Garden Styles: Naturalistic Planting

<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:&#34;Times New Roman&#34;,serif"><span style="font-family:&#34;Arial&#34;,sans-serif">Give your garden an informal, more relaxed look. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:&#34;Times New Roman&#34;,serif"><span style="font-family:&#34;Arial&#34;,sans-serif">Learn how to use carefully selected drifts of plants to look wonderful <em>and</em> attract large numbers of beneficial insects.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:&#34;Times New Roman&#34;,serif"><span style="font-family:&#34;Arial&#34;,sans-serif">We will look at a range of style including prairie planting and wild flower meadows. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:&#34;Times New Roman&#34;,serif"><span style="font-family:&#34;Arial&#34;,sans-serif">Expect a supportive atmosphere where your ideas will be encouraged; you will not be expected to know Latin plant names. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:&#34;Times New Roman&#34;,serif"><span style="font-family:&#34;Arial&#34;,sans-serif">You will be introduced to a range of plants and design ideas suitable for creating attractive areas of naturalistic planting.</span></span></span></p>

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<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:&#34;Arial&#34;,sans-serif">Learners might like to select another of the Garden Styles courses or choose something like Garden Design or pruning.</span></span></p>

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<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:&#34;Times New Roman&#34;,serif"><span style="font-family:&#34;Arial&#34;,sans-serif">Pen and paper</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:&#34;Times New Roman&#34;,serif"><span style="font-family:&#34;Arial&#34;,sans-serif">A packed lunch </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:&#34;Times New Roman&#34;,serif"><span style="font-family:&#34;Arial&#34;,sans-serif">Presentation by the tutor: slides will be shown to illustrate certain plants or design ideas.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:&#34;Times New Roman&#34;,serif"><span style="font-family:&#34;Arial&#34;,sans-serif">Learners will learn through discussions with the tutor and other students, and will be shown a variety of plants to handle. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:&#34;Times New Roman&#34;,serif"><span style="font-family:&#34;Arial&#34;,sans-serif">Learners will be encouraged to share their experiences of their gardens.</span></span></span></p>

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<p><span style="font-size:16px">A pen and paper for note taking. Additional notes are often sent via email so it is helpful if learners have an email address although this is not essential.</span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&#34;Times New Roman&#34;,serif"><strong><span style="font-family:&#34;Aptos&#34;,sans-serif">Course Cancellations by Us</span></strong></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&#34;Times New Roman&#34;,serif"><span style="font-family:&#34;Aptos&#34;,sans-serif">· If we cancel your course, your fees will be refunded in full.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&#34;Times New Roman&#34;,serif"><span style="font-family:&#34;Aptos&#34;,sans-serif">· We cannot reimburse the cost of any materials you may have purchased. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&#34;Times New Roman&#34;,serif"><strong><span style="font-family:&#34;Aptos&#34;,sans-serif">Cancellations by You</span></strong></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&#34;Times New Roman&#34;,serif"><span style="font-family:&#34;Aptos&#34;,sans-serif">· If you cancel 7 days or more before the course start date: Refund issued minus a 20% administration fee.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&#34;Times New Roman&#34;,serif"><span style="font-family:&#34;Aptos&#34;,sans-serif">· If you cancel less than 7 days before the start date or after the course has started: No refund will be issued. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&#34;Times New Roman&#34;,serif"><strong><span style="font-family:&#34;Aptos&#34;,sans-serif">Transfers</span></strong></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&#34;Times New Roman&#34;,serif"><span style="font-family:&#34;Aptos&#34;,sans-serif">· Transfers must be requested at least 7 days before the course start date.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&#34;Times New Roman&#34;,serif"><span style="font-family:&#34;Aptos&#34;,sans-serif">· A 10% transfer fee applies.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&#34;Times New Roman&#34;,serif"><span style="font-family:&#34;Aptos&#34;,sans-serif">· Transfers due to our cancellation of your original course are free of charge. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&#34;Times New Roman&#34;,serif"><strong><span style="font-family:&#34;Aptos&#34;,sans-serif">Illness and Absence</span></strong></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&#34;Times New Roman&#34;,serif"><span style="font-family:&#34;Aptos&#34;,sans-serif">· No refunds are available for non-attendance due to sickness or ill health.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&#34;Times New Roman&#34;,serif"><strong><span style="font-family:&#34;Aptos&#34;,sans-serif">How Refunds Are Issued</span></strong></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&#34;Times New Roman&#34;,serif"><span style="font-family:&#34;Aptos&#34;,sans-serif">· Refunds are returned via the original payment method:<br />
• Booked online or by phone - Refund to the card used.<br />
• Paid in person at Stoke Lodge - Please bring your payment card to the office. </span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&#34;Times New Roman&#34;,serif"><strong><span style="font-family:&#34;Aptos&#34;,sans-serif">Online Course Access</span></strong></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&#34;Times New Roman&#34;,serif"><span style="font-family:&#34;Aptos&#34;,sans-serif">· Learners are responsible for ensuring they have suitable internet access and equipment before the course begins.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&#34;Times New Roman&#34;,serif"><span style="font-family:&#34;Aptos&#34;,sans-serif">· No refunds will be issued due to technical issues with a learner’s own internet or computer.</span></span></span></p>