Gardening Courses Leicestershire

Leicestershire is fertile ground for gardening courses. If you live in the area and want to study gardening, you don’t have to travel or move your schedule. At MyGardenSchool we have some of the world’s greatest horticultural lecturers working at our gardening school and we’ll bring them right to your home through your computer.

We also like: Barnsdale Gardens
There are some interesting ideas in the 38 individually designed and well-stocked gardens. Each garden offers concepts that you can use at home as well as botanically labelled plants, ideal for making notes of the ones you really like before linking through to make direct online purchases at our nursery shop. So re-creating one of the Barnsdale Gardens really is just a click away.

Courses at Barnsdale Gardens
Winter at Barnsdale 24 January 10.30am-12.30pm £18.00 Tutor: Nick Hamilton
Watercolour Painting Day – Poppies and Stone Wall 26 January 10.30am – 4pm £67
Tutor: Sandra Peck
Watercolour Painting Day – Snowdrops 23 February 10.30am-4pm £67.00 Tutor: Sandra Peck
Basics of Vegetable Growing 1 March 10.30am-12.30pm £18.00 Tutor: Nick Hamilton
Growing in Raised Beds 1 March 2pm-4pm £18.00 Tutor: Nick Hamilton
Basics of Vegetable Growing and Growing in Raised Beds 1 March Special Price
Introduction to Growing Organic Vegetables 6 March10.30am-3.30pm £56.50 Tutor: Nick Hamilton
Rose Pruning 7 March 10.30am-12.30pm £18.00 Tutor: Jon Brocklebank
Rose Pruning 7 March 2pm-4pm £18.00 Tutor: Jon Brocklebank
RHS Vegetables all the Year Round 10 March 10am-3.30pm
RHS Members – £40.00 Non-members – £50.00 Tutor: Nick Hamilton
RHS Watercolour Painting Day – Cottage Doorway 13 March 10.30am-4pm
RHS Members – £53.60 Non-members – £67.00 Tutor: Sandra Peck
Spring at Barnsdale 22 March 10.30am-12.30pm £18 Tutor: Nick Hamilton
Plant Propogation 28 March 10.30am-12.30pm £18.00 Tutor: Nick Hamilton
Spring Flower Photography 1 April 9.30am-4.30pm £67.00 Tutor: Hemant Jariwala
Composting 4 April 10.30am-12.30pm £18.00 Tutor: Nick Hamilton
Vegetables all the Year Round 11 April 10am-3.30pm £56.50 Tutor: Nick Hamilton
Designing with Plants 14 April 10am-4pm £85.00 Tutor: Adam Frost
Pruning Shrubs 17 April 10.30am-12.30pm £18.00 Tutor: Jon Brocklebank
Watercolour Painting Day – Magnolias 24 April 10.30am-4pm £67.00 Tutor: Sandra Peck
RHS Watercolour Painting Day – Clematis 10 May 10.30am-4pm
RHS Members – £53.60 Non-members – £67.00 Tutor: Sandra Peck
Growing Under Glass 30 May 10.30am-12.30pm £18.00 Tutor: Nick Hamilton
Watercolour Painting Day – Close-up Rose 21 June 10.30am-4pm £67.00 Tutor: Sandra Peck
Garden Photography 24 June 9.30am-4.30pm £67.00 Tutor: Hemant Jariwala
Summer Flower Photography 22 July 9.30am-4.30pm £67.00 Tutor: Hemant Jariwala
Watercolour Painting Day – Sweet Peas 24 July 10.30am-4pm £67.00 Tutor: Sandra Peck
Watercolour Painting Day – Blue Hydrangeas 16 August 10.30am-4pm £67.00
Gardening in Shade 21 August 10.30am-12.30pm £18.00 Tutor: Nick Hamilton
Watercolour Painting Day – Sunlit Garden 11 September 10.30am-4pm £67.00
Composting 26 September 10.30am-12.30pm £18.00 Tutor: Nick Hamilton
Preparing Your Garden for Winter 27 September 10am-12.30pm £18.00 Tutor: Nick Hamilton
Rose Pruning 3 October 10.30am-12.30pm £18.00 Tutor: Jon Brocklebank
Rose Pruning 3 October 2pm-4pm £18.00 Tutor: Jon Brocklebank
Watercolour Painting Day – Windmill 9 October 10.30am-4pm £67.00 Tutor: Sandra Peck
Growing Soft Fruit 11 October 10.30am–12.30pm £18.00 Tutor: Nick Hamilton
Autumn at Barnsdale 14 October 10:30am – 12:30pm £18.00 Tutor: Nick Hamilton
Pruning Shrubs 16 October 10.30am-12.30pm £18.00 Tutor: Jon Brocklebank
Simple Garden Design 17 October 7pm-9pm £18.00 Tutor: Adam Frost
Vegetables all the Year Round 17 October 10am-3.30pm £56.50 Tutor: Nick Hamilton
Garden Photography 21 October 9.30am-4.30pm £67.00 Tutor: Hemant Jariwala
RHS Vegetables all the Year Round 25 October 10am-3.30pm
RHS Members – £40.00 Non-members – £50.00 Tutor: Nick Hamilton
Plant Propagation 6 November 10.30am-12.30pm £18.00 Tutor: Nick Hamilton
Watercolour Painting Day – Snow Geese 8 November 10.30am-4pm £67.00
Two Day Garden Design Course 10-11 November 9.30am-5pm £195.00
Pruning Fruit Trees 13 November 10.30am-12.30pm £18.00 Tutor: Nick Hamilton
Pruning Fruit Trees 13 November 2pm-4pm £18.00 Tutor: Nick Hamilton
Christmas Wreath Making Workshop 25 November 10.30am-12.30pm £25.00 Tutor: Sue Jarvis
Watercolour Painting – Simple Cards 6 December 10.30am-4pm £67.00 Tutor: Sandra Peck