Workshops

Vegetables For All Seasons Workshop Series

Vegetables for All Seasons - Series

Each session will start with a discussion to find out what each gardener wants to achieve in their own garden and what they're most hesitant about growing, all over a nice cup of tea/coffee and homemade cake.

Course 7th April

Sowing and planning: compost mixes and making, choosing the right trays/pots, sowing techniques, watering, protecting seedlings. Planning the season ahead preparing the beds.

Course 12 May

Pricking out, potting on and planting out: how to care for young plants and transplant them into the garden with advice on weed control, watering and pest protection.

Course 7th July

Harvesting and successional sowing: best ways of harvesting and providing a continuous supply of fresh produce with advice on successional sowing and intercropping. Also tips on indoor growing and perfect tomatoes.

Course 25th August

'Second season': planning and sowing for autumn/winter crops as well as maintaining your summer crops. Weed and pest control including companion planting.

Course 6th October

Harvest festival: how to make the most of your produce, end of season advice with lessons on storing and preserving vegetables and fruit.

Course 17 November

Laying the ground for next year: how to make no-dig beds, lessons in compost making, cropping plans and winter jobs. Including fruit tree/shrub pruning

All workshops are held in The Lecture Room at Black Isle Brewery

Old Allangrange

Munlochy

Ross-shire, IV8 8NZ

If you have any further questions please email office@blackislegardendesign.com

Carve a Shrink Pot

Saturday 13th August

10am to 4pm

Ticket price: £120 - buy yours here

Tea, coffee and home made cake included

Come and learn how to make a shrink pot on our organic farm at Black Isle Brewery. Guest host, Aaron Sherritt, will take you through a range of traditional "Green Woodworking" techniques to create a shrink pot using hand tools and hardwood sourced from our farm.

A shrink pot is a wooden pot with a lid and it represents the ultimate in green woodworking. It is the perfect storage container for herbs, pens, jewellery...the list goes on!