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Grow Your Own Series 2022
25th September 2022 @ 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
£60
r Grow Your Own series is back for 2022! Get hands on experience in a commercial market garden practicing organic, no-dig growing techniques and pick the brains of a professional.
Contact Amelia to book your place on amelia@realfoodgarden.co.uk or call 07725857637
Lead by Head Grower and designer, Amelia Lake, these workshops are aimed at both beginners and experienced gardeners. Each workshop will include a full tour of the Real Food Garden and provide you with the skills and knowledge to create an abundant veggie plot, focusing on the different requirements in each season. The workshops will include hands on experience and will cover:
Grow Your Own – Autumn Sunday 25th September 2022
This final workshop is focused on refining your growing skills, getting ready for winter, conserving soil, saving seed, ensuring a winter abundance and using greenhouses and polytunnels to their best.
- No-dig gardening methods – get this innovative gardening approach explained and see it in action
- Autumn veggies – the keys to success with autumn veggies
- Polytunnels, greenhouses and coldframes – make the most of them
- Preserving the abundance – storing your veg successfully and healthily
- Seed saving – simple seed saving and storing methods to save you money. Seeds to take home
- Soil care & green manures – what soil needs from us at this time of year and preparing for next season
- Winter crops – how to keep the veg coming in the dark months
- Preparing for winter – using covers, controlling pests and setting down for winter
Each workshop is £60 and can work as stand alone courses. Tea and tasters from garden will be served and a wholesome home grown lunch will be available to buy on the day.