what's on 2013

What’s On Courses & Events Programme 2013

Year at a glance 2

Adult Courses Gardens and Plants 4Plant Identification 6Creative Workshops 8Garden Photography 10Botanical Art 11Weaving & Basketry 14Garden History Talks 15

Events & ActivitiesFamily Saturdays 16School Holiday Activities 17Garden Events 7

How to book 18

Cover: Sarracenia (Pete Murray). Opposite: View of bee borders (Howard Rice). Above: Southern Hawker dragonfly (Sir Cam); Bee spotting (Sir Cam).

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With 40 acres of beautiful gardens and over 8,000 plant species from around the world, Cambridge University Botanic Garden is the perfect place to learn how to identify and care for plants, discover your inner artist, or find out more about gardens through the ages.

Throughout the year, the Garden hosts workshops for adults in gardening, botany and plant identification, botanical art, photography, garden history, basketry and creative arts. Plus there’s a range of brilliant activity sessions for the whole family.

Look out for more details of these new events for 2013...

Festival of Plants in May 2013Apple Day in October 2013

Keep an eye on our website for updates on events, courses and family activities www.botanic.cam.ac.uk

JanuarySaturday 5th: Family eventFlat-pack Nests (p.16)

FebruarySaturday 2nd: Family eventPlant People (p.16)

Monday 11th: Family eventCrafty Gardens Workshop (p.17)

Wednesday 13th: Family eventTwilight at the Museums (p.17)

Mon 25th – Wed 27th Designing and Painting a Roman Illuminated Letter (p.11)

MarchSaturday 2nd: Family eventSeeds & Rubbish (p.16)

Saturday 9th Shrub Taming (p.4)

Tue 12th – Wed 13thWillow Work Projects (p.14)

Friday 15th Garden Writing Workshop (p.8)

Sat 16th – Sun 17th Learn to Garden Weekend (p.4)

Tue 26th – Wed 27th Wedding Flowers Workshop (p.8)

AprilSat 6th & Sun 7th: Family eventEaster Secrets (p.16 & p.17)

Tue 16th – Thu 18th Illustrating Mountain Plants and Alpines (p.11)

Friday 19th Tudor Gardens from Country to Court (p.15)

Tuesday 23rd Creative Garden Photography (SLR/CSC/Bridge Cameras) (p.10)

Wednesday 24th Family Gardens Design Clinic (p.4)

Thu 25th – Fri 26th Painting Vibrant Tulips in Watercolour (p.11)

MayWednesday 1st Introduction to Garden Photography (Compact Cameras) (p.10)

Thursday 2nd Introduction to Garden Photography (SLR/CSC/Bridge Cameras) (p.10)

Saturday 4th: Family eventCrowning Glory (p.16)

Tue 7th – Wed 8th Plant Supports from the Winter Garden (p.14)

Thursday 9thIntroduction to Grasses (p.6)

Tue 14th – Thu 16th Leaf Studies in Coloured Pencil (p.12)

Friday 17th ‘Strange and Forrein Floures’ (p.15)

Saturday 18thFestival of Plants (p.7)

Thursday 23rd Knitting Flowers (p.8)

Friday 24th Introduction to Herbal Medicine (p.4)

Tuesday 28th: Family eventPrickly Friends Workshop (p.17)

JuneSaturday 1st: Family eventMini Scarecrows (p.16)

Tue 4th – Thu 6th Illustrating Bees & Butterflies (p.12)

Saturday 8th Weeds: Lovable Rogues? (p.4)

Tuesday 11th Making Meadows (p.4)

Thursday 13th JuneLanguage of Plants (p.6)

Friday 14th Love in Idleness and the Virgin Rose (p.15)

Saturday 15th Introduction to Flowers and Families (p.6)

Tue 18th – Thu 20th Botanical Illustration for Beginners (p.12)

Friday 21st Creating a Wildlife Friendly Garden (p.5)

Tue 25th – Wed 26th Willow Work Projects 2 (p.14)

Thursday 27th Introduction to Garden Photography (Compact Cameras) (p.10)

Friday 28thIntroduction to Garden Photography (SLR/CSC/Bridge Cameras) (p.10)

JulyMon 1st – Fri 5th Flowering Plant Families: a 5-day intensive course (p.6)

Saturday 6th: Family eventDragonfly Day (p.16)

Tue 9th – Wed 10th Painting Roses in Watercolour (p.12)

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Thursday 11th Bumblebee Workshop (p.5)

Friday 12th From Planting to Painting (p.15)

Tuesday 16th Painting Trees in Watercolour (p.12)

Thursday 18th Lamiaceae – The Mint Family (p.6)

Tue 30th – Wed 31st Identifying Asteraceae (p.7)

AugustSaturday 3rd: Family eventThe Magic Brick Tree (p.16)

Saturday 10th Painting Trees in Watercolour (p.12)

SeptemberWed 4th – Thu 5th Screen-printing on Textiles (p.8)

Friday 6th Grow Your Own Cut Flowers (p.5)

Saturday 7th: Family eventLove Lavender (p.16)

Wed 11th – Thu 12th Woodblock Printing (p.8)

Saturday 14th Choosing Garden Trees (p.5)

Tue 17th – Thu 19th Illustrating Exotic Seed Heads and Capsules (p.13)

Mon 23rd – Wed 25th Pen & Ink Seed Pods for Beginners (p.13)

Thursday 26th Creative Garden Photography (SLR/CSC/Bridge Cameras) (p.10)

OctoberTue 1st – Thu 3rd Illustrating Umbels and Hydrangeas (p.13)

Saturday 5th: Family eventCelebrate Sticks (p.16)

Tue 8th – Thu 10th Conkers, Berries and Fruit in Coloured Pencil (p.13)

Wednesday 16th Crochet Flowers (p.9)

Sunday 27th: Family eventApple Station (p.17)

NovemberSaturday 2nd: Family eventPotty about Bulbs (p.16)

Tue 5th – Wed 6thBeyond Baskets (p.14)

Thu 28th – Fri 29th Getting to know Conifers (p.7)

DecemberTue 3rd – Wed 4th Christmas Floristry (p.9)

Saturday 7th: Family eventChristmas Craft (p.16)

2013 at a glanceThe courses are colour coded under

the following subjects: Gardens and PlantsPlant Identification Creative WorkshopsGarden PhotographyBotanical ArtWeaving & Basketry Garden History TalksFamily Events

From left to right: Pond dipping (Sir Cam); Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Altona’ Illustrated by Gael Sellwood; View across Cory lawn (Howard Rice); Autumn colour (Howard Rice).

Creating a Wildlife Friendly GardenFriday 21st June10am – 4pm

Jackie Bennett

Learn how to make your own garden more attractive to wildlife without carrying out a complete makeover. You’ll spend time in the classroom working on your own garden ideas, as well as out in the Garden looking at the meadows, bee border, woodland and wetlands. Discover simple ways to make your garden more wildlife friendly through the right choice of plants and small changes in how it is cared for. Jackie is the author of two books about wildlife gardening.

£50 Payable in full on booking

Bumblebee WorkshopThursday 11th July10am – 4pm

Bryan Pinchen

Bumblebees are familiar to most people and at least six species can be found in most gardens, where they play an important role as pollinators. Learn how to separate bumble-bees from similar-looking insects and about their life cycles, ecology and importance in the garden. The day will include hands-on identification, tips on habitat creation and a walk through our bee borders.


Grow Your Own Cut Flowers Friday 6th September10am – 4pm

Helen Seal

For very little outlay, if you have even a small piece of ground, you can have the pleasure of growing flowers, picking them, decorating with them and enjoying them at close quarters. From examples in the Garden, discover which flowers are good for cutting, some tricks of the trade and take home some seeds to sow your own starter patch.


Choosing Garden TreesSaturday 14th September10am – 1pm

Mark Crouch

Even the smallest garden can benefit from the addition of a tree, but with such a huge choice now available choosing the right one for your garden can be difficult. On this short course our Trees and Shrubs supervisor, Mark, will suggest a range of trees suitable for gardens and give advice on how to care for them.


Shrub TamingSaturday 9th March10am – 1pm

Ian Barker

This course provides basic guidance on the routine pruning of shrubs. Ian, our trees and shrubs assistant, will use a combination of illustrated talks and practical demonstrations to show why we prune shrubs, and what pruning can achieve. You’ll also be given advice on caring for shrubs and coping with common pests and diseases. There will be a short tour of part of the Garden’s shrub collection, time permitting.


Learn to Garden WeekendSat 16th – Sun 17th March10am – 4pm

Sally Petitt

Have you always wanted to learn to garden but not known where to start? This two-day course with our Head of Horticulture will look at the principles of gardening, including site and planning, preparation and planting, and care and maintenance. It will combine theory and practical sessions to give you the confidence to get gardening.


Family Gardens Design ClinicWednesday 24th April10am – 4pm

Dawn Isaac

This one-day course led by family garden expert Dawn Isaac, will provide inspiration and practical ideas to help you plan your own garden including hard landscaping, family friendly features and plant choices. Participants are encouraged to bring photographs of their own gardens to have specific design problems addressed.


Introduction to Herbal Medicine Friday 24th May10am – 1pm

Julie Bruton-Seal

A brief look at the history of European herbal medicine, which until relatively recently was the history of medicine. Herbs still have a valid place in healing and Julie will show you some practical ways you can use them externally.


Weeds: Lovable Rogues?Saturday 8th June10am – 1pm

Helen Seal

You have to admire them; they are often the most successful plants in the garden, and some are rather beautiful. But why do they succeed, what can you do about them and, actually, which plants are they anyway? The answers lie with our Alpine and Woodland supervisor Helen Seal, as she shares her experience of years of weedy relations.


Making MeadowsTuesday 11th June10am – 1pm

Pete Kerley & Paul Aston

Would you like to look out onto a dazzling display of meadow plants next summer? Then this workshop is for you. Pete and Paul from our expert horticulture team will guide you through the process of creating your own successful annual or perennial meadow. They’ll cover soil preparation, sowing tips, choosing the right mix of plants, maintenance and cutting down.


Gardens and Plants To book call: 01223 331875email: [email protected]

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From left to right: Planting up the grass maze; 2012 annual meadows in full flower; White-tailed bumblebee (Sir Cam).

Identifying AsteraceaeTue 30th – Wed 31st July10am – 4pm

Ros Bennett

By late July the flowers of many of our finest native plants have started to fade, with the notable exception of glorious shows of thistles, ragworts, dandelions and mayweeds. Asteraceae is the biggest family of flowering plants in the UK, with strong claims to be both the most familiar and the most confusing. Learn how to tell apart and name the look-a-likes that are such a notorious feature of this plant family.


Getting to know ConifersThu 28th – Fri 29th November10am – 4pm

Ros Bennett

Here at the Botanic Garden, we are fortunate to have the opportunity to study a fine collection of this magnificent group of trees, including native and introduced conifers. Learn how to use the basic features of cones and foliage to distinguish between Spruces and Firs, Redwoods and Hemlocks, Larches and Cedars, before learning how to identify individual species. Simplified keys will be introduced. Beginners and improvers welcome.


Introduction to GrassesThursday 9th May6.30pm – 9pm

Owen Mountford

This evening session will introduce you to grasses, one of the most important groups of flowering plants in the British landscape. The course will cover the basic botanical structure and form of grasses and help you to identify some of the more common species using plant material from the Garden.


Language of Plants: A Beginner’s GuideThursday 13th June10am – 1pm

Peter Stroh

Do you know your sepals from your tepals and your utricles from your glumes? Through practical sessions in the classroom and use of the Garden’s British wild plant collection, the course will introduce the descriptive terms for flowers, grasses, rushes and sedges to give you a basic understanding of the language commonly used in field guides. It is aimed at providing beginners with the confidence to develop their field skills and plant knowledge.


Introduction to Flowers and FamiliesSaturday 15th June10am – 4pm

Pete Michna & Simon Wallis

Join Pete and Simon for this one-day introduction to flower identification. Suitable for beginners, this short course will introduce you to the flowers of some of the most common plant families. During the day you will have the opportunity to examine flower structures under the microscope, use a botanical key and put your new knowledge into practice by identifying flowers in the Botanic Garden.


Flowering Plant Families: a 5-day intensive courseMon 1st – Fri 5th July10am – 4.30pm

Led by Tim Upson

This very popular 5-day course introduces flowering plant families to undergraduates, graduates, professionals and committed amateur botanists. The aim is to develop an understanding of the major plant families and the practical skills needed when approaching the identification of plant material. Teaching is through a combination of practical sessions and lectures covering the major temperate flowering plant families. The course makes extensive use of plant material and the Systematic Beds at the Botanic Garden.


Lamiaceae – The Mint FamilyThursday 18th July6.30pm – 9pm

Owen Mountford

A short introduction to one of the most familiar groups of flowering plants. The Mint family is well known for the numerous aromatic, culinary and medicinal herbs including lavender, rosemary, thymes and sages which are grown in gardens. Owen will explore the key botanical features and aromas produced by this varied group using plant material from the Garden.


Plant Identification To book call: 01223 331875email: [email protected]

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www.botanic.cam.ac.ukTop: Curved path through mixed grasses (Howard Rice). From left to right: Oreganum on Systematic beds (Howard Rice); Girl with Cosmos (Alex Orrow).

New Garden Events for 2013

Festival of Plants Saturday 18th May

Join us for this one day festival to celebrate plants. Visitors will be able to meet plant scientists from the East of England, enjoy an in-depth look at the plant collections in the Botanic Garden and learn more about their cultivation. There will be activities for children and families including art and craft, storytelling and hands-on science activities.

Apple Day Returns! Late October

It’s back! The Garden is delighted to welcome the return of Apple Day with apples galore and activities for the whole family. Keep an eye on our website for full details, coming soon.

See the website for more information about our Festival of Plants and the return of Apple Day.

Garden Writing WorkshopFriday 15th March10am – 4pm

Jackie Bennett

Whether you want to write about plants and gardens for pleasure or hope to get published, this course will guide you through the basic skills of garden writing. There will be exercises in interviewing, finding your writing ‘voice’, how to choose your subjects, as well as professional guidance on getting into print or online. No previous writing experience is necessary. Jackie is an award-winning writer and editor of the Garden Design Journal.


Wedding Flowers WorkshopTue 26th – Wed 27th March10am – 4pm

Sam Cotterell

Join Sam from Violets and Velvet Bespoke Floristry to learn creative tricks of the trade to help give you the confidence to design and plan your own wedding flowers. After showing you some simple floristry skills, Sam will teach you how to adapt these skills to create simple yet effective wedding flowers ranging from hand-tied bouquets, to a wall-mounted rose heart. Cost includes all materials.


Knitting FlowersThursday 23rd May10am – 4pm

Susie Johns

Spend a day making beautiful blooms using yarn and knitting needles. Susie will show you how to create a range of popular garden flowers, including lilies, daffodils, cosmos, periwinkle and grape hyacinth. This workshop is suitable for all knitters, regardless of experience, you just need knowledge of basic stitches. With individual and group tuition, you will be able to produce your own knitted posy.


Screen-printing on TextilesWed 4th – Thu 5th September10am – 4pm

Ricki Outis

Inspired by the wonderful shapes and colours of plants in the Garden you will develop your own designs and screen-print them onto fabrics. Emphasis is on the experimental, learning to make simple paper stencils to use with the silk screens. The course is suitable for beginners as well as those with some experience of printing.


Woodblock PrintingWed 11th – Thu 12th September10am – 4pm

Susie Turner

On this practical two-day course Susie will introduce this traditional form of relief printing. Choosing from a variety of woods, participants will learn how to transfer hand-drawn originals into simple expressive woodblock prints. The course is suitable for beginners as well as those with some experience of printing. Participants will need to provide their own cutting tools for this course.


Creative Workshops To book call: 01223 331875email: [email protected]

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Crochet FlowersWednesday 16th October10am – 4pm

Joanne Scrace

Spend a relaxing and fun day learning to make a variety of crochet flowers, perfect for embellishing clothing or making into brooches and hairclips. The class is taught by crochet designer and teacher, Joanne Scrace, in association with The Sheep Shop. Suitable for complete beginners to crochet improvers. Costincludes all materials.


Christmas Floristry Tue 3rd – Wed 4th December10am – 4pm

Sam Cotterell

Get yourself in the festive mood by creating your own Christmas wreath and mantelpiece arrangement. Sam will teach you the traditional techniques you’ll need to create a wreath year after year, as well as creative ways to decorate your mantelpiece or festive table and simple tips for making natural decorations elsewhere in the home. Cost includes all materials.


Screen print by Ricki Outis; Wedding flowers by Sam Cotterell (Hayley Ruth); Woodblock print by Susie Turner; Knitted Sweet Williams by Susie Johns.

Creative Garden Photography (SLR/CSC/Bridge Cameras)Tuesday 23rd April or Thursday 26th September 10am – 4pm

Pete Murray

Learn how to use your digital SLR, CSC or Bridge camera to take better close-up pictures of plants and other garden subjects. Starting with a studio session to master composition, lighting and focus, you’ll then use these techniques in more demanding outdoor situations to take pictures of seasonal interest. A tripod is useful on this course and SLR or CSC camera owners with a choice of lenses can try these out.


Introduction to Garden Photography (Compact Cameras)Wednesday 1st May or Thursday 27th June10am – 4pm

Pete Murray

Learn how to use your compact digital camera to take pictures of a range of garden subjects. Make the most of the seasonal interest in the Garden as your photographic subject, and in the practical sessions learn how to take better pictures in a variety of situations. These include garden landscape pictures, portraits of plants in garden settings, and how to capture close-up detail.


Introduction to Garden Photography (SLR/CSC/Bridge Cameras)Thursday 2nd Mayor Friday 28th June 10am – 4pm

Pete Murray

A course for beginners which shows you how to use your digital SLR, CSC, or Bridge camera to take pictures of a range of garden subjects. Make the most of the seasonal interest in the Garden as your photographic subject, and in the practical sessions learn how to take better pictures in a variety of situations. These include garden landscape pictures, portraits of plants in garden settings, and how to capture close-up detail. A tripod is useful on this course and participants with a choice of lenses can try these out too.


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Join our tutor Pete Murray, an RHS and AGS gold medal winning photographer for a plant focused photography course which suits your camera and your level of experience. There are two available dates for each course. For more information on camera types please see the information sheet on our website.

Designing and Painting a Roman Illuminated LetterMon 25th – Wed 27th February10am – 4pm

Georita Harriott

This course is designed for people who wish to try their hand at the decorative arts, drawing inspiration from beautiful illuminated Roman capitals which were embellished with drawings of flowers, insects, and delicate ornamentation. Flowers and foliage from the Garden will be used as subjects for decorating each Roman letter with illustrations and examples of images from illumination pages will be shown. Images will be worked in gouache watercolour with painting techniques taught through a combination of group demonstration and individual tuition.


Illustrating Mountain Plants and AlpinesTue 16th – Thu 18th April10am – 4pm

Reinhild Raistrick

The Botanic Garden is home to a wonderful range of mountain plants. For this course these small, beautiful plants will be in pots, to enable participants to see the whole plant and there will be opportunities to visit the Glass-house and Rock Garden in order to see plants in natural settings. Through group demonstrations and individual tuition, guidance will be given in accurate drawing, positioning the subject on the page, colour mixing and painting techniques. Suitable for all levels.


Painting Vibrant Tulips in WatercolourThu 25th – Fri 26th April10am – 4pm

Petula Stone

With a variety of vibrant colours and beautiful shapes, tulips are a wonderful subject matter for artists, and a particular favourite of the tutor of this two-day course. Petula will demonstrate how to capture the lively beauty of these flowers in watercolour, covering topics such as ‘wet into wet’, building up layers of colour and negative painting. Initial planning and composition will also be given careful consideration. The course is suitable for all levels and individual guidance will be given throughout the two days.


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Opposite: Alchemilla (Pete Murray). This page: Leaf study in coloured pencil by Janie Pirie; Painted Lady by Ian Loe.

Leaf Studies in Coloured PencilTue14th – Thu 16th May10am – 4pm

Janie Pirie

All botanical subjects are interesting – fruit, vegetables and flowers. However, there’s more to a good piece of botanical illustration than the main, eye-catching bloom. Without the leaves some subjects would be rather flat. This three-day course will show you how to draw a variety of different coloured leaves, including: shiny leaves, leaves with tiny veins, variegated leaves, furry leaves, damaged leaves and prickly leaves.


Illustrating Bees and ButterfliesTue 4th – Thu 6th June10am – 4pm

Ian Loe

Insects are by far the largest group of animals in the world. In this course we will be concen-trating on just two groups; The Bees and Butterflies. Both are important as pollinators and bees of course as providers of honey. Using preserved specimens from the University’s Zoology Museum, we’ll examine their intricate structures and beautiful patterns. Teaching and individual tuition will cover a variety of drawing techniques using pencil, pen and watercolour. Beginners are welcome.


Botanical Illustration for Beginners Tue 18th – Thu 20 June10am – 4pm

Gael Sellwood

If you enjoy plants and flowers and have always wanted to paint them, then this is an ideal course. Suitable for the complete beginner, you will work on recording plant structures in graphite and move on to using watercolour paint. The course includes demonstrations and handouts as well as individual tuition throughout the course.


Painting Roses in WatercolourTue 9th – Wed 10th July10am – 4pm

Petula Stone

Roses have the reputation of being the most popular (and romantic) flower of all time, their many forms offer the artist plenty of creative scope. Working with the Garden’s beautiful collection of roses you’ll learn how to capture the beauty of these flowers in watercolour. Petula will demonstrate a range of painting techniques including: ‘wet into wet’, overlaying washes of colour, negative painting and how to lay in washes of background colour. Group demonstrations and individual guidance make this course suitable for all levels.


Painting Trees in Watercolour (1)Tuesday 16th July10am – 4pm

John Wiltshire

Enjoy painting outside on this watercolour workshop with Cambridge-based artist John Wiltshire. Focusing on emotive responses to the Garden’s wonderful trees, these workshops are suitable for beginners and more advanced painters. You will learn a demonstrated restricted palette technique which reveals many secrets of watercolour painting. Sessions 1 & 2 can be taken separately or together.


Painting Trees in Watercolour (2)Saturday 10th August10am – 4pm

John Wiltshire

Enjoy painting outside on this watercolour workshop with Cambridge-based artist John Wiltshire. Focusing on emotive responses to the Garden’s wonderful trees, these workshops are suitable for beginners and more advanced painters. You will learn a demonstrated restricted palette technique which reveals many secrets of watercolour painting. Sessions 1 & 2 can be taken separately or together.


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To book call: 01223 331875email: [email protected]


Illustrating Exotic Seed Heads and CapsulesTue 17th – Thu 19th September10am – 4pm

Reinhild Raistrick

At this time of year the Garden has a fascinating range of seed heads on display from exotic magnolia pods to structural allium heads and prickly cardoons. Reinhild will use a combination of individual and group tuition with an emphasis on accurate drawing and good composition, and time spent on colour mixing and the various methods of attaining a smooth watercolour wash. The course is suitable for all levels.


Pen & Ink Seed Pods for Beginners Mon 23rd – Wed 25th September 10am – 4pm

Georita Harriott

Seed heads and capsules are a traditional subject for pen and ink botanical studies. This course is for beginners who would like to make detailed recorded observations of the structure of seed pods from around the world. Using examples from the Garden, Georita will introduce simple botany and plant structures and show examples of pen and ink work from the masters of this technique. Tuition will include preparatory observational pencil drawing followed by traditional pen and ink techniques to delineate and shade the specimens.


Illustrating Umbels and Hydrangeas from the Flower Border in AutumnTue 1st – Thu 3rd October10am – 4pm

Gael Sellwood

Using the dry and textured umbels and hydrangeas, often richly coloured in autumn, you will explore the drawing and watercolour painting techniques that suit these complex flower forms. With demonstration of techniques, as well as handouts and individual tuition, you can complete sketchbook work or work on a composition.


Conkers, Berries and Fruit in Coloured PencilTue 8th – Thu 10th October10am – 4pm

Janie Pirie

This course will give you the opportunity to create a beautiful study of one of Britain’s most beautiful autumn seeds – the conker. Not only is the actual seed a rich and shiny chestnut brown but the seed pod is also very interesting with its prickles and wonderful green and brown surface – a really interesting subject for botanical artists.


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Tree study by John Wiltshire; Honey bee by Ian Loe.

Tudor Gardens from Country to CourtFriday 19th April10am – 1pm

Twigs Way

As the countryside bloomed with the original cottage garden, nature met artifice in the gardens of royalty. ‘Alleyed’, knotted and herbed, sweetly scented and intricately patterned, they painted the lily and threw perfume on the violet. At Richmond, Whitehall and Hampton Court, gardens flourished as Europe divided.


‘Strange and Forrein Floures’ Friday 17th May10am – 1pm

Twigs Way

Exotic and Fantastical, from the Apple of Love to the Marvel of Peru, new plants came thick and fast in the Tudor and Elizabethan garden. From Southern Europe, Turkey and the New Worlds flowers were mingling in a riot of colour and scent. Plant collectors and herbalists celebrated the plant world, as use gave way to beauty and beauty led to expense. NB: This session will be part classroom based and part walking in the Garden.


Love in Idleness and the Virgin RoseFriday 14th June10am – 1pm

Twigs Way

Celebrating the cult of Elizabeth in flowers and fountains. Courtiers vied with each other to lead the Virgin Queen down the ‘primrose path of dalliance’, creating Renaissance inspired gardens at Kenilworth, Nonsuch and Theobalds. Poetry, prose and planting combined to place Elizabethan gardens at the very heart of the court, as wild roses met the Crown Imperial.


From Planting to PaintingFriday 12th July 10.30am – 12.30pm

Twigs Way

Based at the Fitzwilliam Museum this final session of our exploration of Tudor and Elizabethan gardens will explore depictions of flowers and gardens in paintings through a tour of some of the Museum’s collections. Free entry to the Botanic Garden, after the talk concludes, is included in the price for this session.


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To book call: 01223 331875email: [email protected]

Opposite page: Baskets by Mary Butcher. Above: Nonsuch Palace, Flemish, early 17th Century Oil on canvas © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge..

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Courtly Gardens and Curious Plants: Gardens in Tudor and Elizabethan England

A series of four linked morning sessions exploring the fascinating and often unexpected world of the Tudor and Elizabethan garden through their plants, places, prose and paintings.

Willow Work ProjectsTue 12th – Wed 13th March10am – 4.30pm

Mary Butcher

This two-day willow work course is suitable for all levels of experience. Beginners will learn the basic weaves needed to get started in basketry and will put these skills into practice by making a small round basket that they can take home with them. With Mary’s guidance, those with more experience will be able to work on individual basket projects involving more advanced shapes and forms. (Repeated in June, participants are welcome to attend either one or both of these Willow Work Projects courses).


Plant Supports from the Winter Garden Tue 7th – Wed 8th May10am – 4.30pm

Mary Butcher

This two-day course is suitable for all levels of experience. Using material cut from our Winter Garden beginners will learn the basic techniques needed to start making garden structures and will put these skills into practice by making small scale plant supports that they can take home with them. With Mary’s guidance, those with more experience will be able to work on small scale plant supports involving more advanced shapes and forms. The course aims to teach techniques which you can use when making larger permanent structures in your own garden.


Willow Work Projects 2Tue 25th – Wed 26th June10am – 4.30pm

Mary Butcher

This two-day willow work course is suitable for all levels of experience. Beginners will learn the basic weaves needed to get started in basketry and will put these skills into practice by making a small round basket that they can take home with them. With Mary’s guidance, those with more experience will be able to work on individual basket projects involving more advanced shapes and forms.(A repeat of the March course, participants are welcome to attend either one or both of these Willow Work Projects courses).


Beyond BasketsTue 5th – Wed 6th November10am – 4.30pm

Mary Butcher

These off-loom weaving techniques will enable beginners and more advanced students of both textiles and basketry to create structures using an exciting variety of leaves from the Garden. In previous courses students have made small bags, bowls, mobile structures and abstract hangings of different sorts, all of which use the range of beautifully coloured and differently textured leaves available from the Garden to great effect.


School Holiday Activities

During the school breaks we offer a range of drop-in and bookable activities for children to enjoy. For booking information call 01223 331875 or email [email protected]

Spring Half Term 2013Crafty Gardens WorkshopMon 11th February10.30am – 12pm, 1.30pm – 3pm

Join family garden expert Dawn Isaac for a garden crafts session making beautiful tea-light candle holders and bird feeders. Dawn is a family garden designer and author of the recent book Garden Crafts for Children.£5 per child per session payable in full on booking*

Twilight at the MuseumsWed 13th February4.30pm –7.30pm

When the lights go down across the city for Twilight at the Museums we’ll be lighting up our glasshouse range for a night time plant safari. More info on the evening’s events at: www.cam.ac.uk/twilight FREE

Easter Holidays 2013Easter SecretsFri 5th & Sat 6th April11am – 3pm

Can you solve the clues to all the secret places hidden within the Garden? Collect a prize and join us in the classroom to have a go at making an Easter mosaic.£3 per child, drop–in*

Summer Half Term 2013Prickly Friends WorkshopTue 28th May10.30am – 12pm, 1.30pm – 3pm

Discover the amazing world of the hedgehog, one of our best loved garden heroes, with Hugh Warwick, hedgehog championing ecologist and author of the book A Prickly Affair. Make your very own clay hedgehog to take home.£5 per child per session payable in full on booking*

Summer Holidays 2013Summer GardenAdventures

With six weeks of the summer holidays to fill we’re here to lend you a hand. This summer we’ll have a host of free trails to help you enjoy and explore the Garden with your family. Pick up the free summer trails at the gates and spend your summer in the Garden.

Autumn Half Term 2013Apple StationSun 27th October11am – 3pm

Celebrate the return of the Garden’s Apple Day by joining the education team at the pop-up ‘Apple Station’, for apple-inspired arts, crafts, tasting and stories.

See website updates for full details.

Family Saturdays

Our Family Saturday events run from 11am to 3pm on the first Saturday of every month throughout the year. Simply drop-in on the day and ask at the gate where the event is taking place.

£3 per child payable on the day*

Flat-pack NestsSaturday 5th January

Build your very own flat-pack nest kit to hang in your garden and watch as the birds pick up materials to make new homes.

Plant People Saturday 2nd February

Create giant plant people using lots of fun techniques including printing, sponge painting and collage.

Seeds & RubbishSaturday 2nd March

We’ll be using our rubbish to give a plant a home, by growing seeds in recycled containers.

Easter Secrets Saturday 6th April

Can you solve the clues to all the secret places hidden within the Garden? Collect a prize and have a go at making an Easter mosaic.

Crowning GlorySaturday 4th May

Be King or Queen of the Garden for the day and have your picture taken sitting on our Garden throne.

Mini ScarecrowsSaturday 1st June

Make the scariest mini scarecrows you can. Will yours be sparkly or sci-fi, traditional or modernist?

Dragonfly DaySaturday 6th July

Join us for dragonfly spotting in the Garden and then make your own dragonfly to take home.

The Magic Brick Tree Saturday 3rd AugustDiscover the story of The Magic Brick Tree and join in with our modelling workshop where you will discover how to make your own magical characters.

Love LavenderSaturday 7th September

Fill your house with the smell of lavender. We’ll be making lavender hearts, bags and bundles and giving you lots of tips on how to grow and harvest it.

Celebrate SticksSaturday 5th October

With help from the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology we’re celebrating the many uses of the humble stick, telling stick stories and making stick creations.

Potty about Bulbs Saturday 2nd November

Decorate a plant pot and plant it up with miniature bulbs to take home as a present for someone this Christmas.

Christmas Craft Saturday 7th December

Create stunning Christmas decorations at this family workshop. We’ll use plaster of paris and plants from the Garden to create unusual textured decorations to take home with you.

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* Normal Garden admission charges apply for adults accompanying children to all Family Saturday events and School Holiday activities. Children must be accompanied and supervised by an adult at all times. Bookable activities are non-refundable.

Borrow a backpack to Spot-a-lot at the Botanic Garden!

Our ‘Young Explorer’ backpacks are designed for budding young naturalists to use on their visit to the Garden. Inside each pack you will find binoculars, a bug viewer, clipboard and colouring pencils, and activity sheets to use as you explore the Garden. Just pick one up from either ticket office and drop it off again on your way out. It’s free! Happy exploring!

Booking enquiries: 01223 331875email: [email protected]


Children admiring seed pod (Alex Orrow); Child looking through magnifying glass (Alex Orrow); Lavender heart; Hugh Warwick with hedgehog; Children in the Systematic beds (Alex Orrow).

Getting here

The Garden is less than 1 mile south of the centre of Cambridge. We are only 10 minutes walk from the train station which has frequent services from London, Stansted Airport, Peterborough and the Midlands. There is no on-site parking but pay and display parking is available on the streets nearby. If you are travelling by car we recommend you use the Trumpington Park and Ride site, which is open daily, and alight at the Bateman Street stop. Cycle parking is available.

The Outreach Office, Cambridge University Botanic Garden,1 Brookside, Cambridge CB2 1JE. T: 01223 331875 F: 01223 336278E: [email protected]

Step 1: Make a provisional course booking by telephoning 01223 331875 or [email protected] If the course is full we can enter your name on a waiting list and inform you if a provisional place becomes available.

Step 2: Complete the booking form opposite (also available to download from our website) and send with full payment. Please make cheques payable to the ‘University of Cambridge’.

Please note: Provisional places will be held for 14 days, within which time we must receive your completed booking form and cheque.

After we have received payment we will send you an acknowledgement to confirm your booking. Additional information about the course will be sent to you a few weeks before it runs.

Cancellations: If you need to cancel your booking, please inform the Outreach office in writing as soon as possible. The cancellation is effective from the date your letter is received. If you cancel with more than 4 weeks’ notice we will refund your balance less 20% to cover administration. For cancellations made with less than 4 weeks’ notice we regret we are unable to make any refund unless we can fill your place on the course. If we are able to fill your place we will refund your balance less 20% to cover administration.

Amendments: Cambridge University Botanic Garden reserves the right to alter any part of the programme if necessary. We will only cancel courses after careful consideration, but reserve the right to do so under exceptional circumstances.In the event of a cancellation, participants will be informed as soon as possible and course fees will be refunded in full.

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Take a Tour

• Guided Tours are available during the day and on summer evenings. Led by our expert garden guides, they last 1½ hours. Please pre-book at least 4 weeks in advance. Day: £5 pp + normal Garden admission (min. £50) Evening: £8 pp + normal Garden admission (min. £80) Call 01223 336271 or email [email protected]

• Saturday Tours are on the firstSaturday of each month. You can join our 1 hour tours starting from the Brookside Gate at 11am. Saturday tours can be pre-booked or, if space is available, joined on the day of your visit. Saturday tours: £3 pp + normal Garden admission Call 01223 336271 or email [email protected] visit www.botanic.cam.ac.uk

Group Visits

We welcome group visits (10 or more people) to the Garden. Please book at least 1 week in advance. Call 01223 336265 or [email protected] or visit www.botanic.cam.ac.uk

Join the Friends and help the Garden grow

Enjoy unlimited admission to the Botanic Garden during normal opening hours, 3 issues of Friends’ News each year and invitations to special events and tours by joining the Friends of Cambridge University Botanic Garden. You can also opt to subscribe to our e-newsletter. Pick up an application form at the gates or download one from www.botanic.cam.ac.uk For more information about the Friends call 01223 336271 or email [email protected]

Please complete and detach this form, and send with payment to:The Outreach Office, Cambridge University Botanic Garden, 1 Brookside, Cambridge, CB2 1JE.

Please note: Courses offered in this brochure are not accredited by the University of Cambridge. Attendance on these courses does not constitute attendance at the University of Cambridge. Data Protection: Your details will be kept on our mailing list solely for the purpose of sending you information about Cambridge University Botanic Garden. They will not be made available to any third party at any time and will be securely managed. Please contact us to have your details removed or changed at any time.

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Don’t miss our fun family Saturday events...Flat-pack Nests Saturday 5th January

Plant People Saturday 2nd February

Seeds & Rubbish Saturday 2nd March

Easter Secrets Saturday 6th April

Crowning Glory Saturday 4th May

Mini Scarecrows Saturday 1st June

Dragonfly Day Saturday 6th July

The Magic Brick Tree Saturday 3rd August

Love Lavender Saturday 7th September

Celebrate Sticks Saturday 5th October

Potty about Bulbs Saturday 2nd November

Christmas Craft Saturday 7th December

Inside back cover: Echinops on Systematic beds (Howard Rice).Above: Children on stepping stones (Alex Orrow).

Cambridge University Botanic Garden, 1 Brookside, Cambridge CB2 1JE.

The Outreach Office: 01223 331875General enquiries: 01223 336265


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