Kitchen Gardening: Summertime

The first of two seasonal weekend courses on creating and managing a successful and abundant kitchen food garden. The courses will take place at the inspiring Sustainability Centre in Hampshire and you can choose to attend either one or both weekends.

The courses will include hands-on practical gardening sessions and all the theory you need to make your kitchen garden grow and keep your larder full. From crop planning to soil care, pest control to storing produce, these courses will show you environmentally friendly and sustainable approaches to growing your own food. The courses will give you time saving and energy saving tips and inspire you to create a garden that works in harmony with nature.

The June course will cover: seasons in the gardener’s year, jobs to do in summer and autumn, what to grow – advice on how to choose annual and perennial vegetables to cultivate, how to plan your mixed vegetable crop (to maximise space, deter pests, minimise weeding and watering), Forest Gardening, pest management, growing fruit trees (understanding rootstocks and fertilisation), making plant feed, guidance on how to store and preserve produce and energy saving tips for harvesting.

Your tutor is Caroline Aitken of Patrick Whitefield Associates.