Beginners Gardening Class

Nigel Ross

Thursday  12pm – 2pm

• €40 for 10 weeks

This is a updated version of a class that has been running for a few years.  The classes will be mainly around flowers, how and when to collect seeds, building small gardens, spiliting, pruning, sculping and bleaching trees. Liquid feeding and composting.   Tea and coffee will be provided every week and the course includes a trip to Malahide Castle Walled Gardens. 

The groups are small and the class is run in a relaxed and social atmosphere, designed for people with all types of experience and none.

Starts Wednesday  20nd September for 10 weeks outside and in the hall.

Week 1: Seed collection.

Week 2: Minature Garden

Week 3: Flower Sculptures

Week 4: Pressed Flowers

Week 5: Spillting, Dividing and Pruning

Week 6: Sculpting, Bleaching, Topiary, Bonsai

Week 7: Fillers & Spillers- Herbaceous Borders

Week 8: Liquid Feeds and Compost

Week 9: Group trip to Malahide Castle Walled Garden. 

Week 10: Christmas Wreaths and Decorations.

All levels welcome

Contact reception 018395338 – please book ahead as places are limited.

This course if part funded by the Dublin DunLaoighre Education Training Board (DDLETB)