Join us here at the farm for a full day of vegetable garden planning.
We have grown food in all settings - from rooftop pots to in amongst the established perennial flower beds in a rented house to the front garden of a tiny mining cottage to our current 1/2 acre of market style gardens. We have become essentially self-sufficient most of the year, but have also failed many many times and learned as much from those failures as the successes.
Like everything we do here at Gartur, our aim with this course is to give you skills that actually fit with modern, busy lives. Our "method" centres around regenerative gardening techniques that put soil health, chemical free growing and no-dig systems at the forefront.
Whether you are new to gardening or want to up your gardening game, this intensive day will walk you through:
The principles of no-dig gardening
Starting with the Soil
Planning Your Space - Big or Small
What to Grow
Sowing and Harvesting Schedules
Starting Seeds
Growing Under Cover
Successional Plantings
Weed Management
The course will be a mix of hands on lessons in the veg patch (or poly tunnel if the weather is dreadful) and more theory based lessons. A full farm to table lunch is included as well as any seeds, trays and materials we plant on the day.