Garden Workshops

Join our expert gardeners for a series of unmissable workshops throughout the year. These small group sessions in the idyllic setting of Hillsborough Castle's gardens will teach you hands-on techniques to use at home, from creating a bee-friendly garden to designing the very best hand-tied bouquets.

The workshops take place in the Walled Garden and the surfaces are even.

Seed sowing workshop

Date: Saturday 12 April 2025
Time: 10:30-12:30

Join the Walled Garden Team and learn how to sow a range of seeds, annuals and perennial, flowers and vegetables. Get hands on preparing compost, filling seed trays and sowing the seed, ready to take home and germinate.

Growing vegetables for the first time

Date: Saturday 10 May 2025
Time: 10:30-12:30

Join the Walled Garden Team and learn how to plant out a range of vegetables and flowers in the garden. From preparing the soil, correct spacing and planting depth to getting your line straight the team will give you expert guidance. All materials supplied.

See more workshops below.

When

Selected dates until 04 September

10.30 - 12.30

Ticketing information

Ticket prices: Seed Sowing, Growing Vegetables, Summer Propagation - £45 (non-members) / £35 (members)

Autumn Bouquets, Summer Bouquets Workshops, Christmas Wreaths - £55 (non-members) / £45 (members).

Separate ticket (advance booking required)

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Please wear sturdy footwear and bring outdoor clothing (applies to all workshops).

Summer propagation

Date: Saturday 19 July 2025
Time: 10:30-12:30

By the end of the workshops participants we be able to identify suitable plant material to use as propagules, and will be able to select material prepare and insert cuttings of a variety of plants using different methods from the plants in the garden at Hillsborough.

Summer bouquets (two workshops)

Date: Saturday 05 July 2025 and Saturday 09 August 2025
Time: 10:30-12:30

Participants will each harvest and condition flowers from the gardens at Hillsborough and create their own handtied bouquet under the instruction of our resident florist Lorna Brownlee.

Autumn Bouquets

Date: Thursday 04 September 2025
Time: 10:30-12:30

Participants will each harvest and condition flowers from the gardens at Hillsborough and create their own handtied bouquet under the instruction of our resident florist Lorna Brownlee. Meet in Weston Pavilion.

Want to learn more about our gardens? See the gardens erupt in spectacular colour with over half a million bulbs in bloom for Spring Spectacular.

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