The Potting Shed Sessions
Part lesson, part garden visit. Emelye comes to your garden and teaches you — hands in the soil — how to read, feed and shape the space you actually have. No lecture halls, no generic advice, just your garden and a lot of practical know-how.
And because it's an experience rather than a thing, it happens to make a genuinely lovely gift — for a birthday, a house-move, Mother's Day, or just because someone you love could use a reason to get outside.
It's not really about the gardening
Well — it is. But it's also about slowing down, moving your body, and spending a couple of hours somewhere that isn't a screen.
Get stronger
Digging, lifting, kneeling, reaching — gardening is proper physical work. Sessions build the strength and movement to do it comfortably, taught by someone who trains people for a living.
Slow down
No rushing, no scrolling. Just you, the soil, and a specific, absorbing little task in front of you.
Get outside
Time outdoors and time with your hands in the earth does something good for you that's hard to get anywhere else.
Make something grow
There's a particular kind of satisfaction in watching something you planted and tended actually thrive.
Simple, unhurried, and genuinely useful
You tell us the problem
A patchy lawn, a border that never thrives, or "I just don't know where to start" — all welcome.
Emelye walks your garden
Soil, light, drainage and what's already growing — read together, out loud, so you understand the "why".
You get hands-on
Pruning, potting, feeding or planting — done together, at your pace, with your own tools where possible.
You leave with a plan
A short written note of what you did, what to do next, and when — so the learning actually sticks.
Buying for someone else?
A Potting Shed Session is one of those rare gifts that's thoughtful without being twee — time, attention, and a new skill, in their own garden. Gift vouchers available for any format below.
Ask about a gift voucherChoose the pace that suits you
Priced in line with the going rate for private gardening & coaching sessions around Gosport & Portsmouth.
Half-Day Session
A one-off 1:1 or small-group session, around 3 hours, in your own garden.
- Perfect first taste
- Pick one problem area
- Gift voucher available
The Month Course
Weekly sessions across a month — enough to build real, lasting habits.
- 4 sessions, one per week
- Track real progress
- Best value per session
The Three-Month Course
A full season, start to finish — ideal alongside a garden redesign or a big learning push.
- Weekly sessions, 12 weeks
- Follows a full season's change
- Gift voucher available
Ongoing / Custom
Want to keep going indefinitely, or combine with Garden-Ready Fitness? We'll put together something that fits.
- Continual, open-ended
- Tailored to your garden & goals
- Custom pricing
Want to add Garden-Ready Fitness?
Emelye is also a European & UK CrossFit Champion and qualified personal trainer. Any Potting Shed Session can include time on mobility, lifting technique and the strength to garden without wrecking your back — or book it as its own thing. See Garden-Ready Fitness →
What people usually want to learn
"It felt like learning from a very patient friend, not a lecture. I actually remember what Emelye showed me because I did it myself, in my own garden."
— Potting Shed Session guestBook your first Potting Shed Session
Tell us a little about your garden and what you'd like to learn — Emelye will suggest the right format for you.
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