A Year of Wonder: Planting Design & Garden Practices

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