Friday 23 October 10am -1pm Thursday 12 November 10.15am-3.15pm as well as a finished wreath to display at home. traditional Christmas Wreath creating a moss & wire
Tutor: Lynne Sharpe Tutor: Nicola Upton All materials are provided. frame. Then using a range of seasonal foliage, learn
Learn the wonderful art of knitting in this fun Participants will have fun being introduced to a Fee: RHS Members £62, Non-RHS Members £75 how to arrange and construct a balanced wreath
introductory class designed to guide beginners basic method of mosaics, using simple designs and Skill Level: Beginner shape and then decorate using accessories such as
through their first knitting adventure. arranging of tiles, through to application to make a Booking essential on 020 3176 5830 dried fruits, baubles, cinnamon sticks to name but
small mirrored mosaic panel to brighten up a corner Maximum 12 places a few. Enjoy a traditional Christmas craft and take
Lynne will teach you the basics from how to hold your
of the garden. Event code: 15441 home a treat to display on the door.
needles to casting on, knit and purl and casting off. All
materials for the session will be supplied. Fee: RHS Members £75, Non-RHS Members £83 All materials included in the price.
Fee: RHS Members £36, Non-RHS Members £49 Skill Level: Beginner NEW Willow Weaving – Fee: RHS Members £58, Non-RHS members £71
Booking essential on 020 3176 5830 Skill Level: General/Beginner
Skill Level: Beginner
Maximum 8 places Willow Star Booking essential on 020 3176 5830
Booking essential on 020 3176 5830
Maximum 15 places Event code: 15440 Saturday 21 November 10am-1.30pm Maximum 16 places
Event code: 15439 Tutor: Deb Hart Event code: 15445
30 To book any of these courses, please call 020 3176 5830 31Creative Photography
Traditional Christmas dried fruits, baubles, cinnamon sticks to name but
Wreath a few. Enjoy a traditional Christmas craft and take
home a treat to display on the door.
Saturday 28 November 10am-1pm
All materials included in the price.
Tutor: Sue rogers Fee: RHS Members £58, Non-RHS members £71
Go back to basics and learn how to construct a Skill Level: General/Beginner
traditional Christmas Wreath creating a moss & wire Booking essential on 020 3176 5830
frame. Then using a range of seasonal foliage, learn Maximum 16 places
how to arrange and construct a balanced wreath Event code: 15446
shape and then decorate using accessories such as
Photography
NEW Indoor Botanical Studio photographers, different studio set ups,
compositional techniques to try and how to set up
Photography your camera for close up and macro photography.
Saturday 21 March 10.30am-4.00pm Advice on post processing as time allows.
Tutor: Marion Sidebottom Attendees will need a DSLR, Mirrorless, Bridge or
Create stunning close-up images of plants, seed compact system camera with a macro lens or macro
heads and other botanical subjects in a simple setting and self-timer or remote release. A tripod is
indoor studio that you can recreate at home useful whatever size you have. A light source such
using minimal equipment. Inspiration from past as a torch or phone.
and present botanical photographers such as Fee: RHS Members £73, Non-RHS Members £86
Karl Blossfeldt whose photographs revealed the Skill level: General
beautiful symmetry and details of plants in his Booking essential on 020 3176 5830
simple uncluttered compositions. Maximum 20 places
The class will cover a short discussion of inspirational Event code: 15382
32 To book any of these courses, please call 020 3176 5830 33Photography Photography
The Art of Garden Photography
– afternoon/evening
Thursday 16 July 2pm – 8pm
Tutor: Daniel Bridge
The workshop will start in the afternoon and allow us to
explore the garden in the evening, broadening the range
of photos we'll be able to produce.
We will look at ways to shoot gardens, from wider
views to flower portraits, outdoor studios, lighting and
more. Looking at composition, techniques to maximise
the subject, and how colour affects the photos. The
evening session incorporates one-to-one time with each
participant in order to address any issues, concerns or
subjects specific to them.
Any sort of camera is fine for this workshop.
Fee: RHS Members £66, Non-RHS Members £79
Skill Level: General/Beginner
Booking essential on 020 3176 5830
Maximum 10 places
Event code: 15416
Creative Tree Photography
The Art of Garden Learn to Control Your Saturday 5 September 10.30am – 4pm
Tutor: Marion Sidebottom
Photography Camera
This course is a gateway into creative techniques for
Friday 17 April 10am – 4pm Saturday 13 June or Saturday 18 July or photographing trees, but the ideas can be applied to all
Tutor: Daniel Bridge Wednesday 2 September 10am-4pm photographic subjects. There will be two short classroom
Join Daniel for an enlightening one-day workshop Tutor: Daniel Bridge sessions with outdoor practical’s in the beautiful gardens
concentrating on garden and flower photography If you’re stuck using ‘auto’ mode and want to get to of Hyde Hall. A basic understanding of photography is
in the beautiful surroundings of RHS Garden grips with all your camera has to offer, then this is the useful however most of the techniques can be adapted to
Hyde Hall. workshop for you. different camera systems from DSLR, Mirrorless, Bridge
and Compact System Cameras.
Looking at composition, lighting, choice of subject We look at aperture, shutter speed, ISO, exposure
and more, Daniel will guide you to great results compensation, white balance and more during an It will cover subjects such as:
with a slideshow and discussion in the morning, illustrated morning session, then head outside in • Viewpoint & composition
followed by an afternoon of practical photography the afternoon for practical photography to try out • Using natural light to best effect
in the garden which incorporates 1-2-1 time with everything we discussed in the morning. Everyone • Focal length/lenses – wide angle, telephoto, macro
each participant in order to address any issues, will benefit from some one-to-one time. Suitable for • Creative use of Aperture
concerns or subjects specific to them. all types of camera, from compact to DSLR, and for • Focus and Movement
Any sort of camera is fine for this workshop. anyone, including absolute beginners. Fee: RHS Members £70, Non-RHS Members £83
Fee: RHS Members £66, Non-RHS Members £79 Skill Level: intermediate although beginners can be
Fee: RHS Members £66, Non-RHS Members £79
Skill Level: Beginner/intermediate catered for.
Skill Level: Beginner upwards
Booking essential on 020 3176 5830 Booking essential on 020 3176 5830
Booking essential on 020 3176 5830
Maximum 10 places Maximum 10 places
Maximum 10 places
Event codes: 15405, 15417 or 15427 Event code: 15430
Event code: 15390
34 To book any of these courses, please call 020 3176 5830 35Photography Further Information
The Art of Garden
Photography Further Information
Saturday12 September 10am – 4pm
Any updated information can be found on Access: Please note that we are not able to allow
Tutor: Daniel Bridge
the courses section of the RHS website at cars into the garden. If you have impaired mobility
Join Daniel for an enlightening one-day workshop rhs.org.uk and feel you may need assistance from your car to the
concentrating on garden and flower photography in course venue, please contact the adult learning team in
the beautiful surroundings of RHS Garden Hyde Hall. Ticket Information: advance on 01245 400256 who will be able to organise
Looking at composition, lighting, choice of subject • All tickets must be booked in advance. alternative arrangements.
and more, Daniel will guide you to great results with a Wheelchairs Six manual wheelchairs at garden
• Your tickets should arrive within 10 days of
slideshow and discussion in the morning, followed by entrance. Available for ‘on the day’ use.
booking. In the unlikely event that they fail
an afternoon of practical photography in the garden Mobility Vehicle There is a mobility vehicle that
to arrive or you have a query regarding your
which incorporates 1-2-1 time with each participant provides a shuttle service from the Visitor Centre to the
tickets, please telephone 020 3176 5830
in order to address any issues, concerns or subjects Hilltop Garden.
between 9am – 5pm Monday to Friday.
specific to them. Mobility scooters There are two powered mobility
• Non-Members may become a member of
Any sort of camera is fine for this workshop. scooters which are operational between the hours of
the RHS at the timeof booking and pay the
Fee: RHS Members £66, Non-RHS Members £79 10am & 5pm (4pm November – February). You can
members’ price.
Skill Level: Beginner upwards either pre-book a scooter by calling the Visitor Services
Booking essential on 020 3176 5830 • Tickets are non-refundable unless the event is Team on 01245 402019, or enquire on the day.There is a
Maximum 10 places cancelled by the RHS. suggested donation of £2 per scooter and visitors will be
Event code: 15431 • RHS Garden Hyde Hall reserves the right to provided with operating instructions prior to use.
cancel an event and in these circumstances will Toilets Adapted unisex WC within the Visitor Centre and
fully refund course fees. Hilltop Garden courtyard complex and Learning Centre.
• All events will run subject to a minimum number Carers Attendants cannot be provided, but one
of students. The decision as to whether the companion is admitted free of charge per wheelchair
course goes ahead is made one week in advance user, visually impaired visitor or other person whose
of the event; therefore, you are strongly advised disability necessitates a carer.
to book before this time. Assistance dogs Welcomed in all areas.
Access to buildings All buildings accessible.
• Circumstances may require that event tutors Access to gardens The gardens are accessible, but
change from those named in this brochure. please note that this is a hilltop garden, with sloping
Provided a tutor of equal standing is secured, areas and typical finish of paths and footways.
participants will not be notified in advance.
Refunds will only be given in the unlikely event Admission: Admission to RHS Garden Hyde Hall is
that a replacement tutor is unavailable. included in the price of the course ticket.
• All the events are non-residential; details of local Weather: Many of our courses include outdoor
accommodation are available on request. activities. Please ensure that you dress appropriately for
• If catering is provided and you have specific the weather with suitable footwear.
dietary requirements or food allergies please First aid: In the event of an emergency there will
let us know at least five days in advance of the always be a trained first aider on site.
event. It may not be possible to accommodate Parking: Car parking is free. We regret that we are
your request on the day. unable to allow cars into the garden but if you need help
• Unless specified, the events are run specifically with equipment or transport from the garden entrance
for adults. We regret that we are unable to to the course venue please contact the adult learning
admit children under 16 to any event. team in advance who will be able to assist.
Coaches may park or drop off passengers in the coach
• Family events work on the basis of two adults
parking area – only a short walk to the garden entrance.
and two children.
36 To book any of these courses, please call 020 3176 5830 37RHS Lindley Library
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Lindley Library in London to learn about garden
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our collection of rare books, botanical art,
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