Adam Frost course information 2011

Construction Course — 26 February 2011

This one-day course, based at Barnsdale Gardens in Rutland, is very hands on and provides a practical look at all aspects of garden construction including:

  • The principles of hard landscape
  • Understanding levels
  • Designing paved areas and patios
  • Pathways and drives
  • Walls, steps and raised beds
  • Fences and screens
  • Ways with water
  • Practical work in the gardens involving walling and paving

Course: 10.00am-4.00pm (registration 9:30am)

Cost: £195 including lunch and refreshments and entry to Barnsdale Gardens

For further information 01572 812186 or email info@adamfrost.co.uk

Planting design course — 9 April 2011

Taking place at Barnsdale Gardens in Rutland, award-winning garden designer and landscape contractor Adam Frost will bring to the fore his skills of planting, colour combinations, foliage and texture - and inspire you to get the most from your plants.

Working closely with each member of the course, Adam will explore what they love about planting, what they want to achieve, how they may achieve it and the sort of plants they can use. Planting design is often a personal and emotive subject, and Adam’s teaching will help people focus on the key aims of their planting and find the best solutions to particular problems including:

  • Planting combinations
  • Understanding your soil
  • Planting styles and colours
  • Foliage and textures

Cost: £95 including lunch and entry to Barnsdale Gardens

For further information 01572 812186 or email info@adamfrost.co.uk

Garden Design weekend — 12-13 November 2011

This two-day Garden Design weekend is being held, once again, at the beautiful Barnsdale Gardens in Rutland and is full of inspirational yet practical ideas for gardens of all sizes. Adam Frost and David Stevens will be taking you through the following subjects in a very interactive and informal session that promises to be a lot of fun:

  • Garden design principles
  • Tension, mystery and surprise
  • Garden styles
  • Preparing an outline scheme
  • Hard landscape
  • Ways with water
  • Planting design - using the gardens at Barnsdale
  • The use of colour
  • Vertical features

Course: 10.00-4.00pm each day (registration 9:30am)

Cost: £195 including lunch, refreshments and entry to Barnsdale Gardens

For further information: 01572 812186 or email info@adamfrost.co.uk