Over the 27th & 28th April Charleston – once the home of members of the Bloomsbury Group – is holding a Garden Weekend. There’s an opportunity to work alongside Mark Divall, the head gardener as he maintains the gardens in the style and color palette of the artists. Also included in the programme is Will Vincent from Firle Place Herb Garden who will be talking herbs as well as a workshop with Wellgreen Apothecary – and much more. £220
Gardens in the Wild is holding a celebration of Herefordshire landscape and its gardens on the 22nd & 23rd June at Titley in Herefordshire. Speakers include Anna Pavord, Mirabel Osler and Noel Kingsbury. There will be specialist plant stalls, delicious food-to-go, gardens open specially for the festival and all sorts of other delights. Tickets for the many speakers and events can be booked individually from www.gardensinthewild.org
A Garden Museum event – A Friend, a Book and a Garden – is taking place in garden designer Tom Stuart Smith’s garden on the 29th & 30th June with many illustrious speakers including Adam Nicolson, Sarah Raven, Penelope Hobhouse and Diana Athill, who will be exploring gardens in literature from many points of view. Weekend ticket £280, Day ticket £150. Discount for Friends of the Garden Museum.