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Design & Maintenance of a Prairie Garden with Jason Saul , Assistant Head Gardener

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Thursday 20th July 2023 | 10:00am - 2:00pm

Design & Maintenance of a Prairie Garden with Jason Saul , Assistant Head Gardener

Join us in our beautiful Sussex Prairie garden for a course on how to design and maintain a Prairie Garden

Topics covered:

  • What a prairie garden is and how they are good for our gardens
  • Essential plant combinations to achieve a successful prairie garden
  • Yearly maintenance schedule to look after your prairie garden
  • Design principles for gardens of any size

Includes:

  • Free entry to the garden with refreshments
  • Hand-outs
  • Garden talk with Pauline McBride
  • Exclusive garden tour with Head Gardener Paul McBride

You will be able to:

  • Design your own prairie garden
  • Learn about dream plant combinations for a prairie garden
  • Understand how a prairie planting could work in your own garden

Tutor: Jason Saul , Assistant Head Gardener and Nursery Manager ,holds the prestigious RHS Garden Wisley diploma ,was voted RHS garden Wisley Top Student in 2021 , and has won awards for his outstanding commitment to both practical and theoretical horticulture.

Price £60 per person . Places are limited .

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Paul & Pauline McBride,
Sussex Prairies Wild

Morlands Farm, Wheatsheaf Road (B2116),
near Henfield
, West Sussex, BN5 9AT

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