Garden and Landscape Design School - Florence

Courses in garden history
Ancient and Mediaeval gardens
Gardens of the Renaissance
English gardens and our times

Design courses
Garden and terrace design

Practical courses
Rose cultivation and pruning
Olive cultivation and pruning
Vine cultivation and pruning
Arranging terraces and balconies
The orchard and kitchen garden
Cooking with herbs

Photography courses
History of photography
Photographing the landscape
Retouching photographs

Visits to parks and gardens
Public gardens of Florence
Secret gardens of Florence
The Boboli Gardens

Italian language courses

Rose cultivation and pruning

A course dedicated to the queen of flowers: the rose, though the study of botany, history, cultivation and use of the rose in the garden.

The programme for the course is:
-	Elements of botany
-	A short history of use of the rose in the garden
-	Wild roses: the briar rose
-	Climbing roses, miniatures and bushes
-	Tea hybrids and floribunda roses
-	Old roses and modern roses
-	Using the rose in the kitchen and in perfume manufacture
-	Varieties of roses
-	Cultivating techniques and diseases
-	How to use roses to best effect in the garden
As part of the course there will be visits to specialised rose gardens and nurseries.
See here dates and prices for the courses
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