[COURSE ITINERARY]- Grow Your Own Cut Flowers with Sarah Raven at Rutland Nursery, Oakham
| Arrival | 10am — 10:30am | Coffee/tea and home-made biscuits served |
| Morning Session 1 | 10:30am — 11:30am | Sarah will guide you through the principles of the cut flower cut-and-come-again philosophy — how to get a lot of produce from minimal space. |
| Break | 11:30am — 11:50am | Coffee/tea and home-made cake |
| Morning Session 2 | 11:50am — 1:00pm | Sarah will then show you the best plants to be sown/planted now to give you almost year-round picking just outside the door and give you growing tips and advice, plus a guide to conditioning flowers to make them last as long as possible in a vase. |
| Lunch - 2 Courses | 1:00pm — 2:15pm | Using recipes from Sarah’s cookbooks and produce from the garden wherever we can. This is served with home-made cordial. There will be time for shopping after lunch. |
| Demo | 2:15pm — 2:45pm | covering lots of practical skills including propagation, pest and disease control, and staking, Josie will take you through the practical skills you need for time-efficient flower and colour production. She will also demonstrate how we propagate many of our plants from seeds and cuttings. |
| Q&A | 2:45pm — 3:00pm | Q&A with Sarah and Josie to clear up any queries you might still have. |
| Day Ends | 3:00pm |