Practical Gardening - Getting Started

About this course

Participants are introduced to sustainable gardening principles and apply them to growing flowers, fruit and vegetables. The course covers soil health, plant life cycles and basic plant needs, alongside practical methods including seed sowing, taking cuttings, mulching and composting. The course also considers how gardening can work with wildlife and how these approaches may be adapted for a garden, allotment, patio or windowsill. Activity is mostly outdoors.

What you'll learn

• Apply basic principles of sustainable growing
• Explain the role of soil health in gardening
• Propagate plants using seed sowing and cuttings
• Use mulching and composting as gardening methods
• Describe plant life cycles and basic plant needs
• Identify ways of working with wildlife in a growing space

Is this course right for you?

The course is designed for people who are new to gardening, and no previous experience is needed. It involves practical, hands-on participation and takes place mostly outdoors. The methods introduced can be adapted to a range of growing spaces.

• Suitable for growing in a garden, allotment, patio or windowsill
• Practical activities take place mostly outdoors

Before you go

• Dress for the weather, as the course will be mostly outdoors.
• All equipment is provided.
• Participants may bring their own gardening gloves if they wish.