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WFGA Calendar of Events 2019
The WFGA is recognised for its WRAGS placements but there is a lot more that we do to try and provide training and practical experience opportunities for people interested in horticulture.
Please find below our calendar of events for 2019. Please note that not all of these may be available to book on our website immediately and further events will be added throughout the year.
| Month | Date | Activity | Location | Cost to Members |
| Jan | 3rd | Plant Classification Workshop | Faringdon, Oxfordshire | £60 |
| 4th | Plant Classification Workshop | Faringdon, Oxfordshire | £60 | |
| 17th | Ornamental Grasses Maintenance Day | Goddards Green, Cranbrook, Kent | £25 | |
| 26th | Becoming a Self Employed Gardener | Taunton, Somerset | £50 | |
| Feb | 5th | Rose Pruning Skills Day | Barkby Hall, Leicestershire | £25 |
| 11th | Head Gardener’s Year | Blewbury, Oxon | £70 for two sessions | |
| 16th | Willow Structures | Coates, Glos | £60 | |
| 16th | Grafting French Cider Apples | Megginch Castle, Perthshire | £25 | |
| 19th | Rose Pruning Skills Day | Nr Cambridge | £25 | |
| 21st | Head Gardener’s Year | Fittleworth, West Sussex | £70 for two sessions | |
| 26th | Pruning Climbing Roses | Birtsmorton, Worcestershire | £25 | |
| March | 2nd | Becoming a Self Employed Gardener | Grove, Oxon | £50 |
| 5th | Rose Pruning Skills Day | Baxter’s Farm, Glos | £25 | |
| 5th | Apple Grafting | Barkby Hall, Leicestershire | £25 | |
| 6th | Rose Pruning Skills Day | Hever Castle, Kent | £25 | |
| 7th | Orchard Pruning Skills Day | Baxter’s Farm, Glos | £25 | |
| 9th | Willow Structures | Great Milton, Oxon | £60 | |
| 12th | Lifting Snowdrops in the green | Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire | £25 | |
| 19th | Making of an Environmentally Friendly Garden | Newcastle upon Tyne | £17 | |
| 28th | No Dig Workshop | Alhampton, Somerset | £75 | |
| 29th | Hestercombe Garden Visit | Taunton, Somerset | £5 | |
| 29th March – 1st April | Cornwall Gardens Tour | Roseland, Cornwall | £245 | |
| April | 3rd | Dahlia Division and Care | Feering, Essex | £25 |
| 3rd | Spring Pruning | Tonbridge, Kent | £50 | |
| 13th | Planning a Cutting Garden | Hillcommon, Somerset | £35 | |
| 30th | Herbaceous Border Skills Day | Nr Cambridge | £25 | |
| May | 7th | Head Gardener’s Year | Blewbury, Oxon | £70 for two sessions |
| 16th | Head Gardener’s Year | Fittleworth, West Sussex | £70 for two sessions | |
| 18th | Spring Propagation Workshop | Whalton Manor, Northumberland | £35 | |
| 30th | Plant Identification Workshop | Faringdon, Oxfordshire | £60 | |
| 31st | Plant Identification Workshop | Faringdon, Oxfordshire | £60 | |
| June | 24th | Newhall Garden Visit | Midlothian | £15 |
| 26th | Herbs for Healing & Barnsley House Hotel visit | Barnsley, Gloucestershire | £15 | |
| 26th | Stonelands Garden Visit | Dawlish, Devon | £12 | |
| 28th | Walk & Talk with Head Gardener, Madingley Hall | Cambridge | £10 | |
| July | 10th | Bulb Propagation Workshop | Hole Park, Cranbrook, Kent | £50 |
| 10th | Propagation: Leaf Cuttings and Twin-scaling | Thenford, Banbury, Oxon | £25 | |
| 10th | Designing Herbaceous Borders for Seasonal Interest | Northumberland | £25 | |
| 12th | Organic Bloom visit | Bristol | £15 | |
| 12-14th | Norfolk Gardens House Party | Norfolk | TBC | |
| 20th | Garden Visit – Sandhill and Down Place | Sussex | £25 | |
| 23rd | Head Gardener’s Year | Blewbury, Oxon | £70 for two sessions | |
| 25th | Head Gardener’s Year | Fittleworth, West Sussex | £70 for two sessions | |
| 26th | Summer Pruning Trained Fruit | Painswick Rococco Gardens, Glos | £25 | |
| 27th | Barley Wood Walled Garden Visit | Wrington, North Somerset | £15 | |
| Aug | 29th | Late Summer Colour – Lunch & Social | Castor House, Cambs | £30 |
| 30th | Topiary & Creative Pruning | Rotherfield Park | £25 | |
| Sept | 3rd | Iris Splitting Maintenance Day | Goddards Green, Cranbrook, Kent | £25 |
| 5th | Taking Cuttings with Derry Watkins | Chippenham, Wiltshire | £70 | |
| 10th | Border Design Workshop | Rapkyns Nursery, Broad Oak, E Sussex | £30 | |
| 21st | Propagation Workshop | Brinton Hall, Norfolk | £50 | |
| Oct | 5th | Winter Cutting Garden | TBC | TBC |
| 6th | Garden Visit – The Japanese Garden at Cowden | Dollar, Clackmannanshire | £12 | |
| 22nd | Head Gardener’s Year | Blewbury, Oxon | £70 for two sessions | |
| 24th | Head Gardener’s Year | Fittleworth, West Sussex | £70 for two sessions | |
| Nov | 12th | Preparing Dahlias & Autumn Rose Pruning | Five Ashes, E Sussex | £25 |