Date:
Saturday 25 February 2012.
Time:
11am - 2pm.
Location:
Lynnwood Ridge, Pretoria East.
Details:
We are presently holding small, intimate and personal Square Foot Gardening workshops for up to 5 people at a time, held in our home and gardens in a townhouse complex in Lynnwood Ridge, Pretoria East. The workshop duration is 2 hours with an extra hour afterwards for an informal Q & A session over coffee, tea and scones/muffins.
Come and join us for an interesting morning and learn how to easily grow Healthy, Organic and Tasty Salads & Vegetables in a very small piece of your own back garden.
www.SquareFootGardening.co.za
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Workshop program:
Square Foot Gardening (SFG) Concept - Overview & Introduction
Module 1: Getting Started
- Planning Your Square Foot Garden
- Raised Boxes & Grids
- Square Foot Garden Soil Mix
- Planting & Spacing
- Companion Planting
Module 2: Managing Your Garden
- Watering Your Garden
- Harvesting & Crop Rotation
- Winter Covers
- Pests & Diseases
- Basic Composting (Incl. Introduction to Bokashi Composting & Worm Farms)
Module 3: Vertical Gardening
- Building & Using Trellises
- Skyscrapers & Potato Towers
Questions & Answers (coffee, tea & scones/muffins)
You also get a take home folder containing:
- Module Reference Sheets & Notes
- A Planting Calendar (Gauteng)
- A Comprehensive Companion Planting Chart
- A Lunar Planting Calendar & Chart
Bookings can be made either by placing an "Order" on this website or by dropping us an email with the workshop date, the names of those attending and a contact number. You will then receive an email back with our banking details for the payment. Once the payment reflects in our account you will receive another email with your booking confirmation, our address details and a map to our premises.
We also keep the following in stock on the premises for direct purchase:
- Organic & Heirloom seed.
- Canadian Sphagnum Peat Moss.
- Vermiculite.
- Bokashi Kitchen Composting Kits & Bokashi Bran refill packs.
Please do not hesitate to contact Mark or Kathy if you require any further information.
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