Designing with Plants

Designing with Plants Course

Location - Holehird Gardens, Patterdale Road, Windermere, LA23 1NP 

Tutor - Shelagh Todd: Cumbria-based lecturer, garden designer and plantswoman

Course Description- It’s all too easy to have a garden full of wonderful plants that feels more like a restless collection than a well thought out design. Discover how to create a garden with a sense of year-round unity and well-being. Learn to select plants for their visual, aesthetic and structural properties, how to assess your unique site conditions and the process of creating your individual planting plans on paper.   

Course Content will include Plant Knowledge and Identification; Plant Form, Habit, Colour & Texture; the Role of Plants in the Planting Scheme; Seasonal Colour and Excitement; Considering Plant Selection and using the mantra “the right plant for the right place”; Drawing up Planting Plans; Exploring & Discussing Different Plants and Themed Borders in the glorious award-winning gardens at Holehird.         

Spring/Summer 2026  - 4 day course (10.30am - 4.00pm)

     Dates: Thursdays 16 April, 14 May, 18 June, 16 July

Autumn/Winter 2026 - 4 day course (10.30am - 4.00pm)

     Dates: Thursdays 10 September, 8 October, 5 November, 3 December

Course fee: £360

For more information and to book your place, email Shelagh on  shelagh.todd@outlook.com