We offer an extensive list of horticultural, agroforestry & regenerative food growing courses & workshops throughout the UK. We can deliver at your venue.
We also run regular online taster courses for free, and online courses at a reduced rate from our practical courses, to account for the lack of practical content.
Our courses fall into the following categories:
- Smallholders
- New entrant growers
- Commercial Food Production
- Soil health & Regeneration
- Agroforestry
- Landowners & Farmers
We teach individuals and groups of people, aged 16+, in a variety of settings: Colleges, Schools, Workplaces, Community Centres and private venues by request.
Professional gardeners, growers, landowners & commercial farmers - click here
Market Garden Design & set up
Commercial food production
High value crop production
Practical courses
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Smallholders
GROWstart
SOILstart - certified by LANTRA
Self-sufficiency planning
Growing mushrooms
Diverse Diets & Gardens
New Entrant Growers
FARMstart 6 day program
SOILstart - certified by LANTRA
Mushroom production
Business planning
Poultry for the Market Garden
Polytunnel makeover
Agroforestry systems
Edible Perennials
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Online learning
All the topics (left) are covered in our taster courses (FREE) and our online courses.
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All our courses are delivered using a mix of discussion, interactive activities, individual, pair and group work, films and practical activities, working to clearly set learning objectives.
We can deliver at your site and leave you with an edible garden to enjoy.
Our trainers are Safeguarding trained, First Aid trained and hold valid DBS checks.
Child-care & learning
We have an experienced childcare specialist within our team who can devise activities and learning experiences for children aged 3-13. Still incorporating the same ecological principles that our Adult courses do, our Children’s workshops will engage and inspire children with the outdoor world.
There are also opportunities for people to learn as a family with our family sustainability and growing learning experiences.
CPD and in person bespoke training in edible landscapes & biodiversity net gain
Accreditation
We have previously developed certified courses in horticultural, agricultural and sustainability to encourage more people into food production as a career or income stream ,and to encourage more food to be produced local to its source.
We have also written the new T-level in Horticulture for Cirencester College, and delivered Productive Landscape training to students at Oxford Brookes University on Urban Design, Architecture and Sustainable Development modules.
Our specialism lies in training people to get them ready to start a food enterprise or gain a small income from food production - from selling eggs or honey, to herbs or edible flowers, or jam making for farmer's markets.
Topics we cover in our teaching include, but aren't limited to:
Beginners and Improvers
- Organic Gardening
- Composting
- Raised beds
- Herbs and their uses
- Seasonal planning
- Wildlife Gardening
- Ponds and Swales
- Herbal Remedies
- Propagation techniques
Commercial growers
- Agroforestry
- Agroecology
- Integrated animal systems
- Forest Gardens
- Urban Food Production
- Propagation techniques
- High value crop production
- Edible & Cut flowers
- Orchards
- Fruit, Veg, Herb, Nut production
- Food enterprise
Landscape Professionals
- Urban Food Production
- Sustainable Cities
- Management models for community projects
- Routes to market
- Community consultation