The Complete Organic Garden Course 2012- Revised

The best course to successful organic gardening.  From February to June participants will be working and learning in their own garden plot and sharing space in a polytunnel growing a range of vegetables and kitchen herbs.  Expertly guided by  Ingrid Foley and Organic Centre staff they will also benefit from seeing the Spring / Summer season unfold in the Organic Centre gardens. Each course day can also be booked individually, but a discount applies when all five are booked together. Book early!

Day 1 (CGL1), Saturday February 11 2012:

Introduction to the Centre, tour of the gardens, crop planning, rotation, ground preparation, lazy beds, demonstration of tools.

Day 2 (CGL2), Saturday March 10 2012:

Soils, soil fertility management, composting, sowing in the polytunnels and outside garden.

Day 3 (CGL3), Saturday April 21 2012:

Growing in polytunnels, (site selection, erection, crops and rotation), bed preparations and sowings in outside course garden.

Day 4 (CGL4), Saturday May 5 2012:

Pest and disease control, pricking out, planting, sowing in garden and polytunnel.

Day 5 (CGL5), Saturday June 23 2012:

Weed management, green manures and salad crops. Includes short preserving session.