Adult Learning Courses and Workshops 2021

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Horticulture and Gardens ��

Welcome to the RHS Rosemoor Adult Learning brochure ����. We have a wide Traditional Craft �� range of courses and workshops to encourage and inspire you in your garden, offer you the opportunity to indulge in a favourite skill or hobby, or to try something new. There are courses across four areas: Horticulture and Gardens; Traditional Crafts; Arts and Creative; and Photography. There are also courses linked with the Exhibitions in the PBLC Exhibition room.

For our Horticulture and Gardens section, we draw experienced local photographers, they will lead Arts and Creative �� on the huge gardening knowledge and skills of the courses that are complementary to one another, team here at RHS Rosemoor plus a few friends and and including a summer evening course to take experts. Some general courses cover the essential advantage of the summer twilight. annual tasks in the Garden, using Rosemoor as an outdoor classroom. The popular What Now? and Working with Covid-�� Beginners Gardening Basics courses cover many Covid-�� impacted hugely on Adult Learning seasonal and topical garden tasks. Other courses courses at Rosemoor in ����, but we are keen to Photography �� cover more specialist areas such as pruning roses make our ���� programme as Covid-proof as we and vegetable growing. can. RHS Rosemoor is a Covid-Secure site where In the Traditional Crafts section you will find everybody is working hard to make everyone’s opportunities for weaving practical garden supports as safety a priority. well as fun garden sculpture, from ducks to Christmas We will be monitoring the Government guidance reindeer! Traditional basketry techniques are taught, though the year, keeping our risk assessments up to and new for this year, a rush weaving workshop. Our date and responding to changes where necessary in Further Information �� autumn theme of fungi is also order to keep everyone as safe as we can and with the featured here in our whittling workshop. aim of keeping the Adult Learning programme running Arts and Creative offers a huge range of different during ����. In the event that we have to cancel any workshop activities. We welcome back popular course or workshop due to Covid-��, we would offer favourite artists, alongside Drawing Days and some you a full refund for the session. new art and painting workshops led by artists exhibiting We anticipate running the workshops with social in the PBLC Exhibition Room. Textiles also feature distancing measures in place, wearing face coverings How to Book / How to Find Us �� strongly, including wet felting and needlefelting, both indoors, and extra safety measures around hand with new tutors to Rosemoor this year. sanitising and cleaning. With the support of our RHS Another link to the PBLC Exhibitions is through and external tutors, we hope to be able to deliver our photography, where John Howells joins Ross programme of exciting and enjoyable courses and Hoddinott in our Photography section. Both learning experiences at RHS Rosemoor.

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Thursday � April ��:��am-��:��pm Horticulture Small is Beautiful - Introduction to Growing �� Courses and workshops Alpines Thursday � April ��:��am-�:��pm Traditional Craft Willow Birds: From Ducks to Geese, and Hens �� at a glance to Herons Saturday �� April ��:��am-�:��pm Horticulture Beginner's Gardening Basics � �� Date Time Type Course Title Page Saturday �� April ��:��am-�:��pm Photography Photography for Beginners �� No. Thursday �� April ��:��am-��:��pm Horticulture Introduction to Polytunnels �� January Thursday �� to Friday ��:��am-�:��pm Horticulture Designing your own Garden (� day) �� Tuesday �� January ��:��am-��:��pm Horticulture Rose Pruning � �� April Tuesday �� January ��:��am-��:��pm Horticulture What Now in Winter? � Saturday �� to ��:��am-�:��pm Arts and Creative Mosaic Garden Creatures: Frogs and Foxes �� Tuesday �� January ��:��am-��:��pm Horticulture Apple Pruning � Sunday �� April (� days) �� Thursday �� January ��:��am-��:��pm Horticulture Rose Pruning � Friday �� April �:��pm-�:��pm Horticulture Encouraging Bees All Year Round

Thursday �� January ��:��am-��:��pm Horticulture Apple Pruning � May �� February Wednesday � May �am-�:��am Horticulture Dawn Chorus Walk �� Thursday �� February ��:��am-�:��pm Traditional Craft Willow Conical Plant Support �� Friday � May ��:��am-�:��pm Arts and Creative Developing your Art through a Mini Landscape Thursday �� February ��:��am-��:��pm Horticulture Pruning / Training of Climbers � Saturday � May �am-�:��am Horticulture Dawn Chorus Walk �� Saturday �� February ��:��am-�:��pm Horticulture Beginner's Gardening Basics � � Thursday �� May ��:��am-��:��pm Horticulture Easy Going Garden Plants �� Thursday �� February ��:��am-��:��pm Horticulture Winter Interest � Friday �� May ��:��am-�:��pm Traditional Craft Willow Trug for Produce �� Thursday �� February ��:��am-�:��pm Traditional Craft Willow Low Hurdles �� Saturday �� May ��:��am-�:��pm Traditional Craft Willow Trug for Produce �� Thursday �� February ��:��am-��:��pm Horticulture Beginner's Vegetable Growing �� Thursday �� May ��:��am-��:��pm Horticulture Gardening for Wildlife �� March Saturday �� May ��:��am-�:��pm Arts and Creative Pear Tree Embroidery �� Wednesday � March ��:��am-�:��pm Arts and Creative Painting Quaysides, Harbours and Jetties �� June Thursday � March ��:��am-��:��pm Horticulture Shrub Pruning �� Thursday � June �:��pm-�:��pm Horticulture Rosemoor in its Thirties �� Saturday � March ��:��am-�:��pm Arts and Creative Needlefelted Bobbin Birds �� Saturday � to Sunday ��:��am-�:��pm Arts and Creative Needlefelted Bears (� days) �� Thursday �� March ��:��am-��:��pm Horticulture What Now in Spring? �� � June

Saturday �� March ��:��am-�:��pm Arts and Creative Springtime in the Gardens Printmaking Day �� Thursday �� June ��:��am-��:��pm Horticulture Rosemoor's Cottage Garden ��

Tuesday �� March �:��pm-�:��pm Horticulture Grafting for Beginners �� Saturday �� to Sunday ��:��am-�:��pm Arts and Creative Drawing Anumals using Coloured Pencils �� �� June (� days) Friday �� March to ��:��am-�:��pm Arts and Creative Fresh Colours of Spring (� days) �� Sunday �� March Thursday �� June ��:��am-��:��pm Horticulture What Now in Summer? ��

Friday �� March ��:��am-�:��pm Traditional Craft An Introduction to Rush Basketry �� Saturday �� June ��:��am-�:��pm Arts and Creative Traditional Tussie Mussie and Hand-tied �� Bouquet April Saturday �� June �:��pm-�:��pm Arts and Creative Floral Jewellery �� Wednesday � April ��:��am-�:��pm Traditional Craft Willow Birds: From Ducks to Geese, and Hens �� to Herons Wednesday �� June ��:��am-�:��pm Arts and Creative Drawing Day ��

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Date Time Type Course Title Page Wednesday �� ��:��am-�:��pm Arts and Creative Drawing Day �� No. September �� Friday �� to Sunday ��:��am-�:��pm Arts and Creative Summer Flowers in Watercolour (� days) Friday �� September ��:��am-�:��pm Traditional Craft Willow Zarzo Basket �� �� June Saturday �� September ��:��am-�:��pm Traditional Craft Willow Zarzo Basket �� Saturday �� June �:��pm-�:��pm Photography Exploring and Enjoying Evening Light �� Saturday �� ��:��am-�:��pm Horticulture Beginner's Gardening Basics � �� July September �� Thursday � July ��:��am-��:��pm Horticulture Roses - Gowing and Choosing Saturday �� to Sunday ��:��am-�:��pm Arts and Creative Natural Dyeing with Plants (� days) �� �� September Thursday � July ��:��am-�:��pm Traditional Craft Willow Butterflies, Bees and Flying Beasties �� October �� Friday � July ��:��am-�:��pm Traditional Craft Willow Butterflies, Bees and Flying Beasties Saturday � October ��:��am-�:��pm Arts and Creative Autumn Felting ��

Thursday � October ��:��am-��:��pm Horticulture What Now in Autumn? �� Thursday � July ��:��am-��:��pm Horticulture Your Polytunnel in Summer �� Saturday � October ��:��am-�:��pm Traditional Craft Willow Apple Basket �� Saturday �� July ��:��am-�:��pm Arts and Creative Ipad Plein Air Painting Workshop �� Saturday �� October ��:��am-��:��pm Horticulture Lichens at Rosemoor �� Thursday �� July ��:��am-��:��pm Horticulture Ideas for Beautiful Containers �� Friday �� to Sunday �� ��:��am-�:��pm Arts and Creative The Colours of Autumn in Woodland, Plants �� �� Friday �� July �:��pm-��:��pm Horticulture Bats at Rosemoor October and Produce �� Saturday �� July ��:��am-�:��pm Arts and Creative Wet Felting a Wildflower Meadow Thursday �� October ��:��am-��:��pm Horticulture Explore Rosemoor's Woodlands �� �� Thursday �� July �:��pm-�:��pm Horticulture Grasses and their Place in our Gardens Friday �� October ��:��am-�:��pm Arts and Creative Woodland Pottery �� �� Friday �� July �:��pm-��:��pm Horticulture Bats at Rosemoor November Wild Flowers from Rosemoor - Free Motion �� Saturday �� July ��:��am-�:��pm Arts and Creative Thursday � November ��:��am-��:��pm Horticulture Succeeding with Winter Vegetables �� Embroidery and Mixed Media Ar Saturday � November ��:��am-��:��pm Traditional Craft Introduction to Wood Whittling �� Thursday �� July ��:��am-��:��pm Horticulture Scented Plants to lift your Garden �� or �:��pm-�:��pm Saturday �� July ��:��am-�:��pm Arts and Creative Natural Skin Care �� Saturday �� November ��:��am-�:��pm Arts and Creative Winter Flora Printmaking Day �� August Saturday �� November ��:��am-�:��pm Arts and Creative Paper Cutting for Christmas �� Thursday � August ��:��am-��:��pm Horticulture Colour Themed Gardens �� Saturday �� November ��:��am-�:��pm Arts and Creative Rag Wreath �� Thursday �� August ��:��am-�:��pm Arts and Creative Plant Life - a Sketchbook Journey �� December Thursday �� August ��:��am-�:��pm Arts and Creative Plants and Prints �� Thursday � December ��:��am-�:��pm Traditional Craft Willow Christmas Penguins and Reindeer �� September Friday � December ��:��am-�:��pm Traditional Craft Willow Christmas Penguins and Reindeer �� Friday � September to ��:��am-�:��pm Arts and Creative A Season of Plenty from the Gardens at �� Saturday � December ��:��am-�:��pm Arts and Creative Needlefelted Toadstools �� Sunday � September Rosemoor (� days) Saturday �� December ��:��am-��:��pm Traditional Craft Traditional Christmas Wreaths �� Thursday � September �:��pm-�:��pm Horticulture Houseplants and How to Look After Them �� or �:��pm-�:��pm Saturday �� September ��:��am-�:��pm Photography Mastering Flower Photography �� Saturday �� December ��:��am-��:��pm Traditional Craft Traditional Christmas Garland �� Saturday �� to Sunday ��:��am-�:��pm Arts and Creative Mosaic Garden Creatures: Songbirds and �� Saturday �� December �:��pm-�:��pm Traditional Craft Traditional Christmas Table Centrepiece �� �� September Summer Blooms (� days)

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Apple Pruning Fee: RHS Members £�� | Non-RHS Members £�� Skill level: General/Beginner Tuesday �� January or Maximum �� places Thursday �� January ��am - ��:��pm Tutor: Peter Adams (RHS Garden Team) Beginner’s Gardening Basics 1 Come and unravel the mysteries of apple pruning at Saturday �� February ��:��am - �: ��pm this practical demonstration, we will be looking at the Tutor: Ian Smith (Bicton College tutor) formative pruning of young apple trees through to This course includes the fundamentals of gardening, more established trees that have been well maintained. with the opportunity to ask as many questions We will also discuss summer pruning, and see how it as you need! A seasonal look around the garden, is used to maintain our trained cordons, espaliers and learning what needs to be done at this time of year fans, comparing it to winter pruning of our traditional and how you can apply this to your own garden orchard trees, which is what we will be concentrating at home. Covering plant identification, pruning on during this demonstration. This demonstration will and seed sowing, this is the first of three courses be focussing on well-maintained trees rather than the following the seasonal changes at Rosemoor, renovation of neglected trees. teaching you how to make the most of your own Fee: RHS Members £�� | Non-RHS Members £�� garden throughout the year. Designed to be stand- Skill level: General/Beginner alone or attended as a series. Maximum �� places per session Lunch and refreshments included. Fee: RHS Members £�� | Non-RHS Members £�� Skill level: Beginner Maximum �� places

Horticulture and Gardens RHS Members book for all three “Beginner’s Gardening Basics” sessions for £��� (�� Rose Pruning What Now in Winter? February, �� April and �� September ����, ��:��am-�:��pm). Please call ����� ������ Tuesday �� January or Thursday �� January ��am - ��:��pm to take advantage of this offer. Thursday �� January ��am - ��:��pm Tutor: Helen Round (RHS Garden Team) Tutor: Sally Newbrook (RHS Garden Team) Are you new to gardening and unsure exactly This comprehensive demonstration will cover what you should be doing when, or are you a keen Winter Interest the pruning and training of all types of roses, gardener wanting tips on your timings? Let the Pruning/Training of Climbers Thursday �� February ��am - ��:��pm from climbers through to ramblers, shrubs and RHS experts help you through the gardening year Thursday �� February ��am - ��:��pm Tutor: James Shepherd (RHS Garden Team) modern varieties. We will also look at nutrition providing a whistle-stop Garden tour of techniques, Tutor: Jonathan Hutchinson (RHS Garden Team) and disease control, and offer some handy tips on tips, tricks and advice on seasonal tasks so that you Winter is often considered to be a closed season establishing roses. know what you could be doing when. Climbers and wall shrubs are an essential part of our in the garden, but this definitely need not be the garden but do need some maintenance to get them case. Colourful and fragrant flowers, striking barks Fee: RHS Members £�� | Non-RHS Members £�� Winter topics covered - mulching, preparing for to grow and flower at their best. You will be shown the and stems and a wide variety of evergreen plants all Skill level: General/Beginner the year ahead, renovation pruning of shrubs, rose principles of pruning and will learn how to decide when help to brighten up the garden and provide a wealth Maximum �� places per session pruning, planting for winter interest, plus other topics your shrubs need attention, giving you the confidence to of interest throughout the winter. On this walk we of seasonal interest. prune effectively. will look at a good selection of plants, all of which are Fee: RHS Members £�� | Non-RHS Members £�� You will see a wide range of climbers on this walk which star performers during the winter months, and also Skill level: General/Beginner may give you some ideas for enhancing your own garden. discuss how to care for them. A comprehensive plant Maximum �� places Wisteria and Clematis are great garden favourites but list will be provided for participants. are often pruned incorrectly. Find out how the experts Fee: RHS Members £�� | Non-RHS Members £�� do it to ensure your arches and pergolas are filled with Skill level: Beginner/General RHS Members book for all four “What now” sessions for £�� (�� January, �� March, �� June and blossom. (Roses will not be covered). Maximum �� places � October ����, ��am-��:��pm). Please call ����� ������ to take advantage of this offer.

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What Now in Spring? RHS Members book for all three “Beginner’s Thursday �� March ��am - ��:��pm Gardening Basics” sessions for £��� (�� Tutor: Dylan Welsby (RHS Garden Team) February, �� April and �� September ����, ��:��am-�:��pm). Please call ����� ������ to Are you new to gardening and unsure exactly what take advantage of this offer. you should be doing when, or are you a keen gardener wanting tips on your timings? Let the RHS experts help you through the gardening year providing a whistle- stop Garden tour of techniques, tips, tricks and advice on seasonal tasks so that you know what you should be doing when. Spring topics covered - dividing and planting herbaceous perennials, spring shrub pruning, cutting back of ornamental grasses, plus other areas of Beginner’s Vegetable Growing seasonal interest. Small is Beautiful – Introduction Thursday �� February ��am - ��:��pm Fee: RHS Members £�� | Non-RHS Members £�� to Growing Alpines Tutor: Rosemoor Edibles Team Skill level: General/Beginner Maximum �� places Thursday � April ��am - ��:��pm Join the edibles team as they introduce you to the Tutor: Catherine Venn and Claire Rady exciting world of “Grow Your Own”. Using practical RHS Members book for all four “What now” Alpines are small and fascinating. They are also demonstrations covering key areas of vegetable sessions for £�� (�� January, �� March, �� June growing, we will look at basic planning and needs for beautiful. During this workshop, we will look at where and � October ����, ��am-��:��pm). Please call and how we grow alpines at Rosemoor. You will learn a successful vegetable garden. This introduction will ����� ������ to take advantage of this offer. cover how to best set up a new vegetable garden, big simple propagation techniques and how we care for or small, and how to manage it. You will learn how to Grafting for Beginners our alpine collection, including alpine bulbs, troughs, propagate your own vegetable plants, and discover and a range of alpine plants that we use to achieve a how to grow an easy range of crops, with plenty of Tuesday �� March �:��pm - �:��pm successful display. This session is aimed at inspiring tops tips for success along the way. Tutor: Jim Arbury (RHS Wisley Fruit and beginners and those new to growing alpines, and will Trials Specialist) include a garden walk as well as demonstrations. Fee: RHS Members £�� | Non-RHS Members £�� RHS Members £�� Non-RHS Members £�� Skill level: Beginner Jim Arbury has many years experience in all aspects of Fee: Maximum �� places fruit growing including propagation, and in particular, Skill level: General/Beginner grafting and budding fruit trees for the RHS fruit Maximum �� places Shrub Pruning collections at Wisley. Jim also gives instruction on fruit Introduction to Polytunnels tree pruning at Wisley and does identification for the Beginner’s Gardening Basics 2 Thursday � March ��am - ��:��pm RHS Fruit identification service. Thursday �� April ��am - ��:��pm Saturday �� April ��:��am - �:��pm Tutor: Jonathan Hutchinson (RHS Garden Team) Tutor: Peter Adams (RHS Garden Team) This afternoon you will learn the art of grafting. Jim will Tutor: Ian Smith (Bicton College tutor) Pruning is for many a complicated subject, not explain the theory behind the skill and demonstrate In this introduction, you will discover the benefits of knowing when or why you are meant to be carrying each stage, before you try the technique yourself. This A seasonal look around the garden, learning what growing in a polytunnel. We will look at the features out the task. This demonstration will look at a wide method can be used to produce fruit trees and many needs to be done at this time of year and how you of polytunnels, including construction and siting to variety of plants, outlining the different reasons ornamentals. During the afternoon session, you will can apply this to your own garden at home. Covering help you make the best decisions when choosing for pruning, how we can trick nature to get better be able to graft two apple varieties onto dwarfing basic soil science, pruning and seed sowing, this is one for yourself. You will learn where and how to displays within our garden, annual and rejuvenation rootstocks to take home and grow in your own garden. the second of three courses following the seasonal begin growing in a tunnel, from the ground up. We pruning techniques, and the best tools for the job. At The after-care needed to grow your tree on will be changes at Rosemoor, teaching you how to make will look at what crops to grow and how to manage the end, you will feel more confident to go home and explained, so you can feel confident with your new trees. the most of your own garden throughout the year. the growing space throughout the season to get the Designed to be stand-alone or attended as a series. tame your ‘jungle’ and get the best display possible Tea/coffee and biscuits included. very best from your polytunnel, with handy hints for from your plants. Lunch and refreshments included. success along the way. Fee per single session: RHS Members £�� | Fee: RHS Members £�� | Non-RHS Members £�� Non-RHS Members £�� Fee: RHS Members £�� Non-RHS Members £�� Fee: RHS Members £�� Non-RHS Members £�� Skill level: General/Beginner Skill level: General/Beginner Skill level: Beginner Skill level: General/Beginner Maximum �� places Maximum �� places Maximum �� places Maximum �� places

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Designing your own and refreshments, we will take a guided walk around Easy Going Garden Plants the beautiful Garden to spot bees foraging on their Thursday �� May ��am - ��:��pm Garden (2 day) favourite plants of the season. Tutor: Joshua Kemp (RHS Garden Team) Thursday �� to Friday �� April Honeybees are Zara’s fascination. She keeps five ��:��am - �:��pm honeybee hives at RHS Garden Rosemoor close to Looking to enhance your garden with plants that are Tutor: Sheila Dearing (RHS Curatorial Team), Ian the vegetable garden. Her interest in beekeeping going to be easy to look after? Want to ensure your Smith (Bicton College Tutor) has developed into a wider love for ecology and an garden has a ‘WOW’ factor? This session is for you! Do you have a new garden, or want to change your appreciation of nature. Zara is also a keen and curious Joshua will guide you through the Garden looking existing one but have no idea where to begin? This very gardener, eager to meet the challenges of her coastal at “easy going” plants: plants that grow well, need practical �-day workshop will include a walk to show plot, and to encourage bees as much as possible minimal maintenance and care, and bring good value and great impact to a garden. Discover a plethora of you design ideas and planting combinations, seeing Includes tea/coffee and cake. how they can be adapted to your own garden. You will plants considered as solid performers that should do Fee: RHS Members £�� Non-RHS Members £�� spend time learning how to survey your garden area, well in most UK gardens. Skill level: Beginner measure small, marked out example gardens, and Maximum �� places Fee: RHS Members £�� Non-RHS Members £�� arrange a mixture of real potted plants, shrubs, trees Skill level: General/Beginner Rosemoor in its Thirties and garden features in a variety of planting designs. Maximum �� places Thursday � June �pm - �:��pm Includes lunch and refreshments on both days. Tutor: Jon Webster (RHS Rosemoor Curator) Gardening for Wildlife Fee: RHS Members £��� Non-RHS Members £��� Last year was Rosemoor’s Thirtieth Birthday. During Skill level: Beginner Thursday �� May ��am - ��:��pm this presentation, you will be shown some lovely Maximum �� places Tutor: Alex Paines (RHS Garden Team) images of past, present and future; showing how Wildlife gardening has become increasingly popular Rosemoor has and is still evolving as a garden along Dawn Chorus Walk in recent years. In this session, you will learn how with how the wider woodland estate is being cared Wednesday � or Saturday � May (reserve to transform any garden into a haven for wildlife. for with the aim to make more open and accessible for all to enjoy. To make any garden great, the plants dates if bad weather Wednesday �� and You will learn how key practices and principles can are, and should be, the stars. We will look at the key Saturday �� May) �am - �:��am be implemented in formal, informal and landscape gardens, and the positive benefits these provide for plant collections that make Rosemoor special, many Tutor: Barrie Lewis (RSPB, BTO and Devon Birds) plants, people and the planet. We will look at how to of which have lovely stories behind them. After this A rare and unique opportunity to visit Rosemoor out choose plants with wildlife benefits in mind, looking talk you will have a greater understand of what makes of hours and listen to the birds in the early morning. at a selection of fantastic examples throughout Rosemoor the garden it is! Learn about bird calls and how to distinguish the Gardens. Includes tea/coffee and cake. between the different species that we hear, then Fee: RHS Members £�� Non-RHS Members £�� share bird watching stories, experiences and Fee: RHS Members £�� Non-RHS Members £�� Skill level: General/Beginner photographs with Barrie back in the classroom, and Skill level: General/Beginner Maximum �� places get a more complete picture of what we have been Maximum �� places listening to. Encouraging Bees Barrie has been interested in birds since he was � or � years old and has been leading bird walks such as All Year Round this since his teens, gaining a wealth of knowledge Friday �� April �:��am - �:��pm and experience on the way. This promises to be a Tutor: Zara Svensson fascinating and informative session, and just reward (Beekeeper at RHS Rosemoor) for the very early start – remember, it is the early As habitats dwindle, learn how to help our native birds who catch the worms! pollinators to survive and thrive in your garden Refreshments included. throughout the year. Bees of all types are a Fee: RHS Members £�� Non-RHS Members £�� fascinating and crucial part of our cultivated spaces, Skill level: General/Beginner connecting us with wildlife. After an introductory talk Maximum �� places

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You will learn about aftercare to keep your containers looking good and we will talk about repotting plants, pruning and problems you may encounter with your pots. At the end of this session, you will go away with inspiration and ideas for your own container displays. Rosemoor’s Cottage Garden Fee: RHS Members £�� Non-RHS Members £�� Thursday �� June ��am - ��:��pm Skill level: General/Beginner Maximum �� places Tutor: Helen Round (RHS Garden Team) The Cottage Garden has a distinct style that many gardeners try to create. We will look at the informal Bats at Rosemoor plantings, a mixture of annuals, biennials, spring and Friday �� July or Friday �� July summer flowering bulbs, perennials, flowering shrubs �:��pm - ��:��pm and shrub roses. If you aspire to this style of gardening, Tutor: Sarah Butcher (Devon Bat Group) this session is for you. We will look at a range of plants that have been successfully used in Rosemoor’s Sarah has been interested in bats since going on a Cottage Garden, and learn how annuals, biennials and bat walk, trying out a bat detector for the first time dahlias can add that extra dimension to your plantings. and buying her own three days later. She is now the chair of Devon Bat Group, monitors bat populations Fee: RHS Members £�� Non-RHS Members £�� all over the county, leads walks, talks and surveys, and Skill level: General/Beginner Your Polytunnel in Summer rehabilitates injured bats. Maximum �� places Thursday � July ��am - ��:��pm The event will start with a talk about bats, the bat year, Tutor: Peter Adams (RHS Garden Team) local species and their ecology, attendees can also What Now in Summer? Following on from the introduction to polytunnels learn how to use a bat detector. A garden walk will Thursday �� June ��am - ��:��pm talk in April, we will look more closely at crop initially lead to Lady Anne’s house for sunset, where Tutor: Sally Newbrook (RHS Garden Team) selection for growing in the polytunnel environment there is a roost and you can watch the bats emerge, before heading into the formal gardens to see which Are you new to gardening and unsure exactly what and which particular varieties will perform well for you. We will also explore management techniques for bats can be found. Sarah will also talk about the kind of you should be doing when, or are you a keen gardener Roses – Growing and Choosing planting which is good for bats. wanting tips on your timings? Let the RHS experts the growing space through the heat of the summer, help you through the gardening year providing a Thursday � July ��am - ��:��pm and how to control some common pests and Includes tea/coffee and biscuits. diseases that you may encounter in the polytunnel. whistle-stop tour of techniques, tips, tricks and advice Tutor: James Shepherd (RHS Garden Team) Fee: RHS Members £�� Non-RHS Members £�� You will also learn how to plan what to grow into the on seasonal tasks so that you know what you could Roses are deservedly one of the most popular garden Skill level: General/Beginner autumn and winter months, again looking at suitable be doing when. Summer topics covered - plantings plants, providing a stunning display throughout the Maximum �� places crops to consider and how to grow them. for summer display, staking herbaceous perennials, summer months. This course will provide you with planting seasonal containers, growing tomatoes and expert advice on how to choose suitable roses for Fee: RHS Members £�� Non-RHS Members £�� cucumbers under glass, plus other topics of your garden; how you can use roses in your garden; Skill level: General/Beginner seasonal interest. how and when to plant them so they establish Maximum �� places Fee: RHS Members £�� Non-RHS Members £�� successfully; and what ongoing maintenance is Skill level: General/Beginner required, including feeding, deadheading and pest Ideas for Beautiful Containers Maximum �� places and disease control. Please note that although the course will include a discussion of pruning, Thursday �� July ��am - ��:��pm RHS Members book for all four “What now” because of the time of year it will not be possible to Tutor: Susie Hauxwell (RHS Garden Team) sessions for £�� (�� January, �� March, �� demonstrate pruning techniques. A walk and talk around RHS Rosemoor Garden, June and � October ����, ��am-��:��pm). Fee: RHS Members £�� Non-RHS Members £�� looking at how containers are used and plant choices Please call ����� ������ to take advantage Skill level: General/Beginner for different areas. We will discuss containers, of this offer. Maximum �� places compost and plants.

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Scented Plants to lift your Garden Thursday �� July ��am - ��:��pm Tutor: Sally Newbrook (RHS Garden Team) Beautiful scents and tactile foliage can create a wonderful atmosphere and help attract a wide range of pollinators to the garden. Scented plants Houseplants and How to can be used to enhance a garden of any size, and Look After Them Rosemoor has a vast array of fragrant plants. This walk will take you on a tour of some of our favourites, Thursday � September �pm - �:��pm showing you how we use plants to create an Tutor: Jonathan Hutchinson immersive garden experience. (RHS Garden Team) Fee: RHS Members £�� Non-RHS Members £�� Houseplants can do much to improve our indoor environments both visually and physically. There Skill level: General/Beginner What Now in Autumn? Grasses and their Place Maximum �� places is a wide range of indoor plants to suit most home environments. We will look at which plants are Thursday � October ��am - ��:��pm in our Gardens suitable for darker or lighter room spaces, and how Tutor: David Perry (RHS Garden Team) suitable conditions can be provided indoors in order Thursday �� July �pm - �:��pm Are you new to gardening and unsure exactly Tutor: Neil Lucas (Knoll Grasses) to ensure our houseplants thrive. We will also consider what the plants give to us in return. This is an indoor what you should be doing when, or are you a keen An opportunity to spend an afternoon with Neil talk and demonstration. gardener wanting tips on your timings? Let the Lucas as he delves into the amazing world of grasses. RHS experts help you through the gardening year The afternoon will begin with an illustrated talk Includes tea/coffee and biscuits. providing a whistle-stop tour of techniques, tips, followed by tea and cake and a tour of RHS Fee: RHS Members £�� Non-RHS Members £�� tricks and advice on seasonal tasks so that you Rosemoor to enjoy the grasses being used in an Skill level: General/Beginner know what you could be doing when. Autumn actual garden setting. Maximum �� places topics covered - techniques for lifting and splitting Discover more about Neil’s specialist subject as he herbaceous perennials to reinvigorate older tired explores the use of grasses in our designed spaces. Beginner’s Gardening Basics � plants and generate new divisions, best practices for siting, planting and establishing trees, autumn From large public planting schemes to private Saturday �� September ��:��am - �:��pm courtyards, grasses offer the busy gardener stunning Colour Themed Gardens lawn care to improve lawn health and wear. We will Tutor: Ian Smith (Bicton College Tutor) also touch on include shrub-pruning techniques and design and easy maintenance, as well as providing Thursday � August ��am - ��:��pm hugely enjoyable green spaces. A seasonal look around the garden learning what border maintenance preparation for the Tutor: Richard Wilson (RHS Garden Team) needs to be done at this time of year and how you can winter months. When not lecturing, writing, or plant-hunting Join Richard on this exploration of the two colour apply this to your own garden at home. Covering seed Fee: RHS Members £�� Non-RHS Members £�� overseas, Neil can be found on his nursery or tending themed gardens here at Rosemoor. We will look at collecting and propagation, this is the last of three his acclaimed naturalistic garden. As one of Britain’s Skill level: General/Beginner the Hot Garden with its fiery tones and compare courses following the seasonal changes at Rosemoor, Maximum �� places leading plantsmen, Neil Lucas is a recognised it with our newest garden, The Cool Garden, and teaching you how to make the most of your own authority on ornamental grasses, owner of Dorset- its gentle calm hues. You will learn the wider, inside garden throughout the year. Designed to be stand- based Knoll Gardens, RHS Council Member and story of the Gardens and their plants, considering alone or attended as a series. Senior Judge, author, and holder of ten consecutive RHS Members book for all four “What now” their contributions, maintenance and challenges. sessions for £�� (�� January, �� March, �� Chelsea Flower Show Gold Medals. This afternoon Lunch and refreshments included. The session will enable you to take away inspiration June and � October ����, ��am-��:��pm). Fee: RHS Members £�� Non-RHS Members £�� promises to be an inspiring and entertaining delve and planting ideas to include in your own plots. Please call ����� ������ to take advantage Skill level: Beginner into the world of grasses. Alternatively, you could just enjoy the juxtaposition of of this offer. Maximum �� places Includes tea/coffee and cake. the two areas. Fee: RHS Members £�� Non-RHS Members £�� Fee: RHS Members £�� Non-RHS Members £�� RHS Members book for all three “Beginner’s Gardening Basics” sessions for £��� Skill level: General/Beginner Skill level: General/Beginner (�� February, �� April and �� September ����, ��:��am-�:��pm). Please call ����� ������ to Maximum �� places Maximum �� places take advantage of this offer.

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Lichens at Rosemoor a section of woodland that is not normally open to the public, and we will try to cover as much ground Saturday �� October �:��pm - �:��pm as possible in order to share as much of the beautiful Tutor: Maxine Putnam (RHS Garden Team) woodlands with you as possible. With discussions There are many lichens growing at Rosemoor – throughout, we will address the aims of the walk, on trees, benches, walls… Following an in initial vision for the future, our management objectives presentation to introduce lichens, we will look at and strategies. We will also discuss the importance of examples under the microscope then go on a guided resilient woodland, what makes a wood resilient, and walk around the varied habitats of the Garden. why it is so important for all woodland to be more Maxine is a lichen recorder for North Devon and is resilient in the future. actively involved in teaching and surveying lichens. Fee: RHS Members £�� Non-RHS Members £�� Includes tea/coffee and cake. Skill level: General/Beginner Maximum �� places Fee: RHS Members £�� Non-RHS Members £�� Skill level: General/Beginner Maximum �� places

Traditional Craft Willow Conical Plant Support Willow Low Hurdles Succeeding with Thursday �� February ��:��am - �:��pm Thursday �� February ��:��am - �:��pm Winter Vegetables Tutor: Peter Earl Tutor: Peter Earl Thursday � November ��am - ��:��pm Learn how to make a conical plant support to These attractive hurdles have been used for many Tutor: Miriam Petry (RHS Garden Team) enhance your garden plants and provide a focal years to edge our potager beds and they last several Explore Rosemoor’s We associate the phrase ‘Grow your own’ with point in your border for several years. Peter will take years, providing a sturdy but very natural looking Woodlands summer’s exuberance of courgette and runner beans you through all the steps to create this popular and edge. In your own garden, you might prefer them to that grow quicker than we can pick them. However, it extremely sturdy support using natural willow, some edge flower borders and provide a little support to Thursday �� October ��am - ��:��pm does not have to stop in autumn: join Miriam to find materials from Rosemoor. Please make sure you have lower growing plants. Peter will help you to create this Tutor: Rod Knight (RHS Garden Team) out how to get the most out of your plot during the room in your car for your creation which will be just popular and extremely sturdy path or border edging At Rosemoor, we are fortunate to be surrounded colder month. Learn how to organise your veg patch over �ft (�m) tall. using natural willow, some materials from Rosemoor. by a stunning backdrop of trees within our wooded for those crops that keep you supplied with fresh All essential materials provided. Lunch and Please make sure you have room in your car for your valley, and the RHS owns and manage over ��� produce that is so precious that time of year. You refreshments included. creation which will be around �ft (�.��m) long. might be surprised how busy your garden will be and acres of woodland at Rosemoor. We will look at Fee: RHS Members £�� Non-RHS Members £�� All essential materials provided. Lunch and how ornamental - sparkling with the first frost our woodlands as a collective and talk about the Skill level: General/Beginner refreshments included. woodland management plan, discussing some of Fee: RHS Members £�� Non-RHS Members £�� Maximum �� places Fee: RHS Members £�� Non-RHS Members £�� the different ways the various compartments within Skill level: General/Beginner Skill level: General/Beginner each wood are being managed. Our walk will include Maximum �� places Maximum �� places

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An Introduction to Rush Basketry Willow Butterflies, Friday �� March ��:��am - �:��pm Bees and Flying Beasties Tutor: Jane Welsh Thursday � or Friday � July Jane has been basket making for over �� years, ��:��am - �:��pm working professionally and teaching. She is passionate Tutor: Sophie Courtiour about the preservation of our traditional crafts and No garden is complete without wildlife! With such originally trained in cabinet making and worked in a move towards encouraging bees, butterflies and timber framing before discovering basketry. pollinating insects into our gardens, what could be During this workshop you will be able to explore this better than creating an eye-catching minibeast to beautiful soft and aromatic material to make a small, adorn your garden fence or house wall? It is also an round, rush basket, suitable for use in the home for opportunity for you to learn a new skill or hone skills storage or decoration. already acquired, that can be adapted to create many All essential materials provided. Lunch and other types of willow structures. refreshments included. Willow Trug for Produce Sophie has lived and worked in various rural Fee: RHS Members £�� Non-RHS Members £�� Friday �� or Saturday �� May environments for most of her life. She discovered Skill level: General/Beginner ��:��am - �:��pm her natural talent in creating incredibly lifelike, yet Maximum � places Tutor: Sarah le Breton somewhat abstract, sculptures very early on, and her art has consistently been received with Exclusively created for the RHS, make this beautiful critical acclaim. Willow Birds: From Ducks to and highly practical willow trug, perfect for carrying Geese, and Hens to Herons your glut of fruit and veg! All essential materials provided. Lunch and refreshments included. Wednesday � or Thursday � April Sophie has lived and worked in various rural Sarah will inspire you with tales about this craft form RHS Members £�� Non-RHS Members £�� ��:��am - �:��pm environments for most of her life. She discovered and what our rich willow basket-making heritage has Fee: Skill level: General/Beginner Tutor: Sophie Courtiour her natural talent in creating incredibly lifelike, yet to offer. She is passionate about her willow work, somewhat abstract, sculptures very early on, and her and has been running her own business in willow Maximum �� places Birds are one of the easiest willow sculptures to art has consistently been received with critical acclaim. sculpting and basketwork since ����. construct, making this the perfect course for the complete beginner. Happy hens and graceful geese All essential materials provided. Lunch and All essential materials provided. Lunch and make a great addition to your garden. It is also an refreshments included. refreshments included. opportunity for you to learn a new skill or hone skills Fee: RHS Members £�� Non-RHS Members £�� Fee: RHS Members £�� Non-RHS Members £�� already acquired, that can be adapted to create many Skill level: General/Beginner Skill level: General/Beginner other types of willow structures. Maximum �� places Maximum � places

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Willow Apple Basket Willow Christmas Saturday � October ��:��am - �:��pm Penguins and Reindeer Tutor: Jane Welsh Thursday � or Friday � December Jane is the original maker of the baskets used for the ��:��am - �:��pm RHS Rosemoor Apple Display. During this workshop Tutor: Sophie Courtiour you will make your own apple basket, perfect for This enjoyable course will help you get into the practical use or simply decorative in your home. A Christmas spirit as you make a wonderful seasonal selection of natural willow will be available for you sculpture. Come and spend a festive fun day making to choose from to create your own uniquely your very own willow penguin or reindeer. During coloured basket. the course you will be guided through the processes Working professionally and teaching, Jane has been needed to make a festive reindeer or a seasonal basket making for over �� years. She is passionate penguin. Red noses are optional! Be warned though, about the preservation of our traditional crafts and willow sculpture is addictive! Soon you may have to originally trained in cabinet making and worked in home a whole herd or colony, or give them away as timber framing before discovering basketry. very desirable gifts. All essential materials provided. Lunch and Sophie has lived and worked in various rural refreshments included. environments for most of her life. She discovered Fee: RHS Members £�� Non-RHS Members £�� her natural talent in creating incredibly lifelike, yet Skill level: General/Beginner somewhat abstract, sculptures very early on, and her Maximum � places Introduction to art has consistently been received with Wood Whittling critical acclaim. All essential materials provided. Lunch and Saturday � November refreshments included. ��:��am - ��:�� or �pm - �:��pm Fee: RHS Members £�� Non-RHS Members £�� Tutor: Richard Irvine Willow Zarzo Basket Skill level: General/Beginner Richard has been doodling with a whittling knife for Maximum �� places Friday �� or Saturday �� September �� years, enjoying the process of making things as ��:��am - �:��pm much as the finished products, and believes that Tutor: Sarah le Breton practical craft making is not only fun but can also Sarah is passionate about willow basketmaking and in benefit our mental health and well-being. He is a this workshop she will help you make a striking round full time outdoor educator and the author of the or rectangular Zarzo basket in a day – this is a bestselling book 'Forest Craft - a child's guide to recently developed basketry style from Denmark, whittling in the woodland'. and you will weave your very own Zarzo using willow This workshop aims to develop the timeless skills of assorted colours. of carving sticks and branches with a single knife. Sarah will inspire you with tales about this craft form You will find out how to choose, use and sharpen a and what our rich willow basket-making heritage has whittling knife and gain knife skills and confidence to offer. She is passionate about her willow work, with a range of techniques. You will have the chance and has been running her own business in willow to make several small items including mushrooms sculpting and basketwork since ����. and fungi. All essential materials provided. Lunch and All essential materials provided. Tea/coffee refreshments included. and biscuits included. RHS Members £�� Non-RHS Members £�� Fee: RHS Members £�� Non-RHS Members £�� Fee: General/Beginner Skill level: General/Beginner Skill level: Maximum � places Maximum �� places

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Traditional Traditional Christmas Wreaths Christmas Garland Saturday �� December Saturday �� December ��:��am - ��:��pm ��:��am - ��:��pm or �pm - �:��pm Tutor: Sarah Pepper Tutor: Sarah Pepper Morning Session to make a �ft long garland on a base Sarah Pepper is a well-known and popular floral of twisted vine, using fresh foliage from Rosemoor designer based in a studio in East Devon, teaching and trimmed with cones, dried orange slices, ribbon workshops and designing Christmas decorations and gilded seed pods. and installations for large scale attractions and All essential materials provided. Tea/coffee private clients. She has been teaching wreath making and biscuits included. workshops for over �� years and never tires of Fee: RHS Members £��, Non-RHS Members £�� creating stunning decorations with Skill level: General/Beginner seasonal materials. Maximum �� places per workshop Come along to make a traditional rustic wreath using glorious seasonal foliage from Rosemoor Garden. Personalise your design with dried fruits, gorgeous ribbons and cones. No well-dressed door should be without one. All essential materials provided. Tea/coffee and biscuits included. Arts and Creative Fee: RHS Members £��, Non-RHS Members £�� Skill level: General/Beginner Painting Quaysides, Maximum �� places per workshop Harbours and Jetties Wednesday � March ��:��am - �:��pm Tutor: Peter Newell Peter is a popular local artist and teacher, who jointly Traditional Christmas runs Quay Drawing to encourage people to improve their observational skills and thereby improve Table Centrepiece their artwork. This workshop is based upon Pete’s Saturday �� December �pm - �:��pm experience of painting quaysides, harbours and Tutor: Sarah Pepper jetties as illustrated in the attendant exhibition. As the Afternoon session to make a stylish table decoration day unfolds, you will be guided through techniques, using fresh foliage and cones from Rosemoor, orange ideas and processes in acrylics and drawing materials, slices, ribbons, potted succulent plants, gilded considering composition, preparatory drawings, seedpods and a candle. paint sketches, and culminating in a small completed work. All essential materials provided. Tea/coffee and biscuits included. All essential materials provided. Lunch and refreshments included. Fee: RHS Members £��, Non-RHS Members £�� Skill level: General/Beginner Pete’s work will be on display at Rosemoor in Maximum �� places per workshop the Peter Buckley Learning Centre Exhibition Room from � February until � March. RHS Members book for both sessions Fee: RHS Members £�� Non-RHS Members £�� including lunch and refreshments £��. Skill level: General Maximum �� places

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Springtime in the Gardens Mosaic Garden Creatures: Printmaking Day Frogs and Foxes (� days) Saturday �� March ��:��am - �:��pm Saturday �� to Sunday �� April Tutor: Polly Pocock ��:��am - �:��pm Polly is an experienced printmaker, artist, and Tutor: Amanda Anderson teacher, who jointly runs Quay Drawing to encourage Amanda Anderson is an international selling mosaic people to improve their observational drawing skills artist who exhibits widely. She has over twenty- five and thereby improve their artwork. After a short years’ experience in mosaic-making after originally introduction, you will seek inspiration and materials studying sculpture at Liverpool’s School of Art. from the Garden environment of RHS Rosemoor. Amanda’s joyful mosaics are instantly recognisable This will be done with guidance from Polly, through for their bold colours and whimsical designs of birds drawing and gathering source material. Using this and other creatures. material, you will create two colour linocuts, enabling Spend a weekend making a wall based mosaic. Design the production of a short edition of prints and cut a base from a foam and fibreglass sheet and All essential materials provided. Lunch and Fresh Colours of Spring construct the mosaic using brightly coloured ceramic refreshments included. (� days) pieces, stained glass and recycled china. Finish off Fee: RHS Members £�� Non-RHS Members £�� Friday �� to Sunday �� March with a weather proof grout and the mosaic will be suitable for inside or out. Skill level: General ��:��am - �:��pm Maximum �� places Tutor: Ros Franklin All essential materials provided. Lunch and refreshments included. A three-day botanical painting workshop working in watercolour with RHS Gold medalist Ros Franklin Fee: RHS Members £��� Non-RHS Members £��� FLS, SBA(Fellow), FEPFS. Ros has paintings included Skill level: General in the RHS Lindley Library, the Royal Botanic Garden Maximum �� places Needlefelted Bobbin Birds Sydney, Australia, and the Eden Project Florilegium archives in Cornwall. She has been teaching for Saturday � March ��:��am - �:��pm twelve years, and will be sharing her knowledge to Dinny Pocock Tutor: explore Spring colours and textures, using seasonal Needle-felting is a wonderful skill to learn - it’s a real flowers and buds from the gardens at Rosemoor. ‘kitchen table’ art form, that can be done almost Students will be shown how to create three- anywhere and requires very few tools. We will start dimensional form by building up transparent layers the day by needle-felting a small practice piece to to capture the Fresh colours of Spring; together get some skills in hand, then move on to needle-felt with fine detail to create different textures, using a sculptural bird on a wooden bobbin, building shape different watercolour techniques. Ros is offering the and adding colour with muted un-dyed wools, and opportunity to work either on paper, or vellum. A with dyed merino. comprehensive equipment list will be provided when Dinny’s sculptures are made with wool and a touch you book – you are welcome to being all your existing of humour, paired with vintage objects that give the painting equipment. For those new to painting, a piece a narrative. This is her first year of appearing in basic set of paints is available to buy from Ros on the the RHS Rosemoor workshop programme, and her day for £��, and basic papers and equipment will be workshops promise to be an exciting new addition. available to borrow. Vellum and specialist paper will All essential materials provided. Lunch and be available to purchase directly from Ros on the day. refreshments included. Lunch and refreshments included. Fee: RHS Members £�� Non-RHS Members £�� Fee: RHS Members £��� Non-RHS Members £��� Skill level: General Skill level: General Maximum � places Maximum �� places

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Developing your Art through a Drawing Animals using Mini Landscape Coloured Pencils (� days) Friday � May ��:��am - �:��pm Saturday �� to Sunday �� June Tutor: Oliver Street ��:��am - �:��pm Oliver Street is a retired secondary art teacher Tutor: Claire Newell and now runs his own Professional Art business, Claire has been working as an artist for �� years and producing mixed-media art that celebrates the rich specialises in pencil drawings of wildlife and pets. She heritage of Britain. enjoys drawing with pencils because they are a very During this workshop, Oliver will lead you through versatile medium and simple in look and feel, yet they an art developmental process from start to finish, can be sued to produce complex and detailed effects. teaching you a core set of art skills that will help you During this workshop, Claire will guide you through get creative with mixed media and collage techniques. drawing an animal (or a portion of an animal) and You will have time to experiment with these skills look at techniques of layering, mixing colour and before using them to produce a mini-landscape piece blending with colour pencils to create effective of art, referring to a real landscape photograph Pear Tree Embroidery eyes, noses, fur and all parts and textures of your for reference, or producing a piece based on Saturday �� May ��:��am - �:��pm chosen animal. your own imagination. Once complete, Oliver will Tutor: Chrissie Juno-Mann All essential materials provided. Lunch and demonstrate how to enlarge your small landscape Come and join Chrissie Juno Mann from the Royal refreshments included. study (Maquette) to produce a final art image. Oliver School of Needlework for a day of raised embroidery. Claire’s work will be on display at Rosemoor in will also demonstrate how to expand your art using Rosemoor grows some wonderful fruits in the the Peter Buckley Learning Centre Exhibition art history techniques and art movements, and how vegetable garden and this design captures the Room from �� May until �� June to incorporate digital technology to further develop beauty of the espalier tree. Worked in a variety of your ideas. Fee: RHS Members £��� Non-RHS Members £��� techniques including raised work, ribbon work and Skill level: General All essential materials provided. Lunch and with a touch of gold, this design is a great way to learn Needlefelted Bears (� days) Maximum �� places refreshments included. new skills. Ideally, some experience with stitch would Saturday � to Sunday � June Oliver’s work will be on display at Rosemoor in be required for this day of embroidery. ��:��am - �:��pm the Peter Buckley Learning Centre Exhibition All essential materials provided. Lunch and Room from �� April until �� May. refreshments included. Tutor: Dinny Pocock Fee: RHS Members £�� Non-RHS Members £�� Fee: RHS Members £��� Non-RHS Members £��� Needle-felting is a wonderful skill to learn - it’s a real Skill level: General Skill level: General/Beginners/Improvers ‘kitchen table’ art form, that can be done almost Maximum �� places Maximum �� places anywhere and requires very few tools. We will start the day by needle-felting a small practice piece to get some skills in hand, then move on to needle-felt a sculptural bear, building shape and adding colour with muted un-dyed wools, and with dyed merino. Dinny’s sculptures are made with wool and a touch of humour, paired with vintage objects that give the piece a narrative. This is her first year of appearing in the RHS Rosemoor workshop programme, and her workshops promise to be an exciting new addition. All essential materials provided. Lunch and refreshments included. Fee: RHS Members £��� Non-RHS Members £��� Skill level: General Maximum � places

28 To book any of these courses, please book online at rhs.org.uk/rosemoor-whats-on or call ����� ������ 29 Arts and Creative Arts and Creative

Floral Jewellery Drawing Day Saturday �� June �pm - �pm Wednesday �� June ��:��am - �:��pm Tutor: Sarah Pepper Tutor: Peter Newell An afternoon of floral jewellery. You will have the After an introduction to the aims of the day you opportunity to make a stunning ring and wrist will start working directly outdoors in the garden. corsage or head dress. We will be wiring blooms and Seated on comfortable chairs and using large clip foliage to make gorgeous, wearable decorations boards you will undertake a series of studies with incorporating fine coloured wires and beads to expert guidance from your tutor. The tuition will compliment your designs take you through a variety of drawing materials and Sarah has been designing and creating wedding techniques enabling you to explore the qualities flowers and stylish decorations for celebrations of each medium and how it relates to the subject for over �� years. She loves to using locally grown, matter you are looking at. Once initial studies have seasonal flowers and brings a contemporary twist to been made, you will progress to a final drawing using traditional techniques. watercolour wash. All materials and equipment are Summer Flowers in provided, but please bring clothing for all weathers All essential materials provided. Tea/coffee and good walking shoes, beginners and experienced Watercolour (� days) and biscuits included. are most welcome. If the weather makes it impossible Friday �� to Sunday �� June Fee: RHS Members £��, Non-RHS Members £�� to work outdoors there is a good indoor space. ��:��am - �:��pm Skill level: General Peter is a popular local artist and teacher, who jointly Tutor: Laura Silburn Maximum �� places per workshop runs Quay Drawing to encourage people to improve Join three-times RHS Gold medal artist Laura Silburn their observational skills and thereby improve their for three days enjoying the beautiful garden flowers artwork. During the day he will also introduce the use of RHS Rosemoor. You will learn the drawing and Traditional Tussie Mussie and of sketchbooks in drawing. painting techniques necessary to produce a finished Hand-tied Bouquet All essential materials provided. Lunch and piece of botanical art in watercolour. Laura will refreshments included. demonstrate and explain the step-by-step process Saturday �� June ��:��am - �pm used by botanical artists to record and showcase a Tutor: Sarah Pepper Fee: RHS Members £�� Non-RHS Members £�� Skill level: General specimen with particular emphasis on celebrating the Sarah has been designing and creating wedding Maximum �� places horticultural varieties we love in our gardens. Paying flowers and gift bouquets for over �� years. She loves special attention to accurate drawing of flowers and to using locally grown, seasonal flowers and brings a colour-matching our cultivars, the course is suitable contemporary twist to traditional techniques. for all levels including absolute beginners. Learn designer tips on how to make delicious Laura is a botanical artist working in Cornwall, where handtied bouquets and package them as gifts along she teaches botanical painting and drawing courses with the ancient art of Tussie Mussies - posies of at the Eden Project and Heligan Gardens. She cut flowers and herbs that hold a specific meaning paints both to record species and celebrate plants, from the sender. Sarah will provide a handout on the with work ranging from botanical documentation meaning of flowers, to guide you through creating for archives and florilegia to artistic studies of further bouquets with greater meaning. horticultural varieties. You will need to bring your All essential materials provided. Tea/coffee own paint brushes (details will be provided). Paint and biscuits included. and other materials will be available to use on the day, but you are welcome to bring your own Fee: RHS Members £��, Non-RHS Members £�� painting materials. Skill level: General Maximum �� places per workshop Lunch and refreshments included. Fee: RHS Members £��� Non-RHS Members £��� General RHS Members book for both sessions including lunch and refreshments for £���. Skill level: Maximum �� places

30 To book any of these courses, please book online at rhs.org.uk/rosemoor-whats-on or call ����� ������ 31 Arts and Creative Arts and Creative

Wet Felting a Natural Skin Care Wildflower Meadow Saturday �� July ��:��am - �:��pm Saturday �� July ��:��am - �:��pm Tutor: Laura Hoy Tutor: Sue Coombes There is a real beauty that can unfold when you make Sue Coombes has been wet felting for about �� your own skin care products, whether it's a simple years, finding her ideas and inspiration from the cleanser for your face or your own unique luxury countryside, beaches and moorland in their various perfume oil. Having an appreciation for the natural seasons. This workshop will teach you the basic ingredients, understanding where they come from skills of wet felting as you create of a colourful and their precious qualities can inspire us to bring a whole new level of cherishing to our everyday skin representation of a wild flower meadow. You will be Wild Flowers from Rosemoor- able to take your own inspiration from the flowers at care rituals. Rosemoor, and appreciate Sue’s finished pieces in her Free Motion Embroidery and In this course you will be introduced to a range accompanying exhibition. Mixed Media Art of botanical ingredients that we will use in mixing and making various beauty products for you to All essential materials provided. Lunch and Saturday �� July ��:��am - �:��pm take home with you. We will spend some time refreshments included. Tutor: Janet Gibbins becoming familiar with a range of essential oils, their Sue’s work will be on display at Rosemoor in My work reflects my love of colours, structures and incredible scents, as well as their health and wellbeing the Peter Buckley Learning Centre Exhibition textures of the natural world. Growing up in the properties. You will feel confident to choose your Room from �� June until �� July countryside I was encouraged to paint and sew by my own blends, with support, to enrich the already Fee: RHS Members £�� Non-RHS Members £�� grandmother and on retirement, inspired by Devon nourishing base products we will put together. You Skill level: General lanes, hedgerows and gardens I was able to use the will make & take home Face Oil blend (��ml), Lip balm Ipad Plein Air Painting Maximum �� places skills learnt in childhood and combined these with (�g) and Face cream (��g). Workshop tuition from workshops and guidance in the use of Laura Hoy is a highly skilled and experienced Clinical additional mediums and a sewing machine to create Saturday �� July ��:��am -�:��pm Aromatherapist & Essential Oil Consultant. Her way my own art work of working is hands on and she encourages clients to Tutor: Rachel Shute The aim of the course is to produce a small picture reconnect to their own sense of alchemy, whether it Join Illustrator Rachel Shute for a day of drawing of images created from wild flowers seen growing be making a personal fragrance or choosing how to and painting using your own Ipad. Learn how to at Rosemoor . Students will sketch their own bring a product into daily life. create beautiful digital landcapes and studies of the simple designs suitable for transfer to a pre painted All essential materials provided. Lunch and gardens at Rosemoor. Inspired by the IPad drawings background, if this is a “no-no” for you there will refreshments included. of David Hockney created during the lockdown in be ideas you can use. The addition of mixed media Fee: RHS Members £��� Non-RHS Members £��� ����, this new workshop will be based both inside the products, stitch and paint will complete your work Skill level: General classroom and drawing directly outdoors. in readiness for framing. You will need to bring your Maximum �� places Rachel lives locally, illustrating, teaching and own sewing machine (and manual!) with straight exhibiting her work. Her locally inspired beachscape stitch and free machining feet, spare machine illustrations and depictions of cafe life capture the needles and bobbins - please wind one with white essence of calm nostalgia for a happy childhood or ivory thread in advance – and your usual sewing spent on the South West Coast. requirements e.g. embroidery needles for hand Participants must bring their own Ipad , Ipad Mini, sewing, coloured headed pins, scissors etc. Ipad Air or Ipad Pro plus a charger to the workshop. Lunch and refreshments included. Participants must purchase and download a creative Janet’s work will be on display at Rosemoor in App called Procreate before the workshop. the Peter Buckley Learning Centre Exhibition Lunch and refreshments included. Room from �� June until �� July Fee: RHS Members £�� Non-RHS Members £�� Fee: RHS Members £�� Non-RHS Members £�� Skill level: General Skill level: Intermediate/Experienced Maximum �� places Maximum �� places

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A Season of Plenty from the Gardens at Rosemoor (� days) Friday � September to Sunday � September ��:��am - �:��pm Tutor: Ros Franklin A three-day botanical painting workshop working in watercolour with RHS Gold medalist Ros Franklin FLS, SBA(Fellow), FEPFS. Ros has paintings included in the RHS Lindley Library, the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney, Australia, and the Eden Project Florilegium archives in Cornwall. She has been teaching for twelve years and will be sharing her knowledge to explore the Season of Plenty, using seasonal flowers and vegetables from the gardens at Rosemoor. Students will be shown how to create three- Plants and Prints dimensional form by building up transparent layers Thursday �� August ��:��am - �:��pm to capture their chosen subjects accurately, together Tutor: Douglas Anderson with fine detail to create different textures, using different watercolour techniques. Ros is offering the This workshop will introduce participants to this opportunity to work either on paper or vellum. A exciting process of textile printing, developing textile comprehensive equipment list will be provided when monoprints using heat transfer printmaking. We you book – you are welcome to bring all your existing will explore different ways to develop unique, hand painting equipment. For those new to painting, a printed fabrics. Using sublimation dyes, stencils, basic set of paints is available to buy from Ros on the collage and different methods of mark making we day for £��, and basic papers and equipment will be will lay down colour, pattern and texture to create a available to borrow. Vellum and specialist paper will personal collection of vibrant textile panels inspired be available to purchase directly from Ros on the day. by the plants and flowers within the gardens. These may be considered finished pieces or might form Lunch and refreshments included. the basis for more detailed textile compositions Fee: RHS Members £��� Non-RHS Members £��� structures, colour and pattern before returning to Plant Life – developed beyond the workshop. Skill level: General the classroom to develop our ideas further. Douglas has worked for many years in textile design Maximum �� places a Sketchbook Journey Douglas has worked for many years in textile design creating fabrics for fashion, furnishings and the Thursday �� August ��:��am - �:��pm creating fabrics for fashion, furnishings and the costume design industries. He has over �� years Tutor: Douglas Anderson costume design industries. He has over �� years experience in Visual Arts education, teaching across The aim of the workshop is offer a fresh approach experience in Visual Arts education, teaching across all levels and exhibiting as a printmaker, painter & to ’drawing in the landscape’ through the use of all levels and exhibiting as a printmaker, painter & textile artist. experimental, multimedia mark making within textile artist. All essential materials provided. Lunch and Concertina Sketchbooks. Participants will be All essential materials provided. Lunch and refreshments included. encouraged to combine collage, simple printmaking, refreshments included. wet & dry media and the drawn line. We will prepare Douglas’s work will be on display at Rosemoor Douglas’s work will be on display at Rosemoor and develop several pages in the studio using a range in the Peter Buckley Learning Centre in the Peter Buckley Learning Centre of media before venturing out in to the grounds with Exhibition Room from �� July until �� August our books. Exhibition Room from �� July until �� August Fee: RHS Members £�� Non-RHS Members £�� Fee: RHS Members £�� Non-RHS Members £�� Using a selection of drawing materials we will make Skill level: General Skill level: General quick observational studies, recording organic Maximum �� places Maximum �� places

34 To book any of these courses, please book online at rhs.org.uk/rosemoor-whats-on or call ����� ������ 35 Arts and Creative Arts and Creative

Natural Dyeing with Plants (� days) Saturday �� and Sunday �� September ��:��am - �:��pm Tutor: Isabella Whitworth Isabella trained as a graphic designer and worked in industry for several years. After travels in India and Indonesia she realised she wanted to work with textiles and began using techniques such as gutta and wax resist, and shibori, initially using synthetic dyes on silk. Her interest in natural dyes was ignited after she attended a lecture on indigo given by Jenny Balfour Paul. She began work with natural dyes and her knowledge of making and working with orchil (a natural dye obtained from lichens) has brought her into contact with many international researchers Mosaic Garden Creatures: working in conservation and science. Songbirds and Summer This course offers a hands-on introduction to natural Blooms (� days) Peter is a popular local artist and teacher, who jointly dyes and their rich and ancient history. Students will runs Quay Drawing to encourage people to improve learn how to prepare fibres, yarns, fabrics and dyes, Saturday �� to Sunday �� September their observational skills and thereby improve their and mordant items before dyeing. Weld, madder, ��:��am - �:��pm artwork. During the day he will also introduce the use cochineal and indigo dye will be used, as well as some Tutor: Amanda Anderson of sketchbooks in drawing. material from the woods and gardens at Rosemoor. Amanda Anderson is an international selling mosaic All essential materials provided. Lunch and Students will take away a set of dyed samples as well artist who exhibits widely. She has over twenty- five refreshments included. as their own individually-dyed silk scarf. You can buy a years’ experience in mosaic-making after originally Fee: RHS Members £�� Non-RHS Members £�� scarf from Isabella on the day for £�-£��. studying sculpture at Liverpool’s School of Art. Skill level: General All essential materials provided. Lunch and Amanda’s joyful mosaics are instantly recognisable Maximum �� places refreshments included. for their bold colours and whimsical designs of birds and other creatures. Drawing Day Fee: RHS Members £��� Non-RHS Members £��� Autumn Felting Skill level: General Spend a weekend making a wall based mosaic. Design Wednesday �� September ��:��am - �:��pm Maximum �� places and cut a base from a foam and fibreglass sheet and Tutor: Peter Newell Saturday � October ��:��am - �:��pm Tutor: Joan Prowse construct the mosaic using brightly coloured ceramic After an introduction to the aims of the day you pieces, stained glass and recycled china. Finish off A unique opportunity to learn the art of needle will start working directly outdoors in the garden. felting with Joan Prowse B.A. a recognised and with a weather proof grout and the mosaic will be Seated on comfortable chairs and using large clip suitable for inside or out. established artist and tutor. boards you will undertake a series of studies with Joan will teach you how to make an A� autumn All essential materials provided. Lunch and expert guidance from your tutor. The tuition will landscape and then go on to make a beautiful refreshments included. take you through a variety of drawing materials and �D harvest mouse. Whether you are a complete Fee: RHS Members £��� Non-RHS Members £��� techniques enabling you to explore the qualities beginner or done some needle felting before, Skill level: General of each medium and how it relates to the subject prepare to expand your knowledge in this delightful Maximum �� places matter you are looking at. Once initial studies have and easy to pick up craft. been made, you will progress to a final drawing using watercolour wash. All materials and equipment are All essential materials provided. Lunch and provided, but please bring clothing for all weathers refreshments included. and good walking shoes, beginners and experienced Fee: RHS Members £�� Non-RHS Members £�� are most welcome. If the weather makes it impossible Skill level: General/Beginner to work outdoors there is a good indoor space. Maximum ��

36 To book any of these courses, please book online at rhs.org.uk/rosemoor-whats-on or call ����� ������ 37 Arts and Creative Arts and Creative

Janet has been a professional painter for over �� years exhibiting widely, with many images published as prints and greetings cards. She is known for her loose ‘impressionist’ style and bold use of colour. A comprehensive equipment list will be provided when you book – you are welcome to being all your existing painting equipment. Alternatively all equipment and materials for the course can be provided for £�� per student. Lunch and refreshments included. Fee: RHS Members £��� Non-RHS Members £��� Skill level: General Maximum �� places

The Colours of Autumn in Woodland, Plants and Produce (� days) Fee: RHS Members £�� Non-RHS Members £�� Friday �� to Sunday �� October Skill level: General ��:��am - �:��pm Maximum �� places Tutor: Janet Judge Woodland Pottery Taking inspiration form the wonderful autumn Friday �� October ��:��am - �:��pm Paper Cutting for Christmas colours at Rosemoor, we will be painting still life and Tutor: Dos and Dave Rodgers landscapes in watercolour and mixed media. Janet Saturday �� November ��:��am - �:��pm loves the warm colours of autumn and hopes to Be inspired on this seasonal pottery workshop, Tutor: Christine Green help you capture your joy at what you are painting. using woodlands and fungi as a theme for some A great way to ease into the festive season. This creative pottery. Using hand building techniques, you There will be a wide range of flowers and produce Winter Flora Printmaking Day course will introduce you to a wide variety of from the garden for you to paint, complemented by will be able to make pottery items that reflect the cut out items including, Haitian metal work and photographs of autumn trees and landscapes natural surroundings. Saturday �� November ��:��am - �:��pm traditional Polish and Chinese paper cuts. With the for inspiration. Dos and Dave have been making pottery locally in Tutor: Polly Pocock help of resource sheets, you will design your own Janet encourages her students to explore their Barnstaple since relocating here in ����. Everything Polly is an experienced printmaker, artist, and festive themed paper cut. You will master using subject with quick loose sketches and to experiment they make starts life as a lump of clay, and is made teacher, who jointly runs Quay Drawing to encourage your scalpel safely and accurately. Learn the basic with different tools, like sticks and feathers, as well as by hand using traditional methods of production. people to improve their observational drawing skills techniques with lots of top tips. Cut out a sheet of different sizes and shapes of brush. She will show you The result is unique pottery where no two items are and thereby improve their artwork. After a short pre-prepared festive designs, then design and cut a how to draw into wet paint with various media and exactly the same. This is a new course for Rosemoor, introduction, you will seek inspiration and materials three dimensional card using typography as a starting how to build layers of transparent colour and work and Dos and Dave’s enthusiasm promises to make from the Garden environment of RHS Rosemoor. point. This is a new course for Rosemoor - great fun with a limited palette to capture your subject .Above this a fun and enjoyable day. This will be done with guidance from Polly, through and just a little addictive. all she wants you to have fun and enjoy the All essential materials provided. Lunch and drawing and gathering source material. Using this All essential materials provided. Lunch and painting process. refreshments included. material, you will create two colour linocuts, enabling refreshments included. the production of a short edition of prints There will be a mixture of demonstrations and Fee: RHS Members £�� Non-RHS Members £�� Fee: RHS Members £�� Non-RHS Members £�� individual tuition making the course suitable for Skill level: General All essential materials provided. Lunch and Skill level: General all abilities. Maximum �� places refreshments included. Maximum �� places

38 To book any of these courses, please book online at rhs.org.uk/rosemoor-whats-on or call ����� ������ 39 Arts and Creative Photography

Liz’s work will be on display at Rosemoor in the Peter Buckley Learning Centre Exhibition Room from �� June until �� July. Fee: RHS Members £�� Non-RHS Members £�� Skill level: General Maximum �� places

Needlefelted Toadstools Saturday � December ��:��am - �:��pm Tutor: Dinny Pocock Needle-felting is a wonderful skill to learn - it’s a real ‘kitchen table’ art form, that can be done almost anywhere and requires very few tools. Needle- felted toadstools on wooden pegs make wonderful Christmas decorations and lovely gifts. You’ll build shape and add colour with both muted un-dyed wools and dyed merino, making as many toadstools as time allows. Dinny’s sculptures are made with wool and a touch of humour, paired with vintage objects that give the piece a narrative. This is her first year of appearing in the RHS Rosemoor workshop programme, and her workshops promise to be an exciting new addition. All essential materials provided. Lunch and refreshments included. Fee: RHS Members £�� Non-RHS Members £�� Skill level: General Maximum � places Rag Wreath Saturday �� November ��:��am - �:��pm Tutor: Liz Zealley This promises to be a fun and festive workshop! A Photography creative day learning how to make a rag wreath. This is a great craft for recycling clothes and using up fabric. Liz will also show you some rag rugging techniques Photography for Beginners and detail but finds that anything can spark the and different ways of making a festive wreath. Saturday �� April ��:��am - �:��pm imagination and become a photographic subject. Liz loves textiles and colour. She has been sewing and Tutor: John Howells Lunch and refreshments included. crafting for over �� years. She works with people of all A relaxed introduction to photography where the John’s photography will be on display at ages and ability, building confidence and supporting only requirement is something to take pictures with Rosemoor in the Peter Buckley Learning all to create their own works of art. Liz is inspired and a desire to learn! Learn how capture an inspiring Centre Exhibition Room from �� March until by nature, motivated by colour, and loves to create, image and turn it into a great photo. �� April. enabling her to make unique pieces of textile art. John has been teaching art and photography Fee: RHS Members £�� Non-RHS Members £�� All essential materials provided. Lunch and through private classes for a number of years. His Skill level: General refreshments included. photography is generally based around nature Maximum �� places

40 To book any of these courses, please book online at rhs.org.uk/rosemoor-whats-on or call ����� ������ 41 Photography Further Information

Mastering Flower Photography Further Information Saturday �� September ��:��am - �:��pm Any updated information can be found on the Rosemoor Plant Centre and Gift Shop Tutor: Ross Hoddinott Course and Workshops section of the RHS • The Plant Centre and Gift Shop is open daily, and Flowers are vibrant, elegant and exquisitely website: https://www.rhs.org.uk/education- you are welcome to visit them as part of your time beautiful things but flower photography is far learning/Find-a-course-workshop at RHS Rosemoor. from easy. To capture the beauty and character of flowering blooms requires good camera handling Ticket Information Catering skills, technique and a creative eye. Join close-up • Booking is essential. Popular courses may sell out, • There are a number of catering options available specialist Ross Hoddinott for a masterclass in flower so early booking is advised. at Rosemoor, although many courses now have photography when he will offer expert guidance on • On the day of your course, please bring your Ticket refreshments included. Please see individual course Exploring and Enjoying camera settings, focusing and depth of field, while Letter and booking reference number with you, and entries for more details. also highlighting the importance of subject selection, Evening Light report to the main Garden entrance. Garden Admission background choice and shooting angle. Saturday �� June �pm - �pm • Please address queries regarding your booking to • Admission to RHS Garden Rosemoor is included in Ross Hoddinott is one of the UK’s best-known nature Tutor: Ross Hoddinott [email protected] the price of your course or workshop ticket. and close-up photographers, working professionally Join close-up specialist Ross Hoddinott for a for over ��-years with BOSE, BBC Wildlife, KEW • If you are not an RHS Member, you may join at the Weather masterclass in garden photography when he time of booking and take advantage of the reduced Gardens and the Natural Trust among his clients. • Many of our courses involve outdoor elements, so will offer expert guidance on camera settings, prices for RHS Members. Please call ����� ������ He is the author of several photography books, please be prepared for all eventualities and wear sharpness and depth of field, while also highlighting to arrange this. including ‘Digital Macro & Close-up Photography’. appropriate clothing and footwear, eg. sun hat, rain the importance of subject selection, background He is a popular and experienced tutor, with a friendly, • Tickets are non-refundable unless the event is coat, warm jumper, sturdy boots. Courses will take choice and shooting angle. Emphasis will be placed informal and fun teaching style. cancelled by the RHS. place irrespective of inclement weather! on creativity and also the influence of light. This is a • RHS Garden Rosemoor reserves the right to cancel fantastic opportunity to enjoy the garden and take You will need a digital SLR or mirrorless camera and First Aid an event, in which case you will be fully refunded for photographs at Rosemoor after day visitors have left. ideally a dedicated macro lens. A sturdy tripod with your ticket booking. We regret that the RHS is not • In the event of an emergency, there will always be a Not only will you have the gardens to yourself, but the low level capability is highly recommended and if you liable for any expenses incurred due to a cancelled First Aider onsite. group will benefit from the gorgeous, warm evening have any lighting accessories please bring these too, course or workshop. light. An opportunity not to be missed! however, lighting aids will be demonstrated during Parking the course. • Courses and workshops require a minimum Ross Hoddinott is one of the UK’s best-known nature • Car Parking at RHS Rosemoor is free and accessible number of places to be sold in order for them to and close-up photographers, working professionally Lunch and refreshments included. parking is available on a first come first served basis. go ahead. If this minimum is not achieved by a week for over ��-years with BOSE, BBC Wildlife, KEW Fee: RHS Members £�� Non-RHS Members £��� Dogs before the event, we reserve the right to cancel the Gardens and the Natural Trust among his clients. Skill level: General event and refund any tickets booked. • Only Guide Dogs and Registered Support Dogs are He is the author of several photography books, Maximum � places permitted in the Garden. including ‘Digital Macro & Close-up Photography’. • If a tutor is unavailable to run their course, a suitable He is a popular and experienced tutor, with a friendly, replacement tutor will be sought and you will be Smoking informal and fun teaching style. contacted. If we are unable to find an appropriate • Smoking and vaping are not permitted in the substitute, we will refund your ticket payment. You will need a digital SLR or mirrorless camera and vicinity of any buildings, and not permitted outside ideally a dedicated macro lens. A sturdy tripod with • The RHS Courses and Workshop programme during any Adult Learning courses. low level capability is highly recommended and if you is designed for Adult Learning. We would not have any lighting accessories please bring these too, normally admit a young person under �� to any Our courses are intended to be however, lighting aids will be demonstrated during Adult Learning Course or Workshop. informative, friendly and fun. We do the course. Access not offer any certificated courses, but Supper and refreshments included. • The majority of Rosemoor is easily accessible, and hope that you will enjoy your time at Fee: RHS Members £�� Non-RHS Members £��� wheelchairs are available to book in advance. If Rosemoor, and be inspired by the skills you have any specific access requirements, please Skill level: General and knowledge that you gain from us. Maximum � places contact [email protected]

42 To book any of these courses, please book online at rhs.org.uk/rosemoor-whats-on or call ����� ������ 43 How to book How to find us

Online: The garden lies � mile south of Great Torrington on the A����. It is approximately � hour from the M� at www.rhs.org.uk/education-learning/Find-a- Tiverton (junction ��) via the A���, �� minutes from course-workshop Exeter or �� minutes from Barnstaple (these are times for cars, so please allow more time for coach travel). Telephone: ����� ������ Satnav users: EX�� �PH (office hours only) Ilfracombe

Rosemoor information and enquiries: Barnstaple South Molton ����� ������ Bideford [email protected] B���� Great Umberleigh A��� Adult Learning, A�� Torrington A��� RHS Garden Rosemoor RHS GARDEN A���� Tiverton ROSEMOOR J�� Great Torrington, Bude A��� M� Devon EX�� �PH Okehampton A�� Truro Exeter

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