We've combined three of our popular flower growing demos to offer you the opportunity to book them all at a reduced cost.
This is an ideal combination of sessions for people who want to learn about sowing and growing a range of flowers, with tips from Georgie that will help you have great germination and successful crops - sometimes more than once a year!
The demos included in this package are as follows. Each demo starts at 5pm (UK time) and lasts one hour. Please click the demo name for full details of each session.
The Sowing Hardy Annuals Demo
Join Georgie as she takes you through the best way to sow hardy annuals to give you a beautiful summer of flowers! What compost to use, how many seeds to sow, how to prick out and pot on are some of the topics that will be covered. Georgie will tell you her preferred suppliers for seed, and compost, and give you great tips for keeping your seedlings happy.
The Sowing Biennials Demo
In this demo, Georgie will show you how she chooses varieties, and sows seed for maximum success with germination. She’ll show you how she pricks out seed when the seedlings are big enough, and she’ll encourage you to plan ahead so that you’ll have good sized plants to pop in the ground in the autumn, which will give you lots of scent and colour in the spring and early summer next year.
The Sweet Pea Demo
On this demo, Georgie will chat through the varieties she's planning to grow this coming year, the best way to prepare the ground, how many to sow, how often to sow, how many flowers per plant you can expect, how to achieve long stems, and how long can you expect the plants to go on flowering.
Why do a workshop or demo with Common Farm Flowers?
Georgie Newbery has been building her small business growing flowers for sale and creating floristry with material she’s grown on the farm since 2010. She is a Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Floristry Judge, RHS dahlia trials committee member, and Garden Media Guild New Talent Award Judge.
Georgie does not see other flower farmers and florists as competition, but rather as potential colleagues and collaborators. Georgie knows that it is in her interest to teach her students everything she knows. And she spends a great deal of time talking to other flower farmers and small business owners and learning as much as she can around the subject of running small businesses and farming gardens and small acreage.
There are no secrets held back from you at a Common Farm Flowers workshop.
Information about all our workshops at the farm:
You are welcome to join our workshops whether you grow for pleasure or profit, although some workshops will be more suited to flower farmers or small business owners. This should always be clear in the workshop description.
Full day workshops at the farm generally take place between 10am and 3pm.
Workshop numbers are generally restricted to a maximum of 10 students.
The cost of a full day workshop includes lunch at a local farm shop. It is important that you please advise us of any food allergies / intolerances / other preferences at the time of booking. Please bring any mid morning / afternoon snacks you might like.
Workshops at Common Farm Flowers take place in our studio barn, as well as out on the farm where there is no cover. Please wear clothes suitable for the weather (eg layers, waterproof clothes) and bring shoes / boots that are designed to walk on rough, grassy paths. Even on a sunny day flip flops and sandals aren’t advised and we suggest long trousers where possible due to the risk of ticks, bites and stings. A sun hat and sun protection are also advised, as we can’t always stand in the shade.
We will be in touch a few days before the workshop with your joining instructions. This email will come from nicola@commonfarmflowers.com. If you’ve not heard from Nicola 48 hours before the session takes place please email nicola@commonfarmflowers.com but do please first check your junk / spam items and make sure you are checking the inbox of the email address you used to book your place.
Please familiarise yourself with our terms and conditions in case you need to cancel your workshop place.
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