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With detailed courses for every season, as well as tips and tricks along the way, you'll get everything you need to keep your garden vibrant all year long.
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Masterclass Offers
With detailed courses for every season, as well as tips and tricks along the way, you'll get everything you need to keep your garden vibrant all year long.
April Masterclass | If You Go Down to the Woods Today
Every garden has light and shade - and Hunting Brook is no different. In April’s Masterclass, Jimi shares how he creates spectacular shade borders including the best plants to use and how to maintain a garden in shade throughout the year.
€20
Self-Paced
1.5 Hours
June Masterclass | Early Summer Colour - Ordinary Plants Doing Extraordinary Things
Jimi will show you how you can grow ordinary plants and create spectacular displays for the month of June. He’ll also share how he keeps the show going well into autumn with clever succession planting!
€20
Self-Paced
1.5 Hours
What Our Gardeners Say
Still wondering if Jimi's program is really that good? Well, our former gardeners have a lot to say about it.
Joyce Fitzpatrick
5
"I've learned a lot about propagation, about placing a plant, and about keeping a continuous show of flowers and colours in the garden. I would strongly recommend this to all gardeners, whether you're a beginner gardener or a more experienced gardener"
Barry Murphy
5
"I've learned so much about plants. Whether you're a gardening professional or a beginner gardener, this course is really for everyone. It is so much fun.
Philip Holoway
5
"Jimi's a skilled, giving teacher, sharing plant expertise eagerly. His gardening's restless and experimental, always exploring and sharing new ideas. Learn about top plant types and creative usage while making lasting friends beyond class."
Yvonne Leavy
5
"Can online match in-person? Jimi's videos are great, miss garden scent and Doris/Billy. Huge content, pace control, plant list, and excitement with new varieties. Jimi's Instagram box openings = magic! Infectious enthusiasm = positive online vibe."
Marie Arnold
5
"I took Jimis plant course in 2018, the best thing I ever did. He taught me plant combos, year-round colour, critical eye for change. His passion is infectious, it was marvellous. I'd recommend to others."
Petra Sturgon
5
"Jimi Blake, my life-changing teacher, challenges conventional horticultural thinking with his unique approach. With in-depth knowledge, he makes design, propagation, planting, and pruning FUN! You won't find another course like it."
Paula McWaters
5
“A taste for the exotic, a sense of adventure and a willingness to experiment has inspired a devoted plant-hunter to transform 20 acres of Irish farmland into lush garden to showcase his impressive collection. His approach is adventurous, exotic, naturalistic and experimental.”
Denis Cotter
5
“Hunting Brook is the best teaching venue in the country”
Carol Ann Klein VMH
5
"To lovely Jimi, words fail me for once. Thank you for being such a huge inspiration and such a giggle. You make me love plants twice as much and all over again"
Chris Beardshaw
5
“What a real joy to discover both a treasure where the individual exotic plants excite and a collection that is both sensitively and imaginatively composed. All sculpted and tended by a gardener who positively overflows with enthusiasm.”
Monty Don OBE
5
"Hunting Brook is a garden that is endlessly beguiling and however many times you visit it, you always find something new."
Learn the secrets used at Ireland's Best Garden — Hunting Brook
Considered by many as the best garden in all of Ireland, Jimi's 20-acre Hunting Brook Garden has welcomed thousands of visitors from across the globe and contains the largest private plant collection in the country. Get a behind-the-scenes look into how the world's most beautiful gardens are planned, designed and maintained across the seasons.
Courses designed for professionals and hobbyists
Applicable for small, medium and large gardens
Filmed extensively over a year at Hunting Brook
Your favourite gardener's favourite gardener!
Jimi's plant knowledge and gardening techniques are widely used by thousands of professional gardeners across the globe. Some of the world's best gardens have adapted and implemented Jimi's unique design philosophy. Tens of thousands of people have discovered the joy of gardening or rekindled their love of plants through Jimi's amazing courses. Click on the link below to see how Jimi changed the lives of his students forever.
Jimi will guide you every step of the way.
Just as one of his students describes, Jimi's passion for plants is highly contagious. He fell in love with gardening at a very young age and trained at the National Botanical Gardens in Dublin. Later, he was appointed as the Head Gardener at Airfield Gardens at the tender age of 21, where he gained notoriety for resuscitating a large Victorian garden to its former glory. After a successful 12-year career at Airfield, Jimi bought 20 acres of land, close to his birthplace, established the legendary Hunting Brook Gardens and opened it to the public in May 2002. Imagine getting access to decades of Jimi's gardening expertise right at your fingertips.
Jimi Blake is a self-proclaimed “Plantaholic”, a Gardening Consultant, International Lecturer, Author of "A Beautiful Obsession", and Visionary Creator of Hunting Brook Gardens.
He developed a passion for gardening at a very young age from his mother and was formally trained at the National Botanic Gardens in Dublin as a horticulturist.
Not soon after, Jimi was appointed Head Gardener at Airfield Gardens in Dundrum, Dublin at a young age. There, he gained notoriety when he resuscitated a large Victorian garden to its former glory, enabling the public to rediscover and enjoy a lost gem.
After 12 years at Airfield, he bought 20 acres of land not far from where he was born and established the Hunting Brook Gardens which gained popularity among gardening legends and hobbyists alike. Today, he spends his time innovating new ideas at Hunting Brook and continues to develop his vision in new directions, always pushing the boundaries of his knowledge.
Meet Your Trainer
Garden Legends on Jimi Blake
Here's what the biggest names in gardening had to say about Jimi, after being mesmerised by what they saw at Hunting Brook.
"Hunting Brook is a garden that is endlessly beguiling and however many times you visit it, you always find something new."
Monty Don OBE
Presenter, Gardeners' World | Best-Selling Author | Editor
“What a real joy to discover both a treasure where the individual exotic plants excite and a collection that is both sensitively and imaginatively composed. All sculpted and tended by a gardener who positively overflows with enthusiasm.”
Chris Beardshaw
Garden Designer | Speaker | Author | Presenter
"To lovely Jimi, words fail me for once. Thank you for being such a huge inspiration and such a giggle. You make me love plants twice as much and all over again"
Carol Ann Klein VMH
Gardening Expert | Author | Presenter
“Hunting Brook is the best teaching venue in the country”
Denis Cotter
Celebrity Chef | Author | Owner, Café Paradiso
“A taste for the exotic, a sense of adventure and a willingness to experiment has inspired a devoted plant-hunter to transform 20 acres of Irish farmland into lush garden to showcase his impressive collection. His approach is adventurous, exotic, naturalistic and experimental.”
Paula McWaters
Country Living Magazine
Not sure where to start?
FREE MASTERCLASS: Garden 365
Want to catch a glimpse of Jimi's enormous plant knowledge? This FREE 30-minute Masterclass is an introduction to Jimi's philosophy on creating a year-long interest in your garden. Join him as he introduces you to his favourite plants in Hunting Brook.
Frequently asked questions
Jimi's a skilled, giving teacher, sharing plant expertise eagerly. His gardening's restless and experimental, always exploring and sharing new ideas. Learn about top plant types and creative usage while making lasting friends beyond class.
Philip Holoway
Student & Garden Designer
I took Jimis plant course in 2018, the best thing I ever did. He taught me plant combos, year-round colour, critical eye for change. His passion is infectious, it was marvellous. I'd recommend to others.
Marie Arnold
Student
Can online match in-person? Jimi's videos are great, miss garden scent and Doris/Billy. Huge content, pace control, plant list, and excitement with new varieties. Jimi's Instagram box openings = magic! Infectious enthusiasm = positive online vibe.
Yvonne Leavy
Student
Jimi Blake, my life-changing teacher, challenges conventional horticultural thinking with his unique approach. With in-depth knowledge, he makes design, propagation, planting, and pruning FUN! You won't find another course like it.
Petra Sturgon
Student & Garden Designer
Barry Murphy
Student
Joyce Fitzpatrick
Student
It's Time To Take Your Gardening Skills To The Next Level
This course is for people who:
Are looking to expand their plant knowledge.
DON'T want to spend a lot of money buying new plants and instead use propagation techniques.
Are willing to learn and try new plants outside their comfort zone.
Are ready to take action.
