Workshop: Introduction to Food Growing
In this popular introductory workshop, we’ll cover all of the basics you need to get started growing your own fruit and vegetables. Whilst one of the most satisfying parts of gardening, getting started can seem daunting: over the years we’ve pulled together a balanced (practical and discursive) one day course that empowers you with guiding principles and hands-on advice so that you can to grow simple, delicious and sustainably-grown food. The workshop will include:
What to grow: how can you get the most out of your space?
When to sow, transplant and harvest: how to do it
Growing with the planet in mind: Organic approaches, Seed suppliers, fertilisers and composting
Problem-solving: sustainable approaches to pests, disease and damage
Technical skills: seed-sowing, pricking out, potting on
Meet Jack
Jack is a Garden Education Officer at Walworth Garden, teaching students on our Level 2 Practical Horticulture Skills Diploma courses. He lives in South London and volunteers on a variety of community growing initiatives as well as experimenting and developing new regenerative growing methods, closing waste stream loops and building healthy soil.
Price: £85
Note for Southwark residents: Looking to book a free place? Unfortunately, our limited quota of free places for the 2023-24 academic year have now been claimed. We will be releasing a refreshed number of free places, along with a new calendar of workshops, in Autumn 2024 so please check back then. Subscribe to our newsletter or follow us on social media, at the bottom of this page, to be notified.
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