Workshops

Vegetables for All Seasons – Join our Head Gardener Alexander who has over 20 years’ experience of Organic growing as he teaches you all you need to know to produce your own fresh vegetables, fruit and herbs.  Learn how to plan your garden to suit your needs, how to care for your crops, right through to the best way to harvest and preserve your produce to provide yourself with the best quality food all year round, all while increasing local biodiversity.

Workshops are 10am – 2.30pm, meet in the lecture room, organic tea, coffee, cake provided, and a basket of fresh produce when available. Please bring weatherproof clothing and a packed lunch if required.

£350 for the whole course.  In order to make our courses accessible to as many people as possible we are implementing a sliding scale pricing structure of £35, £45 and £55 for those who wish to pay for individual workshops.  We are grateful to those who choose to pay the higher charge to help make this possible

1. 09.02 - Fruit tree pruning     
2. 09.03 - Planning your vegetable garden      
3. 06.04 - Seed sowing and Compost making     
4. 04.05 - Pricking out, potting on and planting out     
5. 18.05 - Perfect tomatoes, indoor growing, companion planting    
6. 08.06 - Watering, weeding, pest control     
7. 06.07 - Harvesting, successional sowing, maintaining summer crops    
8. 10.08 - Second season - plan and sow for autumn/winter     
9. 07.09 - Harvest festival - storing and preserving your produce 
10. 09.11 - Laying the ground for next year - no-dig   

In addition to the series Alexander is also running:

12.10 – Introduction to Biodynamics, working with the rhythms of nature

 This year we are also offering workshops by visiting master craftsmen and craftswomen to teach sustainable rural skills.

11.03 - 12.03 - Dry-stone dyking with Brian Wilson - £150

21.09 - Seed saving with Finley and Hayley of Seeds of Scotland 

19.10 - 20.10 -  Basket making with Tim Palmer 

30.11 - Wreath making with JJ Gladwin - £45