Discover the flourishing world of horticulture and gardening as West Dean unveils its engaging gardening short courses and talks running from March to August 2024.

The new programme of short courses at West Dean runs February to August 2024, offering a diverse range of creative escapes, artistic courses and heritage skills.

West Dean is delighted to announce that they have awarded four new Honorary Fellowships to coincide with the end of their academic year. This is the third time that West Dean has awarded Fellowships; the Fellows, Sue Timney, Salena Godden, Joanna Moorhead and Alexandria Dauley are active supporters of the College and its Schools and eminent in their sphere.

Aptly titled Conservation of Books, a definitive 700-page reference guide which took two years to create and was edited by esteemed West Dean alumna Abigail Bainbridge has been recently published by Routledge.

Continuing the success of the recently launched Creative Escapes programme, a new series of short courses is available to book online at West Dean College of Arts and Conservation near Chichester, West Sussex which will be running from June – September 2023. 

West Dean College of Arts and Conservation near Chichester, West Sussex are very pleased to announce that its one-day conference titled Tradition/Innovation: Craft and future intangible cultural heritage on Thursday 30 March 2023 which is being held in in association with The Crafts Study Centre and University for the Creative Arts (UCA) is now sold out.

For those looking for a way to escape this Autumn and Winter, West Dean College of Arts and Conservation has just launched their new programme of arts and crafts short courses for October 2022 through to March 2023.

Conservation Studies students have made exciting discoveries while working on previously uncatalogued material found in West Dean’s gardens and workshops. Their discoveries have revealed new information about the history of West Dean and its gardens, and its development over the last 50 years as West Dean College of Arts and Conservation.   

As the UK records its highest temperatures on record and has introduced hosepipe bans, it seems timely that West Dean Gardens has introduced a new drought tolerant experimental meadow that is covered in recycled stone mulch.