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WFGA Calendar of Events 2024
The WFGA is recognised for its WRAGS placements but there is a lot more that we do to try and provide training and practical experience opportunities for people interested in horticulture.
Please find below our calendar of events for 2024/25. Please note that not all of these may be available to book on our website immediately and further events will be added throughout the year.
2025 Events
| Date | Event Title | Event Type | Event Location |
| 11/01/2025 | Online – Plant Classification | Online Workshop | Online |
| 15/01/2025 | Orchard Fruit Tree Pruning | Workshop | Netherfields |
| 15/01/2025 | Fruit Tree Pruning | Practical Skills Day | Hever Castle |
| 15/01/2025 | Snowdrops – just more …. | Online Talk | Online |
| 21/01/2025 | The Walled Fruit Garden: Wiring, Planting & Formative Pruning | Workshop | Poulton Hall |
| 21/01/2025 | Climbing/Rambling Rose Pruning Skills Day | Practical Skills Day | Ashburnham Place |
| 22/01/2025 | Pruning Workshop | Workshop | Linnels Farm |
| 29/01/2025 | Fruit Tree Pruning Day at Floors Castle | Practical Skills Day | Walled Garden at Floors Castle |
| 30/01/2025 | Orchard Pruning Skills Day | Practical Skills Day | Ashley Manor |
| 05/02/2025 | BBG Rose Pruning | Practical Skills Day | Birmingham Botanical Gardens |
| 08/02/2025 | Behind the Scenes, Insights at Cambo’s Snowdrops | Garden Visit | Cambo Gardens |
| 19/02/2025 | Howick Hall Snowdrops Garden Visit & Tour | Garden Visit | Howick Hall Gardens & Arboretum |
| 27/02/2025 | Orchard Renovation Day | Practical Skills Day | Shermanbury Place |
| 06/03/2025 | Rose Pruning | Practical Skills Day | Hever Castle |
| 28/03/2025 | Propagating Dahlias | Practical Skills Day | Barn Cottage Farm |
| 08/04/2025 | Propagation Day | Workshop | The Garden House |
| 09/04/2025 | Propagation Workshop | Workshop | Hole Park |
| 10/04/2025 | Herbaceous Border Management | Practical Skills Day | Hever Castle |
| 16/04/2025 | Kitchen Garden Skills Day | Practical Skills Day | Hampton Court Palace |
| 08/07/2025 | Exploring Plant Families: Genus, Species & Cultivar | Workshop | The Garden House |
| 13/08/2025 | Visit to Pelham Plants Nursery | Garden Visit | Pelham Plants Nursery |
| 09/09/2025 | Lavender Pruning & Harvesting | Practical Skills Day | Wyndcliffe Court |
Standard Cancellation Policy
A 50% refund will be given if you cancel your attendance at a Workshop or Practical Skills Day up to and including 15 days before. If you cancel your attendance at a workshop or Practical Skills Day within 14 days, no refund will be given. If the WFGA cancel a workshop or Practical Skills Day a full refund will be given.
Covid Policy
- Anybody attending a workshop/skills day, we would advise taking a lateral flow test if you are feeling at all unwell beforehand. Anyone displaying Covid-19 or Flu Symptoms, please bear other attendees in mind, and we would ask that you do not attend.
- Anybody attending an event does so at their own risk and WFGA cannot be held responsible if they become ill.
- These are private events and nobody without a booking can attend.
- We retain the right to change policy at short notice if government regulations change.