Organic guide to urban farming course (5 sessions)

On 5 Sundays between 14th May and 18th June, each 10am-2pm.

The course will cover: grow what you can, where you can (site design from balconies to orchards, polycultures and plant guilds, container growing, light conditions, companion planting); soil, more than dirt (organic carbon, water smart spaces, soil food web, biointensive growing, making biochar); everything seedy, sow what now (seed planting, raising from seed, all seasons planning, seed saving); composting, worm farming and waste (a compost solution for everyone, waste and recycling); and re-wilding, regenerating, re-connecting (permaculture, biodiversity, biological pest control, community connections and initiatives).

Tutor: Kath Jones.