JOIN MY ONE HOUR ONLINE WORKSHOP ON 20th JANUARY 2026

Welcome Home

Planting a Beautiful, Low Maintenance Front Garden in 3 Simple Steps

By the end of this workshop, you'll walk away with a simple, personalized planting plan; one that brings scent, calm, and year round beauty to your front garden, without needing hours of maintenance or gardening experience. 

Workshop registration closes soon

What can you expect?

ONE: cultivate calm

Follow carefully considered plant palettes from real, thoughtfully designed gardens, supported by a clear garden layout exemplar. With the decisions taken care of, you can create a welcoming, fragrant front garden that lifts your spirits each time you arrive home.

TWO: effortless beauty

Use the curated palettes to choose plants that suit your own garden, with its particular light, scale and character. Clear guidance for sun and shade, along with an intuitive, no-drawing-needed approach to arrangement, means your planting will continue to look good without demanding constant work.

THREE: no green thumb needed

Clear, tailored month-by-month maintenance guides show you exactly what to do and when for your chosen plants, keeping everything manageable and straightforward. Even if you’re new to gardening, you can care for your plants with confidence and ease.

15 minute Q&A

There will be time for questions at the end of the course

 

“It’s hard not to smile – hard to take your eyes off it! We really enjoy how many people stop to look at the front garden and comment to us on how fabulous it looks’’ 

Rune Bringgard, ladywell, london

“We appreciated the fact that you chose all of the plants and sourced such reliable plants as we don’t know much about plants! The front of the house is the first thing you see when you get home so having a beautiful garden there sets you up for your return home - the garden really makes our home feel complete.’’ 

DANIEL BAILEY, FOREST HILL, LONDON

“Catriona was my garden design tutor a few years ago. She created such an encouraging, positive environment in which to learn, enthusiastically sharing her extensive knowledge with us. By the end of the course I had a far greater understanding of all things related to plants, gardens and garden design. Thank you so much Catriona!’’ 

SUSIE CHALLEN, THE MOUNT, KENT

Do you 

feel a little deflated every time you arrive home and see your front garden?

want a welcoming, beautiful space but feel overwhelmed by plant choices or where to even begin?

crave calm and beauty but simply do not have hours to spend gardening or researching plants?

Then this course is for you! 

tuesday, 20TH JANUARY. 7PM to 8PM

 

welcome home

£67

Bonuses:

 real garden planting palettes

maintenance calendars

quick-start workbook

HEllo,
I’m
catriona

I'm a Garden Designer and Garden Design Course Director at The English Gardening School, where I've been teaching for the last 7 years. 

For me, gardens are vital to human wellbeing; offering beauty, connection with nature, and the chance to leave our patch of earth better than we found it.

Using my experience designing front gardens for others, I'd love to guide you through an easy gardening win, focussed on the most welcoming and generous garden there is - the front garden! 

By the end of this 1 hour training you will:

know what plants to choose

how to arrange them and how many to buy

know how to care for your plants

how to plant them, how to care for them each month, and where to go for ongoing support

know exactly how to take action

 easily map out your next steps using your workbook, then be the talk of the street, as everyone stops to admire your planting! 

Join ‘Welcome Home’ Workshop here

 

£67

 

 

tuesday 20th January 7pm to 8pm