Building veggie beds from pallets

 
When:
November 12, 2017 @ 12:30 – 16:00
2017-11-12T12:30:00+11:00
2017-11-12T16:00:00+11:00
Where:
Templestowe College
7 Cypress Ave
Templestowe Lower VIC 3107
Australia
Cost:
$55
Contact:
Sustainable Gardening Australia
8850 3050

Have you ever wanted to learn how to make things for your garden, how to use hand tools or how to re-use wooden pallets as a building material? In this workshop, you will learn about:

  • How to source used timber pallets.
  • Using hand tools safely.
  • How to breakdown timber pallets to basic building materials.
  • Veggie box design options.
  • How to build a veggie growing box.
  • Wicking boxes — what they are and how they work.
  • How to convert a plain box into a wicking box.

Presenter: Drew Barr. Workshop participants will be split into teams of 3 or 4 to build the veggie boxes.