Workshop: Container Gardening
Almost any container can be a planter - this workshop is designed to share the methods to growing within their confines, and transforming these everyday items into scaled down gardens. We will decipher some of the skills, knowledge, and terminology to help you compose successful, long-lasting container gardens, from window boxes to small outdoor balconies and gardens.
This workshop will also be valuable to those who do have larger gardens to work with - one of the joys of pots and containers is that they can be moved! In bigger spaces, they can be brought into the fore to be celebrated, and then moved into the background while dormant, and we’ll also be covering how to manage this.
The session will explore:
Types of containers, choosing plants that will work well in them, and grouping plants together
High rise balconies and dealing with the exposure they might create for plants; artificial landscapes and how to deal with them for best effect
Growing media - avoiding peat, what is available, what you can mix yourself, and what suits your plant choices
Drainage, feeding, and other maintenance tasks to ensure ongoing success
Meet Alice
Alice is an experienced London gardener who can often be found growing food and planting for pollinators on London’s rooftops, including at the Coutts Skyline Garden. She is passionate about ‘organic by default’ and wildlife gardening, and currently shares her skills as a Garden Education Officer teaching Level 2 qualifications here at Walworth Garden.
Price: £85/ Free for Southwark residents
Free places are available for Southwark residents aged 19+. Each resident can claim 1 place per academic year (Oct 23- Jul 24). To check whether you are eligible, please click here.
To claim your free place, click ‘Book Here’ below, and enter code ‘SOUTHWARK23’ under ‘Redeem Coupon’.
You will then be charged a £10 deposit in order to claim your place, this deposit will be refunded to you after you attend the workshop.
Please note that you will be required to fill in a Southwark Council form, including some personal information, in order to confirm your place on a workshop. Your place will not be confirmed until this has been completed in full.
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