Courses in food growing

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Interested in food growing and wondering what to do this season? Or want to pick up specific design, growing or maintenance skills?
Growers from Organiclea in Waltham Forest work with the local Community Learning and Skills Service (CLaSS) to deliver training in food growing at
an adult learning centre in Chingford, E4.

Coming up this Spring:

ALL DAY COURSES

Saturdays – 9.30am-3.30pm (all priced at £21/£5)

- 28 Feb: Designing the garden for vegetables
- 7 March: Common techniques for dealing with pests and diseases
- 4 July: Seed saving from one season to the next

Friday Hill House Learning Centre, Chingford, E4
For booking form: www.walthamforestclass.gov.uk
Call 020 8523 9355 For more specific course information call Ru on 07947 983347

10 WEEK COURSES:

- 10 wks Jan-April: “Vegetables and Salad growing”
Wed 7.30-9.30pm (£78/£20)
*Starting on Wednesday 21 January *This is a City and Guilds accredited unit.
Check availability with Ru 07947 983347

- 10 wks, Feb-May: “Designing the garden for vegetables/Getting started in the garden”
Mon 7.30-9.30pm (£78/£20) *Starting on Monday 23 February
*This course will take you through the steps for developing a productive garden: From soil care, composting and seed ordering, to crop rotation, companion planting and building support strucutures. Sessions are designed to enable you to take the learning back into your growing space.

Organiclea Community Growers
‘Food growing on London’s edge’
Hawkwood Allotments, E4  [Join a work day on the 2nd and 4th Sunday of each month.]
Hornbeam Centre, 458 Hoe Street. E17 (020 8558 6880)
www.organiclea.org.uk