Are you a budding gardener looking for innovative tips? Do you want to flex your green fingers and start making use of that untended corner of your balcony or garden? Perhaps you’ve taken out a subscription to a mail-order plant delivery service but aren’t sure what plants will clean the air in your home, and which will flower when?
Whatever your experience, you won’t want to miss out on this comprehensive day of talks, curated by Guardian columnist and agony aunt Alys Fowler, which offers plenty of practical advice and inspiring ideas to get you gardening in the new year.
With Alys, you will learn the secrets to juicy fruits, crunchy vegetables and gorgeously fresh salads - ideal for the coming spring. She will also share her tips on becoming a more thrify and resourceful gardener - whether you have an enviously large garden or a sun-trap windowsill.
Joining Alys will be Hollie Newton, author of How to Grow: A Guide for Gardeners Who Can’t Garden Yet. She will show you where to find inspiration and how to create a truly beautiful garden on a budget and without any formal training.
Leading organic innovator Charles Dowding completes a stellar lineup, and with him you will learn about the benefits of a no dig gardening approach. He will impart wisdom on mulching, feeding the soil, and making and using compost.
There will be ample opportunities for asking our tutors questions and for tips for your particular setup.
Tutor profiles
Alys Fowler is a horticulturist and journalist. She writes a weekly column for the Guardian, where she shares her wisdom on growing vegetables, fruits and flowers. Alys has been the presenter of long-running BBC television programme Gardeners’ World, and is the author of several books, including The Edible Garden and Abundance. She tweets @AlysFowler.
Testimonials:
“She is a delight to listen to; informed, informal and inspiring”
Hollie Newton is a self-taught gardener and author of How to Grow: A Guide for Gardeners Who Can’t Garden Yet. She is also a multi-award winning star of the creative advertising industry, having worked with the likes of the BBC, Volvo and Prada. Hollie started growing vegetables and fruit on her tiny rented balcony in an attempt to escape from the pressure of her day job, reclaiming a slice of the natural world in which she feels happiest.
Charles Dowding has been a lead innovator of organic and especially no dig gardening since 1983. He has also pioneered new methods of growing, picking and marketing salad leaves and created and cropped four no dig, organic market gardens on stony, silt and clay soils. Charles is the author of nine books and an annual sowing calendar, runs a YouTube channel with 175,000 subscribers and 15 million views, and gives talks and courses at home and abroad
Details
Date: Sunday 16 February 2020
Times: Full-day course, 10am-4pm
Location: The Guardian, Kings Place, 90 York Way, London N1 9GU
Price: £99 plus £5.11 booking fee
Event capacity: 100
Complimentary lunch and refreshments included.
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