What’s on...

APPLE DAY

3 Oct, 11am–3pm

Fulham Palace, Bishop’s Avenue, London SW6 6EA Seasonal celebration in the orchard, with live folk music, beekeeping, green woodworking and a food and crafts market featuring tasty apple products. Free entry l 020 7736 3233; www.fulhampalace.org

HOUSEPLANT MASTERCLASS

5 Oct, 9am–4pm

The Northern School of Gardening, The Yorke Arms, Ramsgill in Nidderdale, Pateley Bridge, Harrogate HG3 5RL

Learn how to make houseplants thrive. Adults £195 (includes lunch) l 01423 601009; thenorthernschool ofgardening.com

BEHIND THE SCENES AT CHELSEA PHYSIC

14 Oct, 11.30am-1pm 66 Royal Hospital Road, Chelsea, London SW3 4HS

Join Head of Plant Collections Nell Jones for a special look around this botanical haven by the River Thames. Adults £100 (includes lunch) l 020 7352 5646; www. chelseaphysicgarden.co.uk

PLANTS FIRST! GARDEN MASTERCLASS

15 Oct, 10am–4.30pm

The Horniman Museum,

100 London Road, Forest Hill, London SE23 3PQ

Spend the day with Chelsea gold medal-winning designer Sarah Price, looking at how plants grow in the wild and how to use these ideas in design. Adults £180 l www.gardenmasterclass.org

FLOWER ARRANGING WITH PUMPKINS

23 Oct, 11am-1pm; 2-4pm

Wakehurst Place Ardingly, Haywards Heath, Sussex RH17 6TN

Create an autumn centrepiece with blooms and foliage picked from the gardens at Wakehurst and arranged in a colourful pumpkin vase. Adults £49; Friends £45 l 01444 894066; www.kew.org

CREATE A NATURAL CHRISTMAS

27 October 9.30am–3.30pm

Linnels Farm, Linnels Bank, Hexham, Northumberland NE46 1TS

Turn natural materials into decorations including pine cone fairies and a rustic twig tree. Adults £125 (includes lunch) l 07832 132483; www.linnelsfarm.com