Gardening for Beginners: Part 2 at Kew Gardens

A gardening course aimed at keen amateurs who wish to improve their knowledge of planting and maintaining plants in their garden. Essential conditions to ensure good growth will start the topics for the day, followed by a lecture and demonstration on soil preparation before planting. Hints and tips are given on selecting plants and how and when to plant trees, shrubs and herbaceous species. The second part of the course will cover maintaining established plants in the garden including elements such as pruning, feeding and identifying pest and diseases.