Beat the system! – Grow your own Biodynamic food and medicines…

These six workshops throughout the summer are for everyone and anyone wanting learn more about growing their food, from a salad in a pot, a small allotment to a full on veg and herbal garden. Start growing and move towards securing your own food and medicinal resources, all while nourishing your soul and meeting like minded people. If you are already growing vegetables and herbs in an allotment, in your own garden, on your balcony or not at all yet, it doesn’t matter, we are here to share and grow with you!

You can book one day only, a number of days or for all six days as one full course and get a hefty discount!

For an Early Bird discount book before 1st April

This magical land is set within a small Biodynamic Farm nestled in the hills and valleys of the medieval landscape of the High Weald, an area of Outstanding Natural Beauty teeming with wildlife and natural habitat.

We will start at 10am (9.30am for a coffee and a chat) and go on until 4pm each day with breaks and time for sharing over coffee and biscuits. Packed lunches, water, sun hats and smiles are a must!

DAY 1: Preparing Beds and Planning for the Busy Season Ahead – Saturday 12^th April

• Planning your garden/allotment/veg area – things to think about
• Crop planning and Rotations
• Succession Growing
• Soil Fertility
• Prepping the ground well and why?
• Intro to Biodynamic gardening

DAY 2: Propagation- Where Do I Start? – Sunday 13^th April

• Seed sowing, Division of seeds and plants, Pricking out, Cuttings with herbs/perennials Transplanting etc
• Buying seeds – open pollinated, F1s – what does it all mean?
• Should I sow in pots, trays the ground? BD practices

DAY 3: Wonderful Weeds! – Saturday 21^st June

• How to manage unwanted plants and how they may help us in our gardening, is it a weed, a medicinal herb, edible etc
• Weeding and lifting plants, hoeing for maintenance etc 
• Companion plants 

DAY 4: Supporting Plants for Optimum Growth – Sunday 22^nd June

• Feeding and fertilising – BD preps – Horn Silica Foliage spray, seaweed solutions, Nettle and comfrey teas
• Maintenance
• Small scale watering systems
• Seed saving

DAY 5: Pests and Diseases – Saturday 16^th Aug

• A look at common pests and diseases
• Preventative approaches – bug hotels, ponds and beetle banks
• Crop protection – nets and their different kinds
• BD sprays – Horsetail tea, Wormwood tea

DAY 6: Composting for Soil Vitality – Sunday 17^th Aug

• Closing the loop!
• What makes the best compost
• BD living compost and compost preps
• Bought in compost – its role in the garden, water retention and improving structure
• Mulching and leaf mould

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Helen is passionate about food growing and creating productive environments that inspire and support positive learning. With over 20 years’ experience in setting up growing projects, devising and running training programmes in organic growing within and for a variety of settings. She has run an eco centre, set up a veg box business and run food growing and composting programmes to schools and groups.

For the past 8 years Helen has been developing and managing The Kindling Market Garden in Stockport, growing veg and training aspiring organic growers, supporting them in developing the many skills needed for food growing and gaining hands-on practical experience.

Helen believes that everyone, no matter what their background or income should have access to affordable, healthy, locally grown food. 

Joanna is a Biodynamic and Organic grower and farmer, setting up Roots to the Moon four years ago she keeps a small wholistic regenerative eco agricultural growing system, creating living composts from animal manures produced by her small flock of sheep, chickens, pigs and cows. She is a Biodynamic, Organic and Pasture for Life inspector for the Biodynamic Association and works freelance in business advice for Landworker’s Alliance and Countryside Fund. With a background in education she loves to bring a variety of workshops, courses and school visits to Roots to the Moon.

COST: (We have a sliding scale for people on lower incomes)

• £50 per day benefits/very low income (Early Bird £45)
• £70 per day under £18k – low income (Early Bird £63)
• £95 per day actual cost (Early Bird £85.50)
• For very low income and/or to pay in instalments -please email: [email protected]
• DO NOT let finances prevent you from accessing these valuable workshops

DISCOUNTS:  

• Early bird 10% reduction if booked before April 1^st 2025
• All six sessions 10% reduction if booked altogether
• So that is a whopping 20% discount if you book all six before April 1^st