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  • Garden Tour and Cream Tea at West Dean

    Garden Event

    Garden Tour & Cream Tea

    Enjoy an exclusive tour of the famous West Dean Gardens with two senior and knowledgeable members of the Garden Team, followed by a delicious cream tea in the prestigious Oak Hall.

    Date
    Various dates, 1-3.45pm
    Price
    £30pp
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  • Creative Writing Course Open Day at West Dean

    Open Day

    Campus Open Day - Creative Writing

    Open day. For open minds.

    Curious about our courses in Creative Writing & Publishing?
    Book your place at our next Open Day on Thursday 1 May 2025 and discover more about our courses and studying with us.

    Date
    Thursday 1 May 2025, 11am-1pm
    Location
    West Dean
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  • Garden Tour and Cream Tea at West Dean

    Garden Event

    Garden Tour & Cream Tea

    Enjoy an exclusive tour of the famous West Dean Gardens with two senior and knowledgeable members of the Garden Team, followed by a delicious cream tea in the prestigious Oak Hall.

    Date
    Various dates, 1-3.45pm
    Price
    £30pp
    Read more/book
  • Course

    Planning and planting a scented garden

    Discover the secrets behind plant fragrances with Annie Guilfoyle and explore how understanding and utilizing these scents can enhance your garden design.

    Date
    10 May 2025, Saturday
    Location
    West Dean College
    Price
    £158
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  • Garden Event

    Mental Health Awareness Week

    Take time to relax, explore and enjoy the wonders of nature this Spring. In support of Mental Health Awareness Week, we are delighted to invite visitors to enjoy free entry to West Dean Gardens from Monday 12 May - Sunday 18 May.

    Date
    Monday 12 May - Sunday 18 May
    Location
    West Dean Gardens
    Price
    FREE
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  • Exhibition

    West Dean: Craft Here, Craft Now at London Craft Week

    Craft Here, Craft Now exhibition presents a collection of crafted objects and shares the hidden stories behind their making, highlighting the hours of painstaking skill required to transform raw materials into beautiful things. 

    Date
    Wednesday 14 May - Sunday 18 May 2025
    Location
    London
    Price
    Free
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  • Course

    Shade planting – designing a shade border

    This course will focus on shade-loving plants for seasonality and interest, learning the fundamental steps for selecting the right plants for a successful shade border.

    Date
    19 May 2025, Monday
    Location
    West Dean College
    Price
    £157
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  • Course

    Creating contemporary indoor planting

    Guided by Alys, learn about the wondrously varied way that you can make architecturally stunning indoor garden creations designed to stay inside your home.

    Date
    20 May 2025, Tuesday
    Location
    West Dean College
    Price
    £244
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  • Virtual open day for OFDAD
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  • Garden Tour and Cream Tea at West Dean

    Garden Event

    Garden Tour & Cream Tea

    Enjoy an exclusive tour of the famous West Dean Gardens with two senior and knowledgeable members of the Garden Team, followed by a delicious cream tea in the prestigious Oak Hall.

    Date
    Various dates, 1-3.45pm
    Price
    £30pp
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  • Lecture

    Dendrofutura – tree selection for gardens of the future – Garden Lecture

    Selecting trees for future gardens and landscapes – Henrik will discuss aspects that need to be considered when selecting trees for site and function, focusing on what makes the trees suitable for a particular situation and how they perform to be successful for the site and provide ecosystem services. 

    Date
    14 June 2025
    Location
    West Dean
    Price
    £104
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  • Open Day

    Virtual Open Day - Garden Design

    Curious about our degree and diploma courses in Garden Design?
    Join us for a live, online Open Day session and find out more about our courses, student life, funding and how to apply.

    Date
    Thursday 19 June 2025, 6-7.30pm
    Location
    Online via Teams
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  • Performance

    Pergola Open Air Theatre

    New Theatre Productions proudly present two entertaining plays for their traditional programme as part of the Festival Of Chichester at the Pergola Open Air Theatre between 27 June and 12 July. All performances start at 7.30pm and tickets will be available at the entrance to the Pergola Theatre. Picnics are welcome.

    Entry is through the West Dean College entrance.

    Date
    27 June - 12 July 2025, 7.30pm
    Location
    West Dean Gardens
    Price
    £10.00
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  • Performance

    Pergola Open Air Theatre

    New Theatre Productions proudly present two entertaining plays for their traditional programme as part of the Festival Of Chichester at the Pergola Open Air Theatre between 27 June and 12 July. All performances start at 7.30pm and tickets will be available at the entrance to the Pergola Theatre. Picnics are welcome.

    Entry is through the West Dean College entrance.

    Date
    27 June - 12 July 2025, 7.30pm
    Location
    West Dean Gardens
    Price
    £10.00
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  • Garden Tour and Cream Tea at West Dean

    Garden Event

    Garden Tour & Cream Tea

    Enjoy an exclusive tour of the famous West Dean Gardens with two senior and knowledgeable members of the Garden Team, followed by a delicious cream tea in the prestigious Oak Hall.

    Date
    Various dates, 1-3.45pm
    Price
    £30pp
    Read more/book
  • Nina O'Conner, MFA interim exhibition at West Dean Summer Show 2024. Photo by Benjamin Deakin Photography

    Student Exhibition

    Summer Show 2025

    The hugely popular West Dean Summer Show will be open to the public from 5 – 11 July 2025, 10am-5pm. This year’s exhibition will showcase original work by emerging artists and makers on the BA Art & Contemporary Craft, BA Craft Practices, MFA Craft Practice, Graduate Diploma Fine Art and MFA (Master of Fine Art) programmes.

    Date
    Saturday 5 July - Friday 11 July 2025, 10am-5pm
    Location
    Edward James Studios, West Dean
    Price
    FREE
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    Create your own topiary

    Enjoy a talk by James Crebbin-Bailey about the history of topiary and a practical demonstration on cutting techniques, followed by a hands-on workshop to create your own topiary to take away.

    Date
    28 June 2023
    Location
    West Dean College
    Price
    £169
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