one-day course

kitchen gardening

venue: Hackney City Farm, London

Fresh vegetables, fruit and herbs are the tastiest and most nutritious way to stay healthy. As people become more conscious of the real cost of the food they eat, more and more turn to organic produce. Ideally this is produced locally and often follows seasonal patterns.

Growing your own food is a natural extension of this idea, plus it's fun, keeps you fit and saves you money. Whether you have an allotment, town garden or containers on a balcony or patio, an interesting and varied selection of vegetables, fruit and herbs can be grown successfully and cropped for fresh use or stored for later.

This course will look at the ways in which you can use your space to its best advantage, and give you lots of tips for creating a productive and beautiful kitchen garden.

The course includes:

  • soil preparation - different methods and ideas
  • planting onion sets, chitting potatoes, hardening off
  • fertilisers, compost and feeds
  • mulching, watering, companion planting, pests
  • harvesting and storing fruit, vegetables & herbs

dates: see 'book online' below

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how to book:
  

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arrive:
  
for a 10am prompt start
depart:
  
after the course finishes at 5pm
directions:
  
click here for directions to Hackney City Farm
what to bring:
  
work clothes; pen and notebook; packed lunch (if you're not using the cafe)
let us know:
  
if you have any special needs
price:
  
£60
Refundable up to two weeks prior to course (minus £30 admin fee)
No refunds for cancellations within two weeks of course
lunch:
  
bring a packed lunch or you can get lunch at the cafe
car sharing:
  
visit our car sharing forum to offer or request a lift
 

 

 

 


you can organise your kitchen garden so that you can go out and pick something most days - lots of vitamins, zero food miles and good fun

 



 


thinning out seedlings in a small urban garden

 

 





it's not just veg and salads - fruit trees, bushes and ground fruit will provide vitamins, colour and flowers for you and your garden