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 Danny
Danny has worked across a wide range of schools in East London, changing careers to become a maintenance gardener, and, later, a community gardener with the RHS at Wisley. He is now Education Manager at Walworth Garden, where he will often be found totally absorbed in the minute detail of the flora & fauna it is home to. Danny has a deep and long-standing relationship with plants, and loves nothing more than bringing their fascination closer to other people. He is constantly on the lookout for new and radical approaches to gardening and design, whether it be using alternative materials, unusual cultivars or simply fresh approaches to what a garden can be. Danny loves to cook a weekly vegan masterpiece for our staff lunch in the garden, and outside of work he also volunteers at a range of community growing projects in Hackney.
Price: £85
Note for Southwark residents: Looking to book a free place? Unfortunately, our limited quota of free places for the 2022-23 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 2023 so please check back then. Subscribe to our newsletter or follow us on social media, at the bottom of this page, to be notified.