About
Join our expert gardeners for a series of unmissable workshops throughout the year. These small group sessions in the idyllic setting of Hillsborough Castle's gardens will teach you hands-on techniques to use at home, from creating a bee-friendly garden to designing the very best hand-tied bouquets.
Want to learn more about our gardens? Join a themed garden walk led by our gardeners to see the seasons change or see the gardens erupt in spectacular colour with over half a million bulbs in bloom for Spring Spectacular
Growing vegetables for the first time
Date: Saturday 10 May 2025
Time: 10:30-12:30
Join the Walled Garden Team and learn how to plant out a range of vegetables and flowers in the garden. From preparing the soil, correct spacing and planting depth to getting your line straight the team will give you expert guidance. All materials supplied.
Summer Propagation
Date: Saturday 19 July 2025
Time: 10:30-12:30
By the end of the workshops participants we be able to identify suitable plant material to use as propagules, and will be able to select material prepare and insert cuttings of a variety of plants using different methods from the plants in the garden at Hillsborough.
Summer Bouquets (two workshops)
Date: Saturday 05 July 2025 and Saturday 09 August 2025
Time: 10:30-12:30
Participants will each harvest and condition flowers from the gardens at Hillsborough and create their own handtied bouquet under the instruction of our resident florist Lorna Brownlee.
Autumn Bouquets
Date: Thursday 04 September 2025
Time: 10:30-12:30
Participants will each harvest and condition flowers from the gardens at Hillsborough and create their own handtied bouquet under the instruction of our resident florist Lorna Brownlee. Meet in Weston Pavilion.
Facilities
Establishment Features
- Workshop
Parking & Transport
- On site parking
- Parking Areas for Disabled Visitors
