A Year of Wonder: Planting Design & Garden Practices
Description
A rare chance to join Jac Semmler at Heartland garden, Super Bloom HQ and the living lab of Flower Power: Designing Gardens for Year Round Wonder, for planting design and the garden practices that cultivating year-round wonder in any garden.
A curated masterclass, moving through a series of garden chapters, learn the theory and see in real life demonstration of the principles that shape our approach to planting, from plant communities, successional colour palettes, movement and the relationships that allow gardens to saturate and shape experience through time. Design is a starting point but garden care, management decisions and actions guide abundant and resilient gardens forward.
For one day only, guests are invited behind the scenes into Jac’s garden to experience the design approach and creativity explored throughout Flower Power in the very plant lab which fuels Super Bloom's approach and public work of uniquely naturalistic and experience led dynamic planting.
Jac is fresh from world leading plant conferences and symposium across the last three years of international work (together with plant nerding in extrodinary landscapes and iconic gardens) to bring back jewels to share with a special few. The latest and best in plant practices and insights from within and beyond our borders.
Whether you are beginning your first garden or have spent years tending plants, or flexing as a practioner or designer, this is the time to learn plant-driven design and garden practices from an industry leader within a garden in action.
In other words, a delightful plant day out.
Who is coming: A community of plant people
The joy of attending any event on plants and design is that you are in a share that passion with all our guests. Don't worry about coming alone, there will be a friendly welcome and plant friends to make. No matter your comfort with design and gardener, all are welcome from serious design practionion or architect to those designing and culivating a garden of wonders at home.
Experience includes:
Fundamentals in theory and applied planting design and garden practices with the garden as a perfect classroom
Demonstration and insights into the concepts behind Flower Power for immersive and dynamic planting
Bodily intelligence and erganomics for the set out, planting and care of multi-layered and dense gardens
Exploration of planting communities and naturalistic testing modules for Australian conditions and identity,
A personally signed copy of Flower Power: Designing Gardens for Year Round Wonder to take home
Locally sourced, seasonal morning or afternoon tea designed around any dietary requirements
Notebook, pen and clipboard for ease of capture
Your Host: Jac Semmler
Jac Semmler is a plant practitioner and director of the award-winning Super Bloom, a singular plant practice that cultivates dynamic living beauty, diversity, and delight through living systems, planting design, high-skilled horticulture, plant x art and partnerships, with a mission of 'plants for the people' in a changing climate. With over 20 years of considered experience, public impact, and future-forward planting are our super powers.
Internationally recognised horticulturist, planting designer and visionary in wondrous resilient summer dry climatic planting, working internationally and based in Australia at Super Bloom’s Heartland, a personal garden and plant lab. Author of Super Bloom, The Super Bloom Handbook and Flower Power with Thames and Hudson, published worldwide.
The Location: Heartland, our place of learning. As our private home and Super Bloom head quarters this is a unique chance to come behind the garden garden.
Small group experience: Classes are capped at 10 people for a personalised and tailored experience - for a special few. Super Bloom will personally reach out ahead to understand more of you garden and/or practice to shape the time and learning on the day.
Duration: 3 hours including a pause for morning or afternoon tea with fellow plant people.
Make a day of it! Please see these local finds to enjoy in the surrounds.
A gelato and a swim at the Seaford
Brunch or lunch before or after at Commonfolk in Frankston
Or a cheeky beer at the Hop Shop
More plant nerding at the close by Australian Botanic Garden, Cranbourne
The best value cheap eats, our favourite Vel's Southern Indian Canteen for dosa and take home curry
Ample wineries, lunches and swim spots as you head further down the Mornington Peninsula
Must buy plants on the way to or from Melbourne - Garden World Nursery in Springvale or Bulleen Art and Garden, Bullen
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FAQs
- Do I need to bring anything with me?
Your love of plants and be equiped for a morning or afternoon moving about the garden outside for demonstratiomns and detail explanations of planting design. Dressed for the weather together with sun protection is a must.
- I already have a copy of Flower Power?
Fantastic! We hope you are loving it.
Alternatively with Christmas around the corner, we can personally sign a copy of Flower Power as a gift for the gardener (or emerging gardener) in your life or offer an alternative bundle of Jac's books Super Bloom and The Super Bloom Handbook
- Can I take public transport?
Yes, the Frankston Train station is about a 10 - 15 minute walk away from Heartland with regular trains to and from on the weekend
- I have a dietary requirement, do you cater for them?
We aboslutely do, just let us know how we can best look after you in advance and it will be our pleasure to be prepared on the day.
- Can I purchase any other books on the day?
You absolutely can, there will be copies of Flower Power avaliable together with Jac's other books Super Bloom and the The Super Bloom Handbook avaliable for purchase and personalised signings.
- Is Heartland open at any other time? Can I visit outside of this class?
Sadly no, this is a unique moment to visit. As a private home and Super Bloom head quarters we no longer hold open gardens for the public and only the rare class.
We value our privacy and our lovely neighbours, so we know you are curous but please only visit by appointment or booking to our home and headquarters.
- I visited Heartland on a Open Garden years ago? Has there been change?
More than half of the garden has been under intense developement wih Super Bloom's approach to dry dynamic planting - naturalistic planting for the extremes of the Southern Hemisphere with modules testing substrates and models of plant communities there is so much new and under developement that we look forward to sharing with you.
- I can't make this day or time. Will there be any other classes I can join?
Subscribe to our Super Bloom mailing list for the latest on events but we only infrequently do a class of this nature and detail at Heartland so come to this one if you can make it.
- Can I purchase a ticket as a gift?
You absolutely gift participation to a plant loving loved for the experience. A perfect experience to bring a fmaily member as an early christmas gift.
- Is this professional developement for designers?
It absolutely is! Super Bloom can provide tax invoices as required for the professionals seeking to hone skills in planting design and practices be you a professional gardener, garden designer or landscape architect.
- Where can I buy books from?
Signed copies of Flower Power, Super Bloom and the Super Bloom Handbook are avaliable here direct from Super Bloom
- Where can I park on the day?
Street parking is avaliable on Francis and Swift street. Please park away from the Heartland naturstirp plantings and leave ample space from intersections
- Will the experience and learning be relevant to my garden and/or practice?
Super Bloom will personally reach out ahead of our time together and shape time and learning to your garden and/or practice.
- Can I transfer my ticket if I am unable to attend the day after booking?
All tickets are transferrable right up until the class commences
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