Easter Bunny and Basket Workshop

Weave your own willow Easter Bunny to adorn your home or garden and make a beautiful nest basket for collecting your eggs.

Garden Styles: Cottage Garden

A series of short day courses designed to give you more detailed information about specific aspects of garden styles.

Garden Styles: Front Garden

A series of short day courses designed to give you more detailed information about specific aspects of garden styles.

Garden Styles: Woodland Garden

A series of short day courses designed to give you more detailed information about specific aspects of garden styles.

Growing and Using Herbs

A practical and sensory exploration of how herbs can nourish, support and uplift us. Including herb identification and uses, tea tasting, herb growing and propagation by seed.

Introduction to Lawn Care

A series of one-off Gardening courses on Fridays An exciting new series of one-off, stand-alone gardening courses covering a wide range of topics - each session is a mixture of classroom based ‘theory’ and practical, hands-on work outside in the grounds of Stoke lodge, weather permitting.

Introduction to Organic vegetable growing

A series of one-off Gardening courses on Fridays An exciting new series of one-off, stand-alone gardening courses covering a wide range of topics - each session is a mixture of classroom based ‘theory’ and practical, hands-on work outside in the grounds of Stoke lodge, weather permitting.

Introduction to Willow Weaving

An introduction to the intriguing world of willow sculpture. Create three lovely items to decorate your home or garden.

Know your soil, and how to improve it

A series of one-off Gardening courses on Fridays An exciting new series of one-off, stand-alone gardening courses covering a wide range of topics - each session is a mixture of classroom based ‘theory’ and practical, hands-on work outside in the grounds of Stoke lodge, weather permitting.

Making and using garden compost, green manures, and liquid fertilisers

A series of one-off Gardening courses on Fridays An exciting new series of one-off, stand-alone gardening courses covering a wide range of topics - each session is a mixture of classroom based ‘theory’ and practical, hands-on work outside in the grounds of Stoke lodge, weather permitting.

Propagating plants from seed

A series of one-off Gardening courses on Fridays An exciting new series of one-off, stand-alone gardening courses covering a wide range of topics - each session is a mixture of classroom based ‘theory’ and practical, hands-on work outside in the grounds of Stoke lodge, weather permitting.

Rose planting and pruning

A series of one-off Gardening courses on Fridays An exciting new series of one-off, stand-alone gardening courses covering a wide range of topics - each session is a mixture of classroom based ‘theory’ and practical, hands-on work outside in the grounds of Stoke lodge, weather permitting.

Soil preparation and improvement

A series of one-off Gardening courses on Fridays An exciting new series of one-off, stand-alone gardening courses covering a wide range of topics - each session is a mixture of classroom based ‘theory’ and practical, hands-on work outside in the grounds of Stoke lodge, weather permitting.

Willow Moon Gazing Hare

Discover the creative potential of willow, learn the basic techniques and then weave your own March Hare from locally sourced willow to take home.

Willow Plant Support Workshop

Willow is a renewable and sustainable resource that is ideal for creating garden structures.