Garden Talks for clubs and groups

Claire Woodbine is a gardener, nurserywoman and artist at Pinsla Garden and Nursery. She gives entertaining talks with plants and slides throughout Cornwall and Devon. (Please ring to discuss for further away). Plants are offered for sale after the talk. The fee for the talks is £40 + 30p per mile for travel. A choice for 2011/12 is listed below, or talks can be tailored for your group.

1. Creating Pinsla Garden

This talk illustrates how Mark and Claire Woodbine have created a wild and romantic garden full of interesting planting, landscaping and sculpture made from recycled and natural materials.

2. Making the most of the shade

Claire uses her knowledge of woodland gardening to suggest plants and plant combinations that thrive in the shade

3. Gardening with nature

This talk is about gardening in tune with nature, making a tranquil garden and wildlife haven.

4. Garden art

Claire shows how garden sculpture and imaginative landscaping can add to a garden. Claire and Mark have visited and photographed the gardens in Britain and Europe that are shown in this talk.

5. Giving structure to the garden

Creating and maintaining the garden framework from the ground up; making decorative paths to shaping shrubs and trees.