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Join Hester and Robert as they take you on a journey through the basics of good Spring gardening practices. These will include planting, pruning, division and much more besides. They will also be choosing their top 5 plants each - must haves for your spring garden!

Suitable for seasoned gardeners as well as enthusiastic beginners.

Celebrate the season with a creative Easter Floral Demonstration. Renowned designer, Marie O’Leary will guide you in crafting beautiful, nature inspired Easter Decorations using seasonal plants and flowers. Perfect for adding a touch of Spring to your home or creating a stunning table centrepiece, Marie's expert guidance will ensure your arrangement is both stylish and festive. 

Tea, Coffee and scones are included.

Look after your soil and the soil will look after your plants

Join us on Saturday 12 April for an informative 2 hour workshop with Dr Karen O'Hanlon, a leading expert in plant health and soil science. Dr O'Hanlon will share here extensive knowledge on soil management, box blight, disease prevention and best practices to keep your garden thriving. Whether you're a seasoned gardener or just starting out, this session will provide practical insights and expert advice to help you tackle common plant health challenges.

Tea, coffee and scones included making this the perfect opportunity to learn, ask questions and connect with fellow garden enthusiasts.

Jacinta is a renowned Irish and international award winning artist, specializing in animal portraiture, landscape and equestrian sporting paintings.

She regularly conducts popular masterclasses in garden painting at Altamont. In this demo, Jacinta will, step by step take you through her process of painting a unique pet portrait from start to finish. She will show how to capture pet expressions, to paint texture and explore suitable backgrounds for your paintings. This demo is perfect for beginners , artists who want to improve skills, pet owners and anyone who is curious to see how a painting develops from sketch to finished portrait.

Relax and enjoy the experience!

Jacinta is artist in residence at Altamont and has an ongoing exhibition of her evocative rural paintings in the Corona North Room at Altamont throughout.

There is no denying it: Climate change is leading to more erratic weather patterns and generally to hotter, dryer summers. The impact on our gardens is profound. In the Southwest of Germany, these changes are particularly pronounced and gardeners there are trying to adapt their plantings accordingly. This talk will show you some of the plantings Anne C. Repnow has designed in the past years with hot, dry summers in mind. She will take you through the seasons in her own gravel garden and highlight those plants – both shrubs and perennials – that seem to thrive under these changed conditions.