What's Included In Your Spring It On Experience
Whether you're a passionate gardener, a professional horticulturist, or someone who just loves plants, Spring It On gives you everything you need to create a stunning spring garden…plus personal time with Jimi himself.
5 Hours Of Teaching
4 In-Depth Modules
Lifetime Access
Plus downloadable plant lists & guides
Bonus Experience With Jimi
A Special Lesson at Hunting Brook OR Private 15-Min Call
Hunting Brook Gardens, Wicklow, Ireland
Course Recorded At
Course Curriculum
Late April in the Garden
A walk with Jimi through Hunting Brook during peak late-April flowering. Narcissuses, tulips, and the perennials.
Hellebores in Detail
How to grow them, where to grow them, and everything Jimi has learned about this spring essential.
Exotic Plants Practical Demo
Step into Jimi's kitchen for hands-on prep of dahlias, bananas, cannas, hedychiums, cacti, and aeoniums.
Trilliums & Woodland Plants
Deep dive into one of Jimi's favourite woodland plants for spring.
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Making a New Woodland Garden
Watch Jimi design, select plants, and plant up a brand-new woodland bed.
The Sand Garden Story
Hunting Brook's famous sand garden: plant selection and planting demonstrations inspired by Peter Korn's work.
Late Spring Shade Garden
The perennials that carry the shade garden into summer. What to plant so the shade areas never lose their magic.
Bridging Spring to Summer
The plants that stop your garden from going flat in the changeover months.
Exotic Plants
Learn how to include exotic plants and how to layer them in your garden.
5+
Hours of Content
20,000+
Happy Gardeners
30+
Years of Expertise
100%
Gardener Satisfaction
Plus, Choose Your Bonus Experience With Jimi
This isn't just a course. You'll also get direct, personal time with Jimi himself, in whichever format works for you.
A Day At Hunting Brook Gardens
Spend an afternoon at Jimi's 20-acre garden in Co. Wicklow. Walk through the borders with him. Ask your questions face-to-face. See in person what you've been studying in the course. Tea, coffee and refreshments will be provided.
A special lesson on Late Spring, Early Summer
26th May from 2 PM to 4:30 PM
Walk and talk with Jimi through the garden
Q&A time for your specific garden questions
Perfect if you can travel to Ireland and want the full Hunting Brook experience.
15-Minute One-to-One Call With Jimi
Book a private 15-minute video call with Jimi to get direct advice on your garden. Bring your photos, your plant lists, your challenges. Get answers from the man himself.
Private 15-minute video call with Jimi
Plant recommendations for your conditions
Scheduled at a time that suits you
Usually costs €250+. Now included in your program
Perfect if you can't make it to Ireland but still want direct access to Jimi's expertise.
This isn't just a course. You'll also get direct, personal time with Jimi himself, in whichever format works for you.
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."
Meet Jimi Blake
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.
Hunting Brook has become a perennially popular educational space for students, volunteers, allotment holders and visitors and is now known as Ireland’s most exciting and fascinating garden.
Learn The Same Techniques Used 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
Choose Your Spring It On Experience
Both options include the complete 5-hour Spring It On course plus all bonuses. The only difference is how you want your personal time with Jimi.
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