How to grow your own cut flowers

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• Book now – 10am-1pm

Cut flowers brighten up any occasion with beautiful colours and fragrant scents. If you’re planning a wedding, party or special event, growing your own flowers is a great way to save money, while caring for the environment. Come along to our classes with artisan florist Georgie Newbery and you’ll learn how to grow, cut and condition flowers in your own garden or allotment.

Georgie Newbery. Photograph: Georgie Newbery

Take your pick from our two classes – this morning class on creating a cut flower patch at home, and a hands-on course on making floral arrangements for a specific event. Or, you could book onto both classes and spend the day learning how to grow your own flowers and create beautiful arrangements for your special day.

Content

• Planning and curating a cut flower patch for a special event
• How much space you’ll need in your garden or allotment
• Making the most of your garden – and the flowers you already have
• Choosing varieties of cut flowers and greenery to sow
• How to take seasonal change into account when planning your flower patch
• Cutting and conditioning – when you’ll need to cut flowers for an event and how to get the most out of them on the day

Tutor profile

Georgie Newbery is a flower farmer and artisan florist. Using flowers mostly grown on her smallholding in Somerset, she sends about 1,500 bouquets a year by post, supplies countless arrangements for weddings, and delivers talks and workshops. Her books include The Flower Farmer’s Year and Grow Your Own Wedding Flowers. She tweets @TheFlowerFarmer.

Details

• Book now – How to grow your own cut flowers, 10am-1pm
  

Date: Sunday 22 May 2016
Times: Morning class, 10am-1pm
Price: £49 (includes VAT, booking fee and drinks)
Event capacity: 100
Location: The Guardian, Kings Place, 90 York Way, London N1 9GU

• Book now – How to make your own flower arrangement, 2pm-5pm
  

Date: Sunday 22 May 2016
Times: Afternoon class, 2pm-5pm
Price: £129 (includes VAT, booking fee and drinks)
Event capacity: 24
Location: The Guardian, Kings Place, 90 York Way, London N1 9GU

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Gardening month curated by Alys Fowler

This is part of a series of gardening classes specially curated by Guardian columnist Alys Fowler for the month of May. You may also be interested in these classes:

• The principles of good garden design: A masterclass with James Alexander-Sinclair
• How to make your own flower arrangements
  
• How to forage and prepare wild food: A masterclass in the Sussex countryside
• How to grow your own fruit and veg with Alys Fowler

Keep an eye on our website or sign up to the Guardian Masterclasses newsletter to be among the first to hear about more classes in this exclusive series, taught by some of the UK’s finest gardening experts, foragers and designers.

Returns policy
Tickets may be refunded if you contact us at least 14 days before the course start date. Please see our terms and conditions for more information on our refund policy.