Growing knowledge, sprouting ideas and establishing the roots for your garden journey
with Chloe Thomson
Sprout School Founder, horticulturist & passionate gardener
@beantheredugthat
My Favourite Australian Native Daisies
You'll spot all of these beauties in my garden. They are tough, long flowering & super easy to grow. Perfect for pops of easy care colour!
5 Outstanding Ornamental Grasses
Perfect low maintenance grasses & grass like plants. Use them to fill gaps in your garden & add movement OR mass plant for great effect.
6 Ways to Control Weeds NATURALLY
Weeds! They drive us all nuts - but you don't always need to reach for a toxic herbicide to get control of them. Here are my top tips!
NEW VIDEO SERIES
Come with me 'Behind the Garden Gate' of private gardens to be inspired and learn 🌱 In these new videos I'll take you into a huge range of gardens created by talented garden designers and passionate gardeners - all from the comfort of your own couch!
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Sprout School will make you a BETTER & MORE CONFIDENT DIY GARDENER
"I won’t use bamboozling botanical names, expect you to understand detailed soil science or turn you into a landscape architect.
This course will give you the confidence to start your own garden for the first time, tackle a DIY garden makeover or expand your garden beyond a few plants here and there."
Chloe Thomson - Sprout School Founder, horticulturist & passionate gardener
@beantheredugthat
"I loved every week of Sprout School, and love how it’s given me more focus in my garden. I’m spotting signs of sucking insects in my garden, and looking for good bugs! I’m so much more conscious of my impact, and overall more confident with my decisions.
Claire - Melbourne, VIC
Thank you Chloe for instilling in me a passion I didn’t even know I had. My garden went from being a boring, intimidating and neglected dust pit to now being a place full of colour, experiments and wonderful possibilities. This course has been life changing and has helped in many ways that transcend beyond the garden. Thank you!
Laura - Melbourne, VIC
"I’m so glad I did the course, it’s really changed my frame of mind when it comes to gardening and I don’t really feel the pressure anymore about doing everything all at once and having it all look perfect. I’m loving the small changes I’ve been making this past month to little pockets of my garden, and it’s really bringing me so much joy!"
Anu, Wollongong NSW
Let's EXPLORE some of the most incredible gardens in the UK & Ireland TOGETHER!
The tour includes;
- Tour leadership by me!
- Welcome dinner
- The RHS Wisley Flower Show
- The famous Kew Gardens, London’s largest UNESCO World Heritage Site
- Hampton Court Palace and Garden
- Visit Bourton House
- Explore the town of Stratford-upon-Avon
- Hidcote, one of the most notable gardens in the world
- Sudeley Castle Garden
- Powerscourt House and Gardens, one of Ireland’s showpiece gardens
- Ballymaloe House and Garden
- Bantry House, the home of the White’s since the 18th century
- Muckross House and Garden
- Knockpatrick gardens
- Enjoy a sightseeing tour of Dublin with a local guide
- June Blake’s garden
- Farewell dinner
