Garden Design with expert Peter Thurman

Posted:20 June 2010

Last Wednesday, we were delighted to welcome Peter Thurman to our second Plant School evening. Peter is Kew trained, has tackled thousands of design projects in over 30 years as a landscape and garden designer – from small town gardens, to country estates and commercial developments – and teaches at the London College of Garden Design.

Peter lives in Sussex, and has what is clearly a marvellous garden.  He brought along a wonderful selection of plants from his garden to illustrate his talk, including some rather unusual cultivars.  His focus for the evening was on Designing with Plants – it was inspirational, encouraging us to consider different ways of selecting plants for our gardens to enhance the visual impact we can create. .  The focus not only on colour combinations, but on shape of plants and flowers, and how to successfully put groups of plants together.  One of many tips is to work together “something similar and something different”.

The evening was a wonderful taster for the Garden Design course he will lead in October at The Garden House. The course runs each Monday, for eight weeks starting on 18 October a practical and inspirational study programme designed to appeal to those thinking of changing direction into the professional world of garden design, or for those of you who would like to design your own private outdoor space.

For more information on our October course, or to make a booking, check the DIARY on this website.