Calendar of Events

WFGA Calendar of Events 2021

Booking suspended subject to government advice – Please check back for regular updates.

Thank for your patience and understanding whilst we respond to ongoing changes during this difficult time. Following the government’s advice in the wake of coronavirus, certain workshops and Practical Skills Days may be postponed.

We are working with the tutors to put new dates in the calendar and if you have booked and event with us, we will be in touch with you as soon as we have an update. Thank you for your patience, and please bear with us at this unprecedented time.

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 2021. 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.

2021

Month	Date	Activity	Location	Cost to Members
Jan	7th	Climbing Rose Pruning	Penshurst Place. Kent	£30
	13th	Fruit Tree pruning	Hever Castle, Kent	£30
	15th	Plant Classification	Faringdon, Oxon	£55-60
	15th	Rose Pruning	Dorset	£40
	21st	Fruit Tree Pruning	Penshurst Place. Kent	£30
	30th	Plant Classification	On-line	£55

Feb	3rd	Winter Fruit pruning	Dunsborough Park, Surrey	£30
	6th	Plant Classification	On-line	£55
	10th	Rose Pruning	Dunsborough Park, Surrey	£30
	13th	Rose Pruning	Dorset	£40
	17/18th	Willow Plant Supports PSD	Sarsden Glebe, Chipping Norton, Oxon	£40
	23rd	Pruning Climbing Roses	Birtsmorton, Worcestershire	£30

March	2nd	Rose Pruning	Hever Castle, Kent	£30
	2nd	Rose Pruning	Lechlade, Gloucestershire	£30
	4th	The Creative Shrub Garden	On-Line	£15
	4th	Orchard Pruning	Lechlade	£30
	15th	No Dig Border PSD	Quercus, Lamancha	£30
	20th	Creating a Cutting Garden	On-Line	£15
	25th	Beth Chatto A Life with Plants – By Dr Catherine Horwood	On-line	£15
	26th	No Dig Workshop	Alhampton, Somerset	£80

April	10th	Apple Grafting	Hammersmith	£60
	10th	Setting Up as a Self Employed Gardener	On-line	£30
	14th	Herbaceous Border Management	Hever Castle, Kent	£25
	15th	The No-Dig Garden	On-line	£20
	17th	How to Develop Your Self-Employed Business	On-line	£30
	20th	The Continuously Learning Gardener	On-line	£15
	24th	Creating Your Own Wildlife Garden With Joel Ashton	On-line	£50
	28^th	Kitchen Garden Skills Day	Hampton Court Palace	£30

May	5th	Willow and Hazel Plant Supports PSD	Dunsborough Park, Surrey	£30
	6th	Creating Birch Plant Supports PSD	Doddington Place, Kent	£30
	8th	Setting Up as a Self Employed Gardener	On-line	£30

June	5th	Tree Identification	Killearn, Scotland	£45
	8th	Productive Kitchen Garden	Langham Hall, Suffolk	£50
	10th	Basic Topiary Skills	Doddington Place, Kent	£30
	10th	Garden Tour of Easton Lodge	Dunmow, Essex	£12
	12th	Plant Identification	Faringdon, Oxon	£60
	26^th	Topiary and Green Sculpture	Harbourside, W Sussex	£50
	26^th	Growing Flowers for Cutting	Halstead, Essex	£50

July	1st	Summer Pruning of Fruit Trees	Dunsborough Park, Surrey	£30
	18th	Planning a Garden That Suits You	Wrington. Somerset	TBC
	TBC	Topiary Workshop/Demo	Harbourside	TBC
	21st	Summer Pruning of Fruit Trees	Belmont House	£30

Aug	14th	How to Grow a Gardener	Laskey Farm, Cheshire	TBC

Sept	4th	Rhododendron Propagation	Helensburgh, Scotland	£55
	TBC	Border Design	Rapkyns Nursery, Sussex	TBC
	25th	Plant Classification	On-line	£55

Oct	7th	No Dig Workshop	Alhampton, Somerset	£80
	20th	Winter Border Management	Doddington Place, Kent	£30
	21st	Tree Seed Collection & Propagation	Hole Park, Kent	£50
	23rd	Littlethorpe Manor Walk & Talk	Rippon, North Yorks	TBC

Nov	TBC	Winter Management in the Garden	Doddington Place, Kent	TBC

2020

Month	Date	Activity	Location	Cost to Members
Jan	7th	Ornamental Grasses Maintenance Day	Cranbrook, Kent	£25
	7th	Winter Fruit Tree Pruning Skills Day	West Horndon, Essex	£25
	9th	Plant Classification Workshop	Faringdon, Oxfordshire	£60
	17th	Rose Pruning Skills Day	Burghley House, Lincolnshire	£25
	21st	Pleached Hedge Pruning Skills Day	West Horndon, Essex	£25
	25th	Becoming a Self Employed Gardener	Taunton, Somerset	£50

Feb	7th	Rose Pruning Skills Day	Kirdford, W Sussex	£25
	8th	Willow Structures	Coates, Glos	£60
	20th	Head Gardener’s Year	Fittleworth, West Sussex	£35
	22nd	Winter Tree Identification Workshop	Brinton Hall, Norfolk	£50
	25th	Rose Pruning Skills Day	Birtsmorton, Worcs	£25

	27th	Hydrangea Workshop	Harold Hilliers Garden, Hants	£40
	27th	Weaving Living Willow	Stratford, Warks	£25
	29th	Restorative Pruning Workshop	Wymondham, Norfolk	£50

March	3rd	Rose Pruning Skills Day	Fyfield, Glos	£25
	4th	Rose Pruning Skills Day	Hever Castle, Kent	£25
	5th	Fruit Pruning Skills Day	Fyfield, Glos	£25
	7th	Becoming a Self Employed Gardener	Grove, Oxon	£50
	7th	Willow Obelisks	Kirkley Hall, Northumberland	£50
	12th	Becoming a Self Employed Gardener	Braunstone, Leics	£50
	14th	Willow Structures	Great Milton, Oxon	£60
	26th	No Dig Workshop	Alhampton, Somerset	£80

April	4th	Planning a Cutting Garden	Hillcommon, Somerset	£35
	18th	Becoming a Self Employed Gardener	Stone, Staffordshire	£50
	21st	Planting an Alpine/Rock Garden	Birmingham Botanical Gardens	£25


May	7th	Head Gardener’s Year	Fittleworth, West Sussex	£35
	15th	Managing a Perennial Priaire Garden Skills Day	Gloucestershire	£25

June	5th	Plant Identification Workshop	Faringdon, Oxfordshire	£60
	26th	Organic Blooms Visit	Bristol	£15
	TBC	Garden Visit	Castor House, Cambs	TBC
	27th	Guided Walk	Littlethorpe manor, Ripon, Yorks	£10
July	8th	Propagation workshop	Hole Park	TBC
	23rd	Head Gardener’s Year	Fittleworth, West Sussex	£35
	25th	Planning and creating a garden that suits you	Wrington, Somerset	£50

Sept	15th	Border Design Workshop	Rapkyns Nursery, Broad Oak, E Sussex	TBC

Oct	22nd	Head Gardener’s Year	Fittleworth, West Sussex	£35

Nov	10th	Management of Tender Tropical & Perennial Plants	Cranbrook, Kent	£25