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How to Make a Wildlife Pond Course with Juliet Sargeant 

Wednesday 8th October 2025 | 10:00am - 3:00pm

How to Make a Wildlife Pond Course with Juliet Sargeant 

 

Making a pond is the most important thing you can do to support birds, insects and small mammals in your garden. 

Join Juliet to learn the simple, but essential steps to positioning, planning, and planting your new pond.

In this illustrated workshop, Juliet will explain how to choose the right place for your pond, how to design it correctly and then implement your design. She will also cover how to choose, source, and plant a good selection of plants, that will look great and also support the wildlife in your garden.

Subjects covered:

The importance of water to wildlife

How to position a pond

Designing your pond

Sourcing the right materials and implementing your design

Different types of pond plants

Choosing and planting the right plants for your pond

Includes:
  Illustrated handouts
 Paper and drawing equipment
 Step-by-step guidance

Tutor 

Juliet Sargeant is a multi-award-winning garden designer and Radio 4 Gardeners’ Question Time Panellist

Venue
 Sussex Prairies Wild. Morlands Farm, Wheatsheaf Road, Henfield BN5 9AT

Date

Wednesday 8th October

10am-3pm

Book early to avoid disappointment:

www.sussexgardenschool.com

£104 Early Bird Ticket with refreshments on arrival   

£114 Standard Ticket with refreshments on arrival  

 


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

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