Gardening: grow your own courses, craft kits and handcrafted gifts

In-person course

Ceredigion - Next course on 16th September 2022

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

(5)

£95

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) Online course also available - see my other listings. With lots of time and money saving tricks, plus an emphasis on working with nature and building resilience, Kim will show you how to...

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...

In-person course

Ceredigion - Next course on 5th July 2022

Get started with ease, grow your own produce

(2)

£95

Growing some of your own produce in line with the natural world has to be one of the most empowering experiences going.. for person, plate and planet. I'm running courses again with smaller groups outside in my large training gardens in beautiful West Wales. Online courses are also available - see my other listings. This course is ideal for those new to grow your own as well as those with experience looking to learn how to nurture delicious home grown fruit and vegetables with a greater resilience around our changing...

Growing some of your own produce in line with the natural world has to be one of the most empowering experiences going.. for person, plate and planet. I'm running courses...

Handcrafted Gift

Eco herb & vegetable markers

(1)

£12

These charming labels compliment any garden. In a window box or border, the green house, indoors or out. They are a great gift idea or a lovely little treat to reward your own hard work. Please choose from Herbs, Vegetables, Vegan, Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter planting or your own list of 10 if you’d prefer (please spell everything exactly how you would like it engraved). Please click 'message the maker' to message me with your choice. Set of 10 labels. Why not check out our personalised wooden boxes too. A...

These charming labels compliment any garden. In a window box or border, the green house, indoors or out. They are a great gift idea or a lovely little treat to...

In-person course

Ceredigion - Next course on 4th October 2022

Introduction to Permaculture

£120

A two day Introduction to the principles of Permaculture Design. Suitable for anyone seeking to live and work more sustainably. This course aims to give you the foundation tools of permaculture design so that you can create more sustainable ways of living and working. It will give you a good grounding in the core elements of a permaculture approach including the ethical framework that underpins it, the principles from nature that it draws on, and a design framework for applying them. You will be able to explore and consider the...

A two day Introduction to the principles of Permaculture Design. Suitable for anyone seeking to live and work more sustainably. This course aims to give you the foundation tools of...

In-person course

Lancs - Next course on 27th August 2022

Planning a cut flower garden

£50

Growing your own cut flowers is hugely rewarding and will provide you with the freshest flowers for your vase, without the environmental damage associated with imported flowers. Whether you have a garden worthy of a stately home or a few pots on your doorstep, this workshop will equip you with the basic skills to grow your own cut flowers. During this 3 hour workshop, via discussion, demonstration and some hands on seed sowing, you will plan a cut flower garden to maximise the blooms available to you from your own...

Growing your own cut flowers is hugely rewarding and will provide you with the freshest flowers for your vase, without the environmental damage associated with imported flowers. Whether you have...

In-person course

Lancs - Next course on 18th September 2022

Sow, grow, dry and arrange

£40

Prepare for colour in the garden next spring and summer, and colour in your home throughout autumn and winter. Sow your own dried flowers! No prior gardening knowledge is required. In this workshop you will take a brief tour of the flower field and hear about preparations autumn and what went well [and not so well] during the summer. We will discuss how to sow and grow your flowers that are all specifically suitable for cutting to use as a dried flowers. All seeds sown are suitable for growing outside...

Prepare for colour in the garden next spring and summer, and colour in your home throughout autumn and winter. Sow your own dried flowers! No prior gardening knowledge is required....

In-person course

Surrey - Next course on 11th March 2023

Living Willow Harlequin trees

£55

We are a family of three teaching a variety of willow weaving courses in the beautiful Surrey Hills near Dorking. Based at a few different venues we can create different courses to work with your needs in these difficult times. This project is a beautiful living willow harlequin tree. Once settled in and the journey to get here forgotten, we begin the day learning about willow; how and where it is grown, the preparation needed for the project and all the techniques required for you to make your own beautiful...

We are a family of three teaching a variety of willow weaving courses in the beautiful Surrey Hills near Dorking. Based at a few different venues we can create different...

Online on-demand course

Grow your own cut flowers

£40

Grow Your Own Flowers Workshop 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. Covers everything you need to know from choosing what plants to grow to sowing, growing, harvesting and conditioning flowers. I'll explain how to plan the lay-out of your garden, how to prepare dedicated cutting beds and how to incorporate more flowers for cutting in your existing garden borders. We'll cover which annuals, perennials, shrubs and bulbs...

Grow Your Own Flowers Workshop 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...

Handcrafted Gift

Pressed Flower Picture - Cat

£32

Real pressed flower picture - Cat. Floral cat using your choice of flower and flower colours. All flowers are homegrown in my Norfolk cutting garden and carefully pressed in a traditional flower press. Please message me with your preference for colour palette or favourite flowers that you would like to include (subject to availability). The flowers are presented in a double-sided floating frame edged in antiqued metal measuring 5 inches x 7 inches. Typically available in 1-2 weeks from placing your order.

Real pressed flower picture - Cat. Floral cat using your choice of flower and flower colours. All flowers are homegrown in my Norfolk cutting garden and carefully pressed in a...

Online on-demand course

Resilient, get climate change smart, organic grow your own

£95

Our weather is changing. Learn how to work with the natural world for greater resilience and a wildlife-friendly, productive and truly alive veg patch. This includes access to an hour’s worth of short videos, covering resilient growing basics to help shore up your lower-maintenance, veg patch defences against greater extremes of weather. Plus a series of getting growing fact sheets and articles which offer oodles of easy, climate change savvy, resilient and time and money saving tricks and tips for productivity and protection year round. It also includes an hour’s...

Our weather is changing. Learn how to work with the natural world for greater resilience and a wildlife-friendly, productive and truly alive veg patch. This includes access to an hour’s...