Market Gardening: a practical introduction (1 day)

Description

Join us for this 1 day Introduction to Market Gardening course at Trill Farm Garden.

How you choose to market garden may depend on soil types, area of land available, local markets and personal preferences. Factors such as whether you want to grow veg all year round, whether you want to use only hand tools or larger machinery will all come into play, and guide your decision making. This course will show how we choose to do things at Trill Farm Garden, and the reasons for taking the decisions that we have made over the years.

The course will be cover everything from propagation to sales, with a focus on the practical aspects of what we do - looking at the tools, machinery and techniques we use to supply restaurants, shops, cafes and a box scheme. We will take a look at different crops and the different approaches that we take in the market garden and field, comparing the complexity and intensive nature of the market garden with the slightly more laid back approach with the field crops.

If you need accommodation there are plenty of B&Bs locally to us and we can recommend Monkton Wyld Court for simple, but comfortable accommodation with good food (dinner is also available if needed).

Course cost

£110 including lunch.

There is a 10% discount available to Landworkers' Alliance and Organic Growers Alliance members and those living within 15 miles of Trill Farm, please contact us with details of your membership to receive the discount code.

One bursary ticket (half price) will also be offered to those who cannot afford the full ticket price. To apply for this please email ashley@trillfarmgarden.co.uk with a little bit about yourself, what you would like to get from the course, and why you think you should be considered for the bursary.