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Learn hands-on organic growing practices from expert tutors. Get started with the principles of organic gardening or develop your skills and knowledge. See our course list below or find out more about training.
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    • Fruit
    • Gardening and growing

    Fruit Pruning for Healthy Trees - 17th January

    Join horticulturalist Tony Davies for this practical workshop at our organic demonstration garden focusing on how to get started with fruit tree pruning using organic methods.

  2. Peat free planting
    • Gardening and growing
    • For Peats Sake

    Organic Basics - Peat Free Growing and Gardeners Q&A - 25th January (pay as you feel)

    In this pay as you feel online talk, you'll learn from our expert organic gardeners. This talk aims to show you how to raise plants in peat-free compost, how to water and feed plants grown in peat free and overcome any challenges.

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    • Gardening and growing
    • Container growing

    Grow an Organic Garden in Pots - 14th February

    You don’t need acres of space to grow your own healthy, tasty vegetables and flowers. Expert gardener Chris Collins shares his best-kept secrets for successful container gardening in this online lunchtime workshop.

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    • Gardening and growing
    • Container growing

    Success with Container Growing - 22nd February

    In this face-to-face workshop at our organic demonstration garden in Ryton, near Coventry, Anton Rosenfeld will show you how to create your own productive and vibrant growing space using sustainable container-growing techniques.

  5. Randbow chard plant
    • Vegetables and herbs
    • Gardening and growing

    Planning your Veg Garden from Seed to Plate - 29th February

    Planning how, when, and what to grow can be bewildering - whether you’re a new or experienced gardener. But Chris Collins is here to help at this lunchtime online talk, as he takes you step-by-step through the process of seed sowing, raising plants and planning your plot.

  6. Tomatoes growing in the green house
    • Vegetables and herbs
    • Gardening and growing

    Organic Food Growing for Beginners - 6th March

    This face-to-face workshop at our organic demonstration garden in Ryton, near Coventry, is perfect for anybody who is new to organic food growing.

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    • Heritage Seed Library

    How to Save your Own Seeds: Getting Started - 13th March

    Seed saving is for everyone – and it’s one of the best and cheapest ways you can propagate your garden, while also protecting varieties and heritage plants. In this online lunchtime talk, you can find out more about how to save seed, and why it's so important.

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    • Gardening and growing

    Introduction to Sustainable Garden Design - 21st March

    Whether you’re redesigning your garden, or starting from scratch, this workshop will give you a head start when it comes to designing in tune with nature.

  9. Butterfly on organge flowers
    • Heritage Seed Library

    Grow a Pollinator Patch - 27th March

    In this lunchtime online talk you’ll learn how to attract and support the many wonderful pollinating insects in your garden, from bees and butterflies to hoverflies and moths.

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    Organic demonstration garden tour - 4th April

    April is a magical time to take a tour of our unique organic demonstration garden - just as it comes to life. The first spring bulbs such as daffodils and iris reticulata will be emerging. Look for bees among the bobbing hellebore heads, and learn more about gardening for drought in our alpine garden. Under cover our greenhouses will be producing the first salad crops, and our team will be seed sowing in earnest for the year ahead.