The Serge Hill Project Planting Course – 4-sessions

Overview

Information on our exciting new planting design course at The Plant Library, Serge Hill.

This course is comprised of three individual study days, spread over the seasons; April 29, July 7, Sept 30, plus one online session. Participants spend time in Tom Stuart-Smith’s Plant Library comprising over 1500 perennials and bulbs, at the Serge Hill Project in order to research and create a personal, plant combinations portfolio, finishing the course with an invaluable resource for future projects.

Participants will be given four different sites at Serge Hill to create planting plans, using plants from TPL. Project work would include researching the conditions for each of these sites and creating a planting plan for each one, presented in their portfolio.

Each day will begin with a lecture – session 1 and 3 this will be with Tom Stuart-Smith and session 2 with Noel Kingsbury. Then there will be a walk and talk with Head Gardener Mille Souter and Landscape Architect Mattis Köpe.

The afternoon will be workshop time where participants can work on their planting portfolio with help and advice from Millie, Mattis and Annie.

The planting portfolio brief:

We are asking each participant to produce a planting plan at a scale of 1:50 for the four different areas selected from Serge Hill – the plans should contain perennials and bulbs from TPL – the larger gardens will provide inspiration for the trees and shrubs.

The plans can be drawn by hand or done in CAD.

There should be an illustration accompanying each plan – in the form of an elevation or perspective sketch.

The file should include a table of the plants with essential reference information on each plant.

Between session 2 and 3 there will be an online Q&A session with Noel Kingsbury where you can ask questions and check plant choices.

There are however no student places left now, but please contact us if you are interested in being on a waiting list for a student discount.

“The course was an incredibly inspiring experience. The collective minds and ideas of the lecturers and other students offered such a great wealth of knowledge. The plant library itself is a veritable treasure trove of flora, and the seasonal visits have broadened my knowledge enormously. I would highly recommend this course to anyone looking to deepen their understanding of planting design.” Giles Hoey (planting designer)