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Garden tours & online training

Discover our inspirational organic demonstration garden at one of our open days and enjoy the freedom to explore the garden at your own pace. You can also explore our range of online training courses, perfect for developing your skills and knowledge from the comfort of your own home.

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    • Heritage Seed Library

    Visit our Heritage Seed Library - 19th September 2026

    Our Heritage Seed Library is at the heart of our seed conservation work - and holds the National Collection of Heritage Vegetables. Get exclusive behind-the-scenes access at this open event, which will offer you a rare opportunity to view our working spaces to reveal how and why we grow heritage varieties for seed.

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    • At Ryton Gardens

    Visit our organic demonstration garden - 3rd October 2026

    Join us to discover how we grow delicious organic food, including fascinating heritage varieties. Our expert gardening team will be on hand during the open day to share their knowledge and practical advice on tackling common gardening challenges, such as natural pest control and water-wise techniques.

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    • Open Gardens

    Visit our garden in support of the NGS - Saturday 11th July

    We're delighted to be partnering with the National Open Garden Scheme to allow access to our organic demonstration garden for two special dates on 11th July and 12th September, 2026.

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    • Vegetables and herbs

    Planning your growing space online course

    Successful organic growing is all about good planning. In this course you will learn how to plan your plot organically, with a focus on crop rotation, preventing pests and diseases, maximising harvests and planning for the year ahead.

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    • Composting

    Introduction to composting online course

    Compost is the grower’s black gold and at the heart of all organic growing. This course will introduce you to the composting process and help you to create great compost – the organic way.

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    • Gardening and growing

    Principles of Organic Gardening online course

    The Principles of Organic Gardening course provides an introduction to the five core principles of organic growing, how to identify them and how to put them into practice in your own growing space.

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    • Soil

    For Peat's Sake online course

    We’re here to help you kick the peat habit and be peat-free, and proud! It’s not difficult, and in this free short course we’ll cover everything you need to know for successful peat-free growing.