our workshop themes

Learn about gardening

We are keen to help more people to appreciate, enjoy and learn about gardening.

We can deliver gardening workshops at your community space or at your home as a one-to-one session.

The kind of workshops we can deliver could include things like:

• Wildlife-friendly gardening practices,

• Planting up pots for your garden,

• Growing and using herbs from the garden,

• Seed sowing, taking cuttings and other kinds of propagation,

• Vegetable gardening,

• Seasonal tasks in the garden, such as mulching, pruning and planting.

We are very flexible and can tailor a session or workshop to your garden or group’s needs.

art workshops

We can deliver art workshops tailored to you or your group. The kind of workshops we can do include things like:

• nature-inspired drawing and painting,

• garden-inspired art or botanical drawing,

• learning different art techniques such as abstracts, still life and landscapes,

• experimenting with collage and mono-printing,

• digital drawing using an iPad app.

Alan is an experienced art workshop practitioner, with over a decade of experience delivering workshops in health and care settings, as well as in community spaces.

We are very flexible and can tailor a session or workshop to your needs.

Learn about herbs

Culinary herbs, medicinal herbs, native herbs – we can give a talk or deliver a workshop on the wonderful variety of herbs we can grow in our gardens.

A session could include:

• How to grow and use culinary herbs,

• Grow your own herbal teas,

• Herbal tea blending,

• Grow herbs from seeds or cuttings,

• Simple herbal remedies, for example, make your own balm,

• Herbal lore and exploring the traditional uses of herbs in Scotland.

We are very flexible and can tailor a session or workshop to your garden or group’s needs.