Description
About the Tutor:
The Tutor for this Talk, 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 down to earth talk, with following question and answers, Anna Ribo will use her experience as ex-Head Gardener at Long Barn, garden adviser and planting designer to discuss examples of different habitats, their growing conditions and how they can be translated into a garden setting to create more resilient planting schemes.
You will look at garden practices that can increase plant survival chances such as soil and soil improvements, planting techniques and communicating aftercare. There will be a discussion on how to assess a site and on looking at the potentials of different areas having different management strategies on a scale from tidy to wild, including self-seeding. The talk will touch on managing clients’ expectations in a constantly changing environment.
Timings:
6pm – 8pm
Costs:
£15 Members | £25 Non-members
What You Will Need:
You will need a suitable PC/Laptop/Mac with a camera, and will need to download the free Zoom App from their website.
Note:
We do not currently record any of our online Workshops or Talks.
Booking Cancellation Terms:
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Working for Gardeners Online Talk – Resilient Planting in a Changing Climate – 13/11/25
Photograph copyright and courtesy of Anna Ribo.
