Propagation from Seeds and Cuttings

Elizabeth Essen Reader has managed the propagation at Coton Manor for nearly thirty years, helping to develop the nursery from its modest beginnings to the thriving enterprise it is today.

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Tuesday 2nd June 2026

Gardens that last - Planting for a long season

James Alexander-Sinclair FSGD is one of the foremost garden designers in the United Kingdom. He has designed gardens from Cornwall to the Western Isles and from London to Moscow. He is a full member of the Society of Garden Designers. He is an RHS Vice-President and was awarded the Veitch Memorial Medal for outstanding contribution to horticulture in 2022. He is the RHS Ambassador for Garden Design and a Fellow of the Society of Garden Designers

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Saturday 27th June 2026

Managing two very different gardens - The Inner Temple and Lowther Castle

Andrea’s training in botanical horticulture ranged from a traditional German apprenticeship, studying at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in London to earning an MSc in Nature Conservation from UCL, interspersed with internships in South Africa, Botswana, Israel and the USA. Following her time at the Inner Temple Gardens she managed the 1000 acres of outdoor landscapes at Longwood Gardens in Pennsylvania before returning to the UK to take up current role managing the ongoing development of Lowther Castle and Garden.

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Wednesday 15th July 2026

Creating Vistas - Gardening with Views

James Alexander-Sinclair FSGLD is one of the foremost garden designers in the United Kingdom. He has designed gardens from Cornwall to the Western Isles and from London to Moscow. He is a full member of the Society of Garden Designers. He is an RHS Vice-President and was awarded the Veitch Memorial Medal for outstanding contribution to horticulture in 2022. He is the RHS Ambassador for Garden Design and a Fellow of the Society of Garden Designers.

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Thursday 10th September 2026

An Abundance of Delicious Unusual Edibles

Mark Diacono has written a number of award-winning books, including A Year at Otter Farm and A Taste of the Unexpected (which both won Food Book of the Year for Andre Simon and the Guild of Food Writers), Sour (Food Book of the Year 2019 in The Sunday Times and Daily Mail), Herb and Spice. Known for growing everything from Szechuan pepper to pecans to Asian pears, Mark's refreshing approach to growing and eating has done much to inspire a new generation to grow some of what they eat.

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Tuesday 15th September 2026

Dahlias with Arthur

Arthur Parkinson is a garden writer, illustrator and photographer whose interest in cut flowers led him to work as florist to Sarah Raven. They co-founded the successful podcast together, Grow, Cook, Eat, Arrange. Before this, he studied for a year at Kew Gardens but admits that he would have been better suited to probably working at London Zoo in hindsight! It is his love of exotic birds that led him to visit the flamingos at Coton a few years ago.

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Thursday 17th September 2026

Examining the construction of a border

Susie Pasley-Tyler has masterminded the development of the garden at Coton over the past 30 years and gained great experience as a practical ‘hands-on’ gardener. She lectures regularly at the garden school and enjoys sharing her knowledge with a wider audience.

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Tuesday 21st July 2026

Contemporary Naturalistic Planting — Where it Came From and Where It’s Going

Tim Richardson is a garden/landscape historian and critic, the author of more than 20 books on the subject, including most recently The English Landscape Garden: Dreaming of Arcadia (2024). He was formerly gardens editor at Country Life and a regular columnist in the Daily Telegraph, and is currently art critic at The Idler. His 10-week online course on English landscape history is taught three times a year via Oxford University, and he was course tutor on the MA in landscape history at London University. Tim also founded and directs the Chelsea Fringe Festival.

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Tuesday 14th April 2026

Pots and Tulips

Arthur Parkinson is a garden writer, illustrator and photographer whose interest in cut flowers led him to work as florist to Sarah Raven. They co-founded the successful podcast together, Grow, Cook, Eat, Arrange. Before this, he studied for a year at Kew Gardens but admits that he would have been better suited to probably working at London Zoo in hindsight! It is his love of exotic birds that led him to visit the flamingos at Coton a few years ago.

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Thursday 12th March 2026

Roses: choosing, positioning, pruning and general care

Susie Pasley-Tyler has masterminded the development of the garden at Coton over the past 30 years and gained great experience as a practical ‘hands-on’ gardener. She lectures regularly at the garden school and enjoys sharing her knowledge with a wider audience.

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