Workshop: Container Gardening
Almost any container can be a planter - this workshop is designed to share the methods to growing within their confines, and transforming these everyday items into scaled down gardens. We will decipher some of the skills, knowledge, and terminology to help you compose successful, long-lasting container gardens, from window boxes to small outdoor balconies and gardens.
This workshop will also be valuable to those who do have larger gardens to work with - one of the joys of pots and containers is that they can be moved! In bigger spaces, they can be brought into the fore to be celebrated, and then moved into the background while dormant, and we’ll also be covering how to manage this.
The session will explore:
Types of containers, choosing plants that will work well in them, and grouping plants together
High rise balconies and dealing with the exposure they might create for plants; artificial landscapes and how to deal with them for best effect
Growing media - avoiding peat, what is available, what you can mix yourself, and what suits your plant choices
Drainage, feeding, and other maintenance tasks to ensure ongoing success
Meet Oli
As the Head Gardener at Walworth Garden, Oli leads our team in challenging the mainstream gardener's impact on the natural world, and even the most commonplace horticultural norms.
He first became interested in the natural world and growing from a very early age, and has now gardened for more years than he hasn't. From years toddling around his dad's allotment watching the effects of harmful chemicals, artificial fertilisers and creosote, to growing wildlife gardens across London, Oli has paved a career working alongside nature, supporting our environment, and challenging our traditional customs.
Price: £85
Note for Southwark residents: Looking to book a free place? Unfortunately, our limited quota of free places for the 2022-23 academic year have now been claimed. We will be releasing a refreshed number of free places, along with a new calendar of workshops, in Autumn 2023 so please check back then. Subscribe to our newsletter or follow us on social media, at the bottom of this page, to be notified.