Past training

smart thinking strategies - build your own self-watering balcony box & learn about permaculture

Looking for a better life? One that's better for you *and* the planet? Come on Planting for Plenty with Joe and Claire. We'll teach you about a whole new way of looking at life, called 'permaculture', and we'll help you build a balcony planter using scrap materials.

Forest gardens are a way of growing food in a low-maintenance, productive polyculture which makes the most efficient use of space and natural processes. Learn all about forest gardens and get a qualification on the way on this exciting new 15 week course! You can gain 16 credits, a nationally recognised level 2 Award in Horticulture and a new unit 'Creating A Forest Garden'. This course is for people who are passionate about plants, especially the edible ones. We cover many things including:

Due to popular demand, we are now opening our gates every third Saturday of the month.  A good opportunity for some informal training in forest gardening and the design process, whist rolling up your sleeves to get stuck into whatever needs doing!

We will be located at DIFFERENT SITES around the park - often planting trees and shrubs, working at Manor House Lodge, or at the nursery site. Please call 07733 330379  /  07804 596645 to find out where to meet.

With Claire White and Ros Bedlow. Looking for ways to live more sustainably but are unsure of how to take action? Permaculture offers positive practical solutions. Permaculture is a regenerative, ethical design methodology that copies natural systems, to tread lightly on the Earth. Whether designing a community garden, your window ledge or even how you make a cup of tea(!) the principles of permaculture can guide you towards a much more sustainable and enjoyable life.