Adam Frost Course Information
One Day Garden Design Course Cost £120.00
Saturday 16th March 2013 9.30-4.30 pm
Chelsea gold medal-winning garden designer Adam Frost leads this popular and enjoyable course aimed at gardeners of all levels, providing an overview of all aspects of garden design. This relaxed and informative course offers an intensive introduction to the various aspects of garden design, taking delegates through all the essential states of planning a garden.
Aimed at keen amateurs and those wishing to reinforce design skills, it starts with the basics of looking and seeing, takes you through information gathering, assessing the garden and then analyses the design process in terms of style and technique. The whole course is reinforced with visuals and time outside to bring the theory alive in a thoroughly practical way.
The course itinerary includes:
• Introduction to the course
• The basis of good garden design
• Garden design principles
• Garden styles – and what will suit you
• Different garden shapes
• Preparing an outline scheme
• Hard landscaping in the garden
• Planting (more indepth on one day course)
• Walkabout at Barnsdale Gardens
The cost of the course includes lunch and refreshments throughout the day, as well as free entry to Barnsdale Gardens. The course is limited to 20 participants so be sure to register early to reserve your place.
One Day Planting Design Course Cost £120.00
Sunday 17th March 2013 9.30-4.30 pm
Chelsea gold medal-winning garden designer Adam Frost leads this popular and enjoyable one-day course on planting design. For many people, the most important part of a garden is the planting. Whether it is a romantic, dreamy, cottage-garden style combination, or a more minimalist, restrained plant selection, this one-day course can help you achieve your aim by using planting, colour combinations, foliage and texture – and inspire you to get the most from your plants.
On this course, Adam shows how to bring plants together to create different colour moods within a garden, and shows which plants are particularly good when grown together. He will help you to create your own planting combinations that you can take back to your own gardens to try out.
The course itinerary includes:
• Understanding your site and soil
• Soft landscaping
• Garden styles
• Individuality
• Walkabout at Barnsdale Gardens – with special reference to planting and plant associations
The cost of the course includes lunch and refreshments throughout the day, as well as free entry to Barnsdale Gardens. The course is limited to 20 participants so be sure to register early to reserve your place.
For booking please contact Amanda Pearson at Adam Frost Design on 01572 812186 or email info@adamfrost.co.uk