Description
About The Tutor:
Anna Ribo divides her time between creating planting plans, advising on garden projects, and teaching planting and sketching. She was Head Gardener for 5 years at Long Barn – Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson’s first English garden, and now mainly gardens as part of garden restoration projects. Anna’s interest in horticulture started as a child when she grew up in the parklands of a neglected Danish Renaissance castle (sadly as she says, not her own!) amongst the ‘ghosts’ of topiary, Victorian glasshouses and magnificent borders, with the old gardener (and his antique tractor) as a grumpy, knowledgeable friend. Anna studied Fine Arts in Denmark, sharpening her sense of colour, shapes and instinct for making planting work visually. After living in London she re-found her roots and says she was lucky enough to be offered to retrain under our Work and Retrain as a Gardener (WRAG) Scheme on a beautiful, private Sussex estate. She is Royal Horticultural Society qualified at Hever Castle and has studied the Arts and Crafts of gardening at Great Dixter.
About This Talk:
In this session, we will look at choosing plants for locations with heavy soil. Clay soil can cause trouble but is also full of nutrients and potential for beautiful planting schemes. We will look at soil management to increase the chance of success, and we will discuss a selection of plants to hopefully increase your planting palette. Time for questions will be included.
**You might like to have a notepad and pen to hand.
Timings:
6.00pm – 8.00pm
Costs:
Members : £25 | Non-Members £35
Ticket/Zoom Meeting Link:
The Zoom meeting details and link will be included on the e-ticket that you’ll receive after booking your place, and a copy can be found in your Working for Gardeners account in the ‘Tickets’ section.
Requirements:
You will need a PC/Laptop/Tablet/Phone with internet access, sound and camera. It is best to register and create a Zoom account before the event. Access to the meeting will be restricted to the email addresses provided by attendees at the time of booking only, so please only use the email address you have given us to access the session.
Note:
This online event will not be recorded.
Booking Cancellations:
Booking cancellations received 15+ days from the event date will qualify for a 50% refund. Cancellations received 14 days or less from the event date do not qualify for a refund.
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