Saving water in the garden

Organic Basics: Water Wise Gardening & Gardeners Q&A - Thurs 4th July (pay as you feel)

Date
Thursday 4 July 2024
Time
12:15pm - 1:30pm
Region
Midlands
Tags
Gardening and growing Water saving
Join Anton Rosenfeld for this online lunchtime talk and gardeners’ Q&A, where he’ll share tips and tricks for managing water more efficiently in your garden.

What you will learn

  • How to reduce water losses in the garden.
  • Efficient watering methods.
  • Storage and self-watering containers.

Session overview

Organic gardening expert Anton will give you a whistlestop tour of garden water management, showing you how your growing space might be losing water and how to avoid it.

You’ll learn about the value of healthy soil management including using mulches, green manures and irrigation. And he’ll touch on sustainable watering methods, how to capture more water and use self-watering containers.

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Workshop Prices

This online talk is part of our mission to get as many people engaged with the principles of organic growing as possible. We're able to put on these events with the help of donations.

By making a donation, however large or small, you will contribute to our vital work spreading the benefits and joy of organic growing. You can book your place, and donate below.

Session leader: Dr Anton Rosenfeld

Research manager Anton has been with Garden Organic for more than 20 years. His work has included projects with commercial field-scale growers to small-scale community gardens and allotments. He has worked as a grower, run many training courses, and regularly writes for gardening magazines, including our own Organic Way members’ magazine. He has a passion for soils, composting and growing veg from a wide range of cultures.

Anton Rosenfeld

It’s rare to leave a course feeling inspired, excited and having learned so much that you want to get to work straight away!

— Katie Andrews - Horticulture Practitioner

Our online workshops

Our online talks allow you to gain organic gardening skills from the comfort of your own home. These short lunchtime sessions have an informal, relaxed feel with the opportunity for questions at the end. It will include supporting resources. Come prepared with notebook and pen for taking notes.

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