Dates & Times

Event Details:

Wed 10th September 2025
Time: 12pm - 4.00pm
Location: Ellicar Gardens, Carr Road, Gringley on the Hill, Doncaster, DN10 4SN
Free to SGLD Members

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Designing Natural Swimming Pools CPD Day for Garden Designers and Landscape Architects

Join Ellicar's designer Sarah Murch for a detailed introduction to Designing and Integrating Natural Pools in Garden Landscapes!

Itinerary

12.00-12.15pm

Arrival / Coffee

12.15-1.30pm

Presentations

Natural Swimming Pools: Benefits, function, biological filtration, design considerations and construction methods, planting, maintenance, client expectations, costs. Additionally: Living Pools, Wildlife Ponds, Biological filtration of water features.

1.30-2.00pm

Lunch

Please bring packed lunch. Opportunity to explore the gardens.

2.30-3.25pm

Practicals

Practical sessions at Ellicar's own award winning Natural Pool – looking at layout, design, planting in and around the water, maintenance equipment demonstration.

3.25-4.00pm

Explore / Swim

There will be an opportunity to explore Ellicar’s 5 acre naturalistic gardens, and a swim in the natural pool – please bring warm clothes and a towel!

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Find us

Ellicar Gardens, Carr Rd, Gringley on the Hill, Doncaster, DN10 4SN

Sat Nav brings you to our gate. For those coming from Misterton, ignore your sat nav and drive to the village of Gringley on the Hill, turn left onto Leys Lane, follow the road out of the village for about 1.5 miles and we are situated on the left, the last obvious property opposite a cream house on the right. Look out for the swing signs at our gate.

More Info

To book your place, please do so via the SLGD Website: Click Here

For more information please email us: info@ellicargardens.co.uk

Booking is essential.

Awards

Ellicar Win 'Supreme' Award at the 2024 APL Awards

We were all blown away when Ellicar was called out 4 times at The Association of Professional Landscapers Awards Ceremony.

The annual ceremony sees 600 professionals from our industry attending including landscapers, construction specialists, horticulturalists and garden and landscape designers.

Natural Swimming Pool C.P.D. Day

In Partnership with the Society of Garden & Landscape Designers (SGLD)