Help us harvest this broccoli in March! Trainee Food Grower Glengall Wharf Garden is looking for part-time trainee food growers for 2020. A voluntary role, this is a fantastic opportunity to gain practical experience and knowledge of growing vegetables, salad crops, fresh herbs and some soft fruit, in an urban setting. We are looking for … Continue reading We are recruiting Trainee Food Growers
Category: Courses & workshops
GLENGALL WHARF GARDEN COMMUNITY YURT
Help us raise funds for a fabulous Community Yurt in Glengall Wharf Garden. It will be a meeting, learning and healing space for the whole community. What we'll deliver: The cost of a yurt, plinth foundations and a lockable door.The cost of fencing for the neighbouring site.The installation of the yurt and fencing in the … Continue reading GLENGALL WHARF GARDEN COMMUNITY YURT
Growfest a hit!
Our first Growfest was an activity packed day filled to the brim with local people of a green fingered persuasion. Bringing together local gardeners, there were new skills to learn, labels, pesto, printed bags, seed bombs and bug hotels to make, good food to eat, bees to inspect and seeds to share and save. We … Continue reading Growfest a hit!
Workshop: Basic Carpentry for gardens
The workshop is designed to give participants the knowledge of how to problem solve, design and build. Leaving participants with the skills and confidence to tackle most carpentry jobs around the garden. We will be building wooden frame covers for our raised beds that use basic tools such as a tape measure, technical drawing, square, … Continue reading Workshop: Basic Carpentry for gardens
Workshop: Growing Edible Landscapes
BOOK TICKETS HERE FOR FREE. https://growing-edible-landscapes.eventbrite.co.uk/ In this two hour workshop we will explore some of the design principles that can help us create low-maintenance edible landscapes using perennial fruit and vegetables. These edible landscapes, on a larger scale also forest gardens, can provide food, but also other resources such as timber and firewood as … Continue reading Workshop: Growing Edible Landscapes
A september celebration of family and gardening!
Our yearly celebration welcoming everyone to the garden to play, eat, talk, enjoy and try out new activities. There is a family focus this year but everyone is welcome to come and enjoy the space, eat cake and pizza and lots more. See you there!
Herb Tuesdays’ taster sessions
Our taster sessions have been fun. Along with herbal remedy workshops with Amanda Rew, we've enjoyed a plant dyeing workshop with Diane Sullock of Brockwell Greenhouses, and a swift introduction to permaculture with Kevin Mascarenhas of Natural Flow. It's been really enjoyable, and a great way to learn more about plants in the garden and … Continue reading Herb Tuesdays’ taster sessions
Sow seeds for summer!
Willow weaving!
We had so much fun at our willow weaving session last Sunday- and look at these great obelisks! I think we should do another one next fall and make an explorer path with them snaking through our site. Thank you Jenny for all the work you put in ge...
