Workshop in Perthshire

This afternoon I have been on the phone to Caroline from the business Twice who asked me a while ago if I would do a workshop on cutting garden flowers at her house in Perthshire.
The course has now begun filling up, so it is definitely going ahead and I am very excited about the day.  I just love meeting people and showing what can be done with the flowers growing in their gardens.
The course is one of three that are going to be held in June at Inchyra House, a beautiful Georgian house in Perthshire The other two courses are to be on foraging - led by Xa Milne and Fiona Houston who wrote a great series of articles about foraging for the Saturday telegraph which have recently been published as a book - Seaweed and eat it
- and decorating with colour - in which the colour consultant Joa Studhome will help people to devise foolproof colour schemes for their homes.
I find that many people are nervous of picking flowers from their own garden and making up bouquets, so I shall be showing them the best ways to harvest, condition and look after flowers and how to give a really professional finish to a gift bouquet.  It will be a really hands on course, limited to 10 so that I can properly show people what to do.   Everyone will leave with a booklet of tips so that they can use their new skills at home and a beautiful hand-tied bouquet they have made themselves.
The courses cost £85 including lunch, wine and coffee - further details here