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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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    • Seed saving
    • Seed Search

    Getting started with seed saving webinar

    Join our Heritage Seed Library for an informative one hour webinar to help you get started with seed saving.

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    • Harvesting and storage
    • Seed Search

    Drying and storing seeds webinar

    Join our Heritage Seed Library for an informative one hour webinar to help you get started with seed saving.

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    Register your interest for our brand new online learning certificate

    Gardeners at the beginning of their career, and amateur gardeners keen to expand their knowledge, can sign up to our new online learning certificate, which provides a solid foundation in sustainable and organic horticulture.

  4. Flowers in greenhouse

    Register your interest for our 2026 open days

    Our 2024 lineup of tours and workshops is coming soon! Register your interest below to be among the first to receive updates on new dates and offerings.

  5. Hands with soil
    • Composting

    Successful Composting Workshop with Garden Organic

    We're running a Successful Composting Workshop with the Society of Garden & Landscape Designers in November.

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    • Local Events

    Downing College Garden Tours

    Discover the gardens, meet the award-winning team and learn some new skills in a beautiful College environment.

  7. Growing space
    • 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.