Courses / Education

Courses

Practical course will be run at Arley during the season, check here for course details later in the year, pruning, herbaceous border, dividing & moving plants and kitchen garden workshops will all be held.

Day with the Head Gardener

A rare opportunity to spend a exclusive day behind the scenes at one of the UKs most prestigeous and historic gardens with Arley’s Head Gardener and his team. Join in with a variety of seasonal tasks, such as propagating, pruning, dead heading, staking and cultivating. Gordon is a graduate in horticulture from Strathclyde University and has worked on several estates over the last 20 years from Lord Shawcross’s Estate near Eastbourne, Lord Sackville at Knole Park and Sting’s secluded estate ‘somewhere’ in Wiltshire!

This is a rare opportunity to work on the historic herbaceous border at Arley and to experiment with the many unusual varieties of vegetables and bedding plants grown for the gardens at Arley. See Arley’s own nursery where it produces many of the plants in the gardens and enjoy this special chance to work with the knowlegeable and enthusiastic team of gardeners at Arley.

Adult £80 per day
Adult £35 half day
Couple £120 per day
Couple £70 half day

As part of your day you will receive an Arley cap, a guide book, lunch and a plant to take home. To book ring 01565 777353 or helen.glover@arleyhallandgardens.com

Education

Arley also welcomes school visits, at primary school level, to spend a day at Arley learning about The Hall and how people used to live, The Gardens and how the garden grows and develops through the seasons and finallyby planting seeds to take home to watch grow. We also invite schools to be involved in major events at Arley, such as the Garden Festival and Christmas as well as working with schools on longerterm growing project in the kitchen garden.

For booking information on any of the above schools activities please ring Helen Robinson 01565 777353 Ext 31.

Schools Visit Programme - click here