Do you dream of having a flower garden at home that is beautiful and provides a bounty of blooms to cut from all season long?
Perhaps you’re not sure of what style of garden you want or how to get started, or maybe you feel overwhelmed by choices at the garden centre and confused by compost, complicated soil science and different flower varieties?
Join Emma, Earthenry's head gardener and farmer/florist as she breaks down the process of creating a new garden into easy to understand steps. This workshop is hands-on too, as we create a new bed together from scratch so you can 'learn by doing' and easily replicate this at home.
Winter is also the perfect time to start prepping a new garden in time for spring planting, so whether you are a beginner gardener or enthusiastic novice, this workshop will instill you with the confidence to get started now on creating the flower garden you've always dreamed of.
The workshop will cover:
- Finding your own authentic garden style.
- What to think about before you start.
- Choosing a site.
- Assessing your soil type and soil health.
- Prepping a bed without chemicals.
- Removing grass and maintaining edges.
- Soil care & amendments.
- How to plant and common mistakes.
- Irrigation & mulching for success.
- Maintenance and weeds.
- Plant protection from pests!
Also:
- List of our favourite cut flower perennial plants for sandy soils and clay soils.
- Pest-proof plants - do they exist?
- Seasonal planting and what to consider.
- Attracting and supporting beneficial insects in your garden.
- Adopting organic and regenerative practices in your garden.
Inclusions:
Digital reference notes including our workshop plant list.
3 x packets of our favourite Earthenry perennial flower seeds.
Tea/coffee and hot veggie soup for lunch (GF/Vegetarian).
Plenty of Q&A.
Please bring:
Closed toe shoes, warm clothes, a rain jacket and water bottle and notebook if required. All other tools provided.
If this workshop is sold out - please register your interest to attend by joining our waitlist.
If we get enough people registered we may be able to schedule a new workshop date.
About your host:
Emma Horswill is head gardener at Earthenry Flower Farm and is a self-proclaimed obsessive gardener! Emma also consults for new garden design projects and her garden at Earthenry is featured in the popular 'Tasmanian Gardens' book. Emma has been gardening for almost 25 years and has been developing the flower borders and cut flower fields at Earthenry since 2019. Drawing on a background of Fine Arts as well as her horticulture training at the Royal Tasmanian Botanic Gardens, Emma approaches all her garden designs with creativity and seeking the right balance between aesthetics and practical management. Natural elements and authenticity of place are key design principles. Emma incorporates a science based approach that is founded on organic, permaculture, biodynamic and regenerative agriculture practices.
Please note:
This workshop is held both indoors and outdoors during winter in Tasmania - so cold or rainy weather is likely1 We will only cancel this workshop if heavy rain is forecast, in which case participants will be notified by email and a replacement session date offered or full refund provided.
