Come and spend a delightful morning at our flower farm. You will get a tour of the farm to see how we ensure a steady supply of flowers through the season. Roll up your sleeves and get hands on experience with tasks like sowing seeds, pricking out, taking cuttings, making compost to name a few. There will be plenty of time for questions and to learn from Alison’s wealth of experience. This is a flexible course, available either morning or afternoon – 10am-1pm or 1-4pm. Join us March to August for a fun and educational experience.
This full day workshop is for people who wish to grow and arrange seasonal cut flowers. In the morning, after a tour of Ashwell Flower Farm, we will discuss what cut flowers to grow and how this can support a more sustainable future. We will then sow a range of appropriate successional hardy and half hard seeds for you to take home. You'll receive a comprehensive booklet covering all you need to get your cut flower patch delivering flowers for you all season long. We’ll also seek out some self sown seedlings around the farm to add to your flower patch. After a light lunch we’ll discuss the key sustainable mechanics of flower arranging, along with learning how to care for your cut flowers to ensure longevity. Alison will then guide you in making a beautiful arrangement to take home. In April this will be a long, low, natural style arrangement encompassing the quintessential beauty of fresh, scented, seasonal and locally grown flowers.
Learn the skills needed to design and plan your own cutting garden to create a continual supply of gorgeous blooms from April-October.
This course is held at Boho’s cutting gardens. It is a relaxing, fun and hands-on session with plenty of practical tips and tricks on what seeds to sow and when, how to cultivate seeds, potting on, how to take cuttings of what you grow and finally how to condition flowers. You will leave with your own starter tray of seeds to get your cut flower patch going, along with lots of ideas for your own plot development. Flexible course, please get in touch for more details.
