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Sunday Gardening Series

Auckland, New Zealand

Ticket Information

Ticket Type Price Fee Quantity
Sunday 11 March - Starting NZ$23.00 NZ$0.00
Sunday 18 March - Maintaining NZ$23.00 NZ$0.00
Sunday 25 March - The Soil NZ$23.00 NZ$0.00
Sunday 1 April - Vegetables NZ$23.00 NZ$0.00
Sunday 15 April - Seeds NZ$23.00 NZ$0.00
DISCOUNT - Sunday Series NZ$75.00 NZ$0.00
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Event Details

Sunday Gardening Series

 

5 week hands-on gardening course, the following topics will be taught:

1. Sunday 11 March - Starting
Building the garden from the ground up - An introduction to Sheet Mulching (No Dig), a practical workshop that will result in a new garden being established. Includes planning your garden, choosing the site and resources you will need.

2. Sunday 18 March - Maintaining
Establishing & maintaining the winter garden - Introduction to suitable crops for cool seasons. Choosing and planting seedlings for the cooler winter months, including the herbs and weeds that supply nutrients and increase soil fertility.

3. Sunday 25 March - The Soil
Growing your own soil - Why soil is important. Introduction to the beneficial microbes of the soil food web and how they transform into plant food. Homemade organic fertilizers.

4. Sunday 1 April - Vegetables
Growing healthy vegetables - Seasonal selections, intercropping and crop rotations to prevent pest and disease problems. How can I tell if it's time to harvest?

5. Sunday 15 April - Seeds
Seed-sowing made easy - Collecting your own seeds, saving seeds and seed sowing, using cold frames and cloches to extend the growing season.

 

Cost

Individual Courses: $23 each

Series Discount, book all five for just $75

 

Your Tutor

Your tutor Dee Pigneguy is a passionate gardener, living from the produce of her abundant organic home garden. She is also a food, nutrition and gardening writer, regularly writing in Organic NZ magazine and author of several books. Read more on her website www.feedmeright.co.nz

Where


17 Lauderdale Rd
Auckland, Auckland 0626
New Zealand

Hosted By

Kaipatiki Project Environment Centre



The Kaipatiki Project is your Environment Centre on the North Shore.

We are well-known for our work with regeneration projects and environmental education. We are based in Birkdale (near Glenfield College).

Hundreds of volunteers help us each year to grow around 20,000 trees and to plant around 15,000 trees. We organise around 130 volunteer events each year.

Contact us to learn more about:
- Being a volunteer, either individually or with a group or with work mates.
- Native plant propogation on a free course called Nursery Bites.
- Taking a school group out for a day to learn in the bush.
- Supporting us by becoming a member.

You can also join our e-news mailing list

To learn more and get involved please visit our website or call us on 482 1172.