Growing Food at Home
No matter the size of your urban growing space, learn to grow nutrient-dense food, using regenerative gardening practices. Participants will gain knowledge and hands-on skills to plan and maintain an abundant year-round productive garden. The course covers topics such as:
· Site assessment and design considerations
· Growing in pots, containers, raised and in-ground garden beds
· Soil types, testing and amendments
· Building and sustaining soil health
· Cultivating plants and maintaining the garden
· Seasonal planning and crop rotation
· Companion planting and beneficial insects
· Organic and natural methods to manage pests and weeds
· Various methods to recycle waste and make compost, including worm farming
· Propagating plants from seeds and cuttings
· Collecting, saving and storing seeds
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You can enrol at any time. Please see course fees here. These courses are subject to sufficient enrolments.