Gardening: grow your own

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Learn how to grown your own fruit, vegetables and flowers including organic gardening techniques.

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Get started with easy, productive, organic, climate change savvy grow your own produce

Get started with easy, productive, organic, climate change savvy grow your own produce

In-person course

Ceredigion - Next course on 21st August 2020

Growing some of your own produce is one of the most empowering experiences going, especially now as Covid-19 has turned our focus to the truly essential elements of life; food and health. I'm running courses again with smaller groups outside in my large training gardens. I have extra cleaning measures in place and all attendees will be contacted to confirm they have no coronavirus symptoms pre event. This course is ideal for those new to grow your own as well as those with experience looking to learn how to nurture...

Polytunnel grow your own: productive, organic, year round food growing

Polytunnel grow your own: productive, organic, year round food growing

In-person course

Ceredigion - Next course on 22nd August 2020

Growing some of your own produce is one of the most empowering experiences going, especially now as lockdown restricts us and food security concerns abound. This course is ideal for anyone with a polytunnel that wants to learn how to use it most effectively all year round (including to have lots of luscious fresh produce over winter) With lots of time and money saving tricks, plus an emphasis on working with nature and building resilience, Kim will show you how to nurture delicious home grown fruit and vegetables around our...

The climate change garden (book)

The climate change garden (book)

Craft kit or book

Sally Morgan and Guardian journalist, Kim Stoddart's new gardening book, The Climate Change Garden takes a fresh look at our gardens, allotments and growing spaces. It’s no longer gardening as usual. Already, we are already seeing changes to our climate – the earliest spring, the mildest winter, the wettest year, while new pests and diseases are reported each summer. Kim and Sally look at the potential problems ahead and give down-to-earth advice on how you can work towards a climate change resilient garden. A lot of which is about letting...

Garden willow

In-person course

South Yorkshire

Willow is an amazing plant. A cut stem can re-root and grow through just being pushed in the ground. It grows incredibly quickly, is tactile, flexible and a joy to work with. On this course you will develop skills and knowledge that can be used over and over in a multitude of ways. You will be introduced to willow as a beautiful material that is easy and very satisfying to work with. Having crafted your very own structure from willow, you will leave the day being able to apply your...

Grow your own cut flowers

Grow your own cut flowers

Grow Your Own Flowers Workshop Please note that due to the Corona virus outbreak, this workshop is now only available online until further notice (at a new price of £40 compared to the original £80). The course notes include everything that would have been taught in person, along with comprehensive lists of plants that you can grow for cutting. Course outline: If you'd like to create a cutting garden from which to harvest your own flowers but are unsure where to start, this is the workshop for you. Covering everything...

Growing dahlias workshop

Growing dahlias workshop

In-person course

Dahlias…the crowning glory in my garden every summer. You have to put a bit of work in but truly they pay you back in shedloads. I grow dahlias in all colours from white through to deep red but my favourites are the dinner plate sized flowers like ‘Apricot Star’ & ‘Cafe au Lait’. I have so many blooms I have to give them away to neighbours & there’s always a posy to pick for friends & family when visiting. This workshop will teach you how to revive the tubers from...

Setting up as a sustainable smallholder, farmer or grower

Setting up as a sustainable smallholder, farmer or grower

In-person course

Dreaming of running your own farm or smallholding, but want to know more about what it takes, how to skill-up, how you might finance your venture and what farm diversification can offer? This day-long course will offer some frank talk and sound advice on setting up and running a small-scale sustainable smallholding and what it takes to be a smallholder, farmer or grower. Run by Alicia Miller and Nathan Richards, who have created a successful farm business growing organic fruit and vegetables for a local market and offering organic farm...

Zero Carbon Britain: live online

Zero Carbon Britain: live online

Live online tuition

New online Zero Carbon Britain course exploring climate solutions – the science says we must, the technology says we can, time to say we will! While you’re staying safe at home, why not use the time to skill up for the climate challenge? Working with a range of local Councils, we have developed a two day, interactive, online course offering an in-depth look at CAT’s flagship research project, Zero Carbon Britain. Live lectures will cover a range of topics from renewable energy and energy efficiency to diets and land-use, looking...

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