Masterclasses

The Private Garden & Design Masterclasses are a highly curated series of intimate lectures exploring the art of garden and outdoor design led by industry experts and hosted within a private home.

These sessions offer a rare opportunity to learn in a setting that is both refined and deeply personal.

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An Invitation-Only Experience

With an intimate group of just 10-15 guests per session, this ensures a more considered experience, where conversation flows, questions are welcomed, and each guest feels part of something quietly exceptional.

A Moment Away from Screens

These masterclasses are in person.

They mirror the intentional attention we enjoy in carefully curated outdoor spaces and are designed to be experienced in the moment offering a welcome pause from digital distractions, and allowing you to fully engage with the setting, the expert, and the conversation.

Our Upcoming Speakers

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Claire MacArthur

Join us on the 16th of June for the second in the Soil Series as we explore how soil-led landscape design can help landscapes and domestic gardens withstand the growing pressures of climate change.

Founder Studio MacArthur Gardens
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Andrew Duff

Andrew will take us on a journey through his design process and talk about the art, music, people and places that have influenced how he creates his gardens. Date TBC

Chairman of the Board for The Society of Garden+Landscape Designers and The Inchbald School of Design
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Author and Owner of Not Another Jungle

Tony Le-Britton

Tony will talk to us about the wonderful world of houseplants, rare species and how to look after them. Date TBC

Meet Our Previous Speakers

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Mark Gregory

Mark spoke to us about his award winning RHS Chelsea Show Gardens and what Landform is doing to make the show gardens they build more sustainable.

Photograph Credit Ollie Dixon

Managing Director Landform Consultants UK & Founder of The Glasshouse Collective
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Matthew Pottage

Matthew spoke to us about resilient planting and what our changing climate means for native species.

Head of Horticulture & Landscape Strategy for The Royal Parks
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Founder Zoe Claymore Garden Design

Zoe Claymore

Award winning garden designer, Zoe Claymore explored Regenerative Garden Design and showed us how some of the principles of regenerative agriculture could be used in smaller gardens.

Photograph Credit Julie Skelton

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Head of Gardens and Parks for The National Trust

Sheila Das

The first in our Soil Series, this masterclass with Sheila focussed on taking us back to basics by looking at the health of our soils and what we can do to keep it healthy.

If you would like to be a part of a masterclass where conversation flows, questions are welcomed and each guest feels part of something quietly exceptional.