Garden Workshops

Name: Garden Workshops
Start: 2027-03-06
End: 2027-12-03
Location: Hillsborough Castle

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When

Select days from 06 March 2027

10.30 - 12.30

Ticketing information

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See individual workshops for prices. Member discount available. Book your discounted member ticket online and bring your membership card.

Separate ticket (advance booking required)

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

Events

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 the best ways to plant vegetables to designing the very best hand-tied bouquets.

Growing Sweetpeas and Making Obelisks

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Date: 06 March 2027
Time: 10:30-12:30 (maximum capacity: 10)
Place: Walled Garden (all materials supplied)

Price: £55.00 non-members / £40.00 members

Create towers of colour and fragrance to enjoy throughout the summer. Join the Walled Garden team to learn how to sow sweetpeas for the best results and be guided through the process of crafting your own bespoke willow obelisk to support and showcase your plants.

All tools and materials will be provided, although you are welcome to bring your own secateurs if preferred. As we will be working in the polytunnel, please dress warmly and wear sturdy footwear.

Walled Garden workshops

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

Seed sowing workshop

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Date: 10 April 2027
Time: 10:30-12:30 (maximum capacity: 12)
Place: Walled Garden (all materials supplied)

Price: £45.00 non-members / £35.00 members

Join the Walled Garden Team and learn how to sow a range of seeds, annuals and perennials, 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

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Date: 22 May 2027
Time: 10:30-12:30 (maximum capacity: 12)
Place: Walled Garden (all materials supplied)

Price: £45.00 non-members / £35.00 members

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 lines straight, the team will give you expert guidance.

Summer propagation

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Date: 24 July 2027
Time: 10:30-12:30 (maximum capacity: 12)
Place: Walled Garden (all materials supplied)

Price: £45.00 non-members / £35.00 members

Grow your own plants: by the end of the workshop participants will 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 gardens at Hillsborough.

View of the Walled Garden with plants in the sunshine.

Bouquet Workshops

Spring wreaths

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Date: 03 April 2027
Time: 10:30-12:30 (maximum capacity: 15)
Place: Meet in West Pavilion

Price: £55.00 non-members / £45.00 members

Create your own handmade spring wreath at Hillsborough Castle for your door using fresh foliage from the gardens.

Summer bouquets

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Date: 03 July 2027 and 07 August 2027
Time: 10:30-12:30 (maximum capacity: 15)
Place: Meet in West Pavilion

Price: £55.00 non-members / £45.00 members

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

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Date: 03 September 2027
Time: 10:30-12:30 (maximum capacity: 15)
Place: Meet in West Pavilion

Price: £55.00 non-members / £45.00 members

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