In the Garden
at Langcliffe Hall
lessons in growing for beauty & bounty
from a working historic country garden
Join us for a full-day immersive experience in the private grounds of Langcliffe Hall, an historic Jacobean home nestled in the Yorkshire Dales National Park. This is a rare opportunity to explore a working country garden where ornamental beauty, conservation and productive abundance live side by side.
Choose your date
Courses run from 10.30am - 4.30pm
at Langcliffe Hall, nr Settle
The day is hosted by Charlotte & Mark, the current custodians of the house and gardens. Group sizes are limited to allow for plenty of time to ask questions and have a quiet, more private experience of the garden.
We’ll begin the day with a guided tour of the formal gardens, wildflower meadows, orchards and animal enclosures, where you’ll learn the history of the garden and how it has developed over the years, the importance of native plant restoration, biodiversity, and natural beekeeping. We will discuss woodland management, coppicing and wood processing, before moving to the Victorian walled kitchen garden. Here we will explore companion planting, medicinal herbs, and practical ways to create harmony between productivity and aesthetics — whatever the size of your garden.
After a garden-grown lunch served in the historic hall, the afternoon will offer deeper learning. A talk will cover key principles and methods behind the garden's abundant harvests: compost teas, no-dig growing, propagation, and seed saving. You’ll then enjoy a hands-on propagation session.
Throughout the day, there will be time to wander, reflect, and soak in the beauty of the landscape. Whether you're dreaming of your first vegetable patch or tending a flourishing garden of your own, this day offers both inspiration and grounded, practical knowledge.
What to expect:
guided tour of the grounds, including the ornamental gardens, wildflower meadows, orchard, apothecary garden, and Victorian walled kitchen garden
free time to explore the grounds at your own pace
talks on Natural Beekeeping, no-dig vegetable production, woodland management and coppicing, in depth discussions on how to have a highly productive vegetable garden that is also aesthetically beautiful, and more!
a garden grown lunch served in the hall
meet the animals!
hands-on propagation workshop
Q&A session with Charlotte and Mark
a selection of goodies for you to take home with you at the end of the day
