Grow & Arrange Cut Flowers with Sarah Raven & Arthur Parkinson

Sarah and Arthur are friends who have worked together for over ten years a share a love for growing and arranging seasonal cut flowers. This course will give you a firm grounding in all you need to know to get growing your own cut flowers alongside Arthurs arranging, and provide inspiration for how to bring the outside in.

Sarah loves being able to pick armfuls of flowers for a good nine months and in the morning will give you the hard facts on how to succeed with growing the very best and most productive plants. It's all about how to make the most of whatever space you have, little or large. After a short break in the morning Arthur will take over with a floristry demo, using flowers picked and conditioned at Perch Hill. He'll also cover flower conditioning techniques to make all your cut flowers last well in the vase.

In the afternoon Arthur will also show you how to create an abundant christmas tablescape to get the festive season going and leave you feeling full of inspiration.

Through the day we will also give you practical advice on seed sowing and propagation, soil conditioning, mulching, staking and all the most important things we have found to help us succeed with nine month round flower production.

This course is taught by Sarah and Arthur. It is a lecture with slides format, with some practical demos. You will also get a course hand-out covering all the information taught on the day. It is held at Oxleaze Barn, Filkins, Lechlade GL7 3RB

The day lasts from 10.30am till 3.30pm including tea/coffee on arrival, (from 10am for 10.30am prompt start) morning tea/coffee break and a simple 2 course lunch using recipes from Sarah's cookbooks (cordial, not wine served with lunch..... we find people tend to fall asleep after lunch if we serve wine........)

Cancellations and refunds

If you are unable to attend a course/event you have booked and paid for: A friend or family member is welcome to attend in your place. You will need to provide us with their name, dietary requirements and contact email address/phone number as soon as possible prior to the course/event date.

If we receive 8 weeks notice or more: Sarah Raven's Cutting Garden Ltd will refund the full cost of your course/event.

If we receive more than 4 weeks notice: Sarah Raven's Cutting Garden Ltd will transfer you to another suitable course/event of the same value. In this instance this must be a straight swap onto another course we have availability on within the same season. I,e no more than 6 weeks from the original course date booked. Furthermore, we are unable to carry course credits over to the following calendar year. Please note, we cannot issue vouchers to spend on other products at sarahraven.com.

If we receive less than 4 weeks notice: We are unable to offer a refund or transfer as we have inadequate time to re-sell the place. A friend or family member is welcome to attend in your place. If you find you are unable to attend a Course with less than 4 weeks’ notice, please call us so we may advise further. A course/event place purchased as a gift carries the same cancellation policy. The course value cannot be transferred over to use on Sarah Raven products.

If we need to cancel a course/event: Sarah Raven's Cutting Garden Ltd may cancel any course/event due to illness or very low numbers, and you will then have the option of a transfer to another course/event of the same value or a full refund of your payment.

Contacting us

For all enquiries contact: events_srcg@thecuttinggarden.com