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WFGA Calendar of Events 2019 & 2020
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 2019/20. 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.
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 |