At Bay Tree Cottage we are looking forward to another year of exciting courses. We offer a range of one and half day hands-on workshops, showing you how to get the best out of your outdoor space and embrace country living.

Our courses combine presentation, demonstration and do it yourself sessions that are designed to give you a solid foundation in your chosen topic, enabling you to transfer the skills you have learnt with us to your own home or garden.

The workshops will be run by Annaliita and Jenny. Annaliitta Stretch from Tsuru, a talented local artist and florist with over 20 years experience, studied art and scupture at university and floristry with Paula Pryke. Jenny Dicks from Down to Earth is a successful garden designer and horticulturalist, trained at Pershore College.

Located in Farthingstone, in the heart of rural Northamptonshire, we are passionate about using local facilities and utilise the village hall for our indoor workshops. With Bay Tree Cottage just a stones throw away we are away we are also able to use our outdoor space, to give live practical demonstrations and examples of our work in the gardens and poly tunnels.

There are a multitude of courses to entice you, Botanical drawing and Building with Willow to name just two. We are also excited about the wire sculpture course we are running in partnership with the National Trust at Cannons Ashby.

All one day workshops run from 9.30am to 3pm and include home made lunch and afternoon tea and cake. Our half day workshops run from 9am to-12.00pm. Elevenses give you the opportunity to indulge yourself with a selection of home made cakes and biscuits. (Please inform us if you have any special dietry requirements when you book the course)

Once the course in completed you will have the opportunity to visit the Down to Earth Plant Nursery located at Bay Tree Cottage where there is a wide range of shrubs, perennials and grasses for sale at very competitive prices. (The nursery is not open every day, but by appointment only.)

A comprehensive requirements list and detailed itinery will be sent to you when you book a course.

These workshops make lovely gifts for family and friends. Contact us if you would like to purchase gift tokens for future courses. We can accomodate group bookings from garden club members or even innovative hen parties.

Be prepared to roll your sleeves up and get stuck in for some fun and hard work. ..And some exceedingly good cake!

We look forward to seeing you soon.