Session.—The year is divided into three terms of about thirteen weeks each.
Fees.—For the full course, including everything with the exception of botany lectures, £55 per annum. Botany, 30s. per term, in addition.
Extras.—A small fee of 5s. per annum is charged for the use of all tools in various departments. All fees payable in advance at the beginning of each term. A term’s notice of removal of any student must be given, in writing, to the principal, otherwise a term’s fees will be charged. Application for forms of entrance and further details to be addressed to the principals. It is advisable to train for a period not shorter than two years, as experience necessary for success in an after career cannot be gained in less time. Short courses of instruction are arranged when desired.
INSTRUCTION IN PRACTICAL GARDENING FOR LADIES, GLYNDE, NEAR LEWES, SUSSEX
Principal: The Hon. Frances Wolseley
Patrons: The Lady Ardilaun, Miss G. Jekyll, Miss White, E. O. Greening, Esq., W. Robinson, Esq., Mrs. Charles Earle, Miss Willmott
The school was founded in 1901–2, and is supervised by the Hon. Frances Wolseley. The number of students is limited, and great care is taken as to their selection. A personal interview and the highest references are required before admission. The following arrangements for the course of work are a development upon specialised lines of the scheme which has up to now existed. The chief objects of the course are:—
To give a thorough foundation in the management of all the more hardy garden plants.
To improve taste in the laying out and arrangement of gardens. To teach the daily routine work of a private garden, so essential to those who, later, wish to become private head gardeners.
To give students responsibility and thus enable them more easily to be competent to undertake posts when their course of training is completed.