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An experienced and popular public speaker, Philip has given practical demonstrations, lectures, guided garden tours and talks, illustrated with his own outstanding photographs, on horticulture and related subjects for twenty five years. With a professional, conversational and highly entertaining style, his audiences - which have ranged from just four people to two and a half thousand - always remember Philip's talks as interesting and inspiring but most of all, great fun.
The simplest recommendation to event organisers and speaker's secretaries? After each talk he gives, Philip is asked back every time.
You are most welcome to register your own or your organisation's details with any requirements you may have but below are some of his most popular titles. For further information on Illustrated Talks telephone on 01308 488943
or email, marking your enquiry “Talks”.
Illustrated Talks: Developing Colour in the Garden. Using the rainbow and the colour wheel to explore planting combinations and inspire your design ideas. Colour in the Garden Without Flowers. Developing the range of foliage, bark and berry you can grow, matched with the colours of garden features, floors and materials to improve all year round impact. Before and After. How the Pecorama Millennium Garden at Beer in Devon was built, planted and established. This talk is often followed by groups visiting the Millennium Garden, where you can be accompanied on guided tours and enjoy a further talk in the Pecorama Lecture Theatre. At no extra cost! Organic Gardening. The principles & practice with an update on the most recent developments. Hanging Baskets and Container Gardening.Hints, tips & inspiration for your success with everything not planted in the ground. Planting ideas, time savers, fun containers and food crops. The Gardens of South West England. UK. A visual feast of features, vistas, plants & plantings to show the stunning diversity of designs & atmospheres in this glorious part of the world. U.S. Hardiness Zone 9. Autumn Colour. A fresh look at ways of developing planting ideas to make the most of the natural beauty of autumn. Also available as Guided Garden Walks at selected gardens. The Herbaceous Border.
A year round journey through the work & the wonders you can enjoy building this challenging but rewarding classic garden feature. The Care and Propagation of House Plants.The best ways to grow & increase your favorites - with plenty of surprise varieties & techniques to try too. Tender plants from all over the world. Mixing It. The design and maintenance of your new Mixed Border. Plant Combinations and Associations.From glorious to ghastly. An adventure in taste. Ideas & examples to help develop your options & increase your excitment for plant grouping. More than just colour. Up The Garden Path.The way on. Crucial in successful designs, often crushingly dull, the garden floor can be a foil, a frame, a route, even a refuge. Materials, patterns, colours. Choices. Garden Design Ideas in Pictures.Inspiration a-go-go! If you weren't thinking of improvements you'll think again. Architectural Plants and Foliage Texture.
Drama & impact on a grand scale. Delicate leaves in tiny spaces. Stucture & form.
Exploring the potential of using more leaves.
Practical Demonstrations: Propagation by:- - Seed
- Soft cuttings
- Semi-ripe cuttings
- Hardwood cuttings
Pruning Trees and Shrubs.Make sense of the diagrams. See the wood through the trees. What to do & how. Stress free pruning is not only possible, it's available. The Care, Pruning and Training of Top and Stone Fruit.Apple, pear, peach, apricot? Fine tuning fruit for the very best of health, aesthetic form & yield. Remember, you can't kill a tree with secateurs. Relax.
The Care, Pruning and Training of Climbers and Wall Shrubs.Untangle the confusion. Attention to detail is the key. Once you've seen this you'll be confidently able to present perfectly trained climbers covered in flowers. Lawn Care.Bowling green, wildflower meadow, moss patch or an edible lawn. The choice is yours. Everything you need to know to grow the lawns you dream of. And what to do about those nightmares - if your lawn has any. Making Compost Better.Myths & magic, advice & hearsay, all play their part but need to be helped along with practical techniqes to help prepare the best possible compost for your plants. The answer doesn't lie in the soil - it is the soil. N.B. Outdoor demonstrations are obviously only suitable for groups of about 10-15. A seated audience of up to 40 can enjoy the propagation dems indoors. |
