I teach small group workshops which usually take place at my allotment or garden in Watermael Boitsfort, Brussels. Come and learn some new skills, have fun meeting fellow gardeners and leave feeling inspired to start something new in your garden.
Workshop vouchers available now
A voucher for a gardening workshop makes a great gift for someone in your life who loves plants or wants to get into gardening. To buy a voucher redeemable against any of my workshops just go to my booking page:
2026 Workshops
Here are the 2026 spring-summer season workshops. Future dates will be published here, and the final workshop for 2026 is my Christmas Wreath Making Workshop, which takes place in early December (date will be announced in the autumn).
Gardening Masterclass for Beginners
What are the most important things you need to do in order to have a beautiful, healthy and biodiverse garden? This workshop gives you the essential knowledge you need to get started.
- Understanding your soil type and the effect it has on your plants
- What your plants need to grow well, from feeding to watering and mulching
- Making your own compost: the secrets to success!
- Right plant, right place: choosing plants that will thrive in your garden
- Tips for encouraging wildlife and biodiversity, and how this helps your garden to stay healthy
- General maintenance essentials through the year
This workshop takes place at my garden in Watermael Boitsfort, Brussels
How To Create Beautiful Borders
Designing a border with plants can be hard, but this workshop will help you understand the elements of design that go into creating beautiful borders, and how you can put that into practice in your own garden!
- Easy-to-follow design principles to create a border that looks good
- Combing colours to the best effect
- Planning for a long season of interest so that there’s something to enjoy throughout the year
- Choosing the right plants that will succeed in the conditions in your garden.
- Positioning plants in the border
- Creating a border design that you can implement immediately
This workshop takes place at my garden in Watermael Boitsfort, Brussels
Testimonials
Here’s what previous participants thought:
Mariana: I very much enjoyed it. I feel like I learned a lot in a very short time. I loved: the small group ; the very hands on approach with the little cards and exercise and your very beautiful garden with so many plants for inspiration; your hospitality ; finally you have a very calming way about you. I look forward to other courses!
Ayad: I enjoyed the session, it was so informative and fun. Thanks! PS I will replicate what we did in my garden today.
Giuliana: I have really been inspired by your workshop. There are things in books but they are sometimes difficult to understand or put into practice. I found the full exchange we had with you and within the group very useful, and you are a lovely and great teacher. You are able to transfer your passion to others: this is the best way to learn and share, many thanks!
Helen: I really enjoyed the session and learnt many useful things. Thanks!
Garden Consultations & Coaching Sessions
As an experienced garden designer, I provide a garden consultation service and/or garden coaching to help you learn the basics of how to look after your garden and make your plants thrive. Both the consultation and the coaching can be tailored around exactly what you need to help you in your gardening efforts: creating new borders, choosing plants suitable for your site, advice on maintaining your garden, keeping on top of things through the year etc.
A garden consultation includes a visit to your garden, a full discussion of all the challenges you are facing and lots of ideas, advice and suggestions that you can act upon immediately. The cost is €150 +VAT.
Coaching is usually for a minimum of 2 hours, monthly through the growing season at my hourly rate of €40 +VAT.
Available all year, contact me for more details.
I really enjoyed the veg growing workshop at Selwa’s allotment. Very informative with lots of good tips, and some hands on planting too🌱
Thank you so much Helen, am so glad you found it useful!