Courses and workshops at Wisley
RHS Garden Wisley offers a wide range of courses and workshops including horticulture, photography, botanical art, garden design printmaking, willow weaving and much more.
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Tricks of the professional garden designer - 23 April, 10.30am - 4.30pm
Tutors: Andrew Wilson and Andrew Fisher Tomlin
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This lecture day will investigate some of the key challenges that face every one of us in our gardens. It aims to show how professional garden designers resolve key issues that regularly occur in their daily working lives. Amongst a whole series of challenges, we will look at how you design effective privacy into a garden, how you can deal with shade - a problem common to many urban gardens and what we can do about awkward shapes and challenging climate conditions.
Fee: RHS Members £95, Non-RHS Members £106.50
Skill level: General
Venue: Lecture room in the Laboratory building
Event code: 9607
Includes a light lunch and refreshments
Maximum:20 places
A beginner's guide to watercolour
10 May, 10.15am - 4.30pm
Tutor: Billy Showell
Get started with watercolour on this one day workshop with renowned botanical artist Billy Showell. Billy will be demonstrating techniques and providing guided support throughout the day to help you develop your skills. Don’t be nervous, this is a perfect opportunity to develop a new hobby in a relaxed and friendly environment. A suggested equipment list will be sent to attendees prior to the course.
Fee: RHS members £75, non-RHS members £86.50
Skill level: Beginner
Venue: Clore Learning Centre
Event code: 9620
Includes a light lunch and refreshments
Maximum: 12 places
New garden design trends- exciting course update
16 July, 10.30am - 4.30pm
In addition to the information below, it is now confirmed that award-winning garden designers Adam Frost and Jo Thompson will both be sharing their views on garden design trends and speaking about their experiences at RHS shows. Don’t miss this excellent opportunity to hear from some of the best in the business.
As much as our gardens contain plants and trees that may have been with us for all the time we have been gardening, it is difficult to ignore new trends in garden design. Many of these are associated with new technology, new plants and plant varieties and the challenges of ecology and environment.
This one-day lecture-based course examines the new trends that are affecting our gardens and investigates key areas where people are making changes in the design of their gardens. We’ll look at some of the new ideas that were seen at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show and RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show this year and make a prediction of how we might garden in 20 years’ time.
Fee: RHS Members £95, Non-RHS Members £106.50
Skill level: General
Venue: Clore Learning Centre
Event code: 9609
Includes a light lunch and refreshments
Maximum: 20 places
Introduction to Japanese Woodblock Printing
28-29 August, 10.15am - 4.30pm
Tutor: Laura Boswell
New for 2013, join renowned printmaker Laura Boswell for this two-day course in the wonderful art of Japanese woodblock printing. Traditional Japanese woodblock is a sensitive and beautiful print process using watercolour and rice. The ancient method produced the iconic woodblock prints from Japan's Edo Period. It is a tabletop method, requiring no press and uses totally non-toxic materials.
This course covers the basic skills needed to create a multi-coloured print using traditional Japanese woodblock techniques, giving an understanding of the materials involved and the techniques required. Laura welcomes all levels of experience, especially beginners who would like to take away the basic skills to be able to print successfully with watercolour at home. Laura is one of the only practitioners of the art in the UK, so don’t miss this opportunity.
Fee: RHS Members £160, Non-RHS Members £183
Skill level: General
Venue: Hillside Events Centre
Event code: 9630
Includes a light lunch and refreshments.
Maximum: 12 places.