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Gardening a Wilder Garden Workshop
Led by Knepp’s senior gardening team, this in-depth workshop explores the practical aspects of managing a wilder garden over time.
Rewilding doesn’t mean simply setting the scene and then letting the garden go. It takes potentially as much work as a conventional garden, only with a different mindset – putting nature first. We’ll discuss the on-going work and specific interventions needed to keep a garden dynamic and optimise opportunities for wildlife.
Designed as a follow-on workshop to Designing a Wilder Garden, you’ll learn:
- How to sustain a wilder, more dynamic ecosystem in a garden
- How to mimic natural disturbances in a garden
- How a gardener can become a keystone species, thinking like a beaver, a rootling wild boar, a grazing pony or cow, an ant or an earthworm
- How to manage thuggish plants and pioneers
- How to give weeds and wildflowers a benefit ratings score to help decide what can stay and what can go
- Approaches to clearing and cutting back, and when to leave seedheads, dead wood and other material as natural habitat
- Seasonal management
- How to maintain varied soil conditions and topography over time
- Sustainability, both in terms of resources and gardening time
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This interactive workshop, led by one of our senior garden team, begins with a short illustrated presentation in the Apple Store. After tea and coffee, you’ll head out to explore the garden first-hand, with plenty of time for questions and brainstorming.
PLEASE NOTE: The garden visits take place next to Knepp Castle in the Middle Block of the rewilding project – a different place to all other safaris. Please do not go to the campsite/safari car park, but follow the directions to the Walled Garden on your pre-visit email.
2.00pm-4.00pm
£70 per person
Important information
- Please see our Pre-Visit Information which will help prepare you for your safari
- All guests must be over 12yrs. We cannot accommodate unaccompanied guests under 18yrs
- We regret we cannot offer date changes once your booking is made, please refer to section 15 of our T&Cs for refunds
- We cannot guarantee the great British weather, or that you will see your target species
- Nature is unpredictable! However we’re confident you’ll enjoy your experience with us, come rain or shine, and there’s always plenty of wildlife to see