organic vegetable gardening courses, growing tips and homegrown recipes.
Find out more about up and coming courses below. Select the date you would like to attend and click on the add to cart button below. You can pay using your credit card or by direct credit into our New Zealand bank account. Please make payment within five days of your order. If the date you want is sold out and you want to go on a waiting list, please email me with your contact details.
The next fresh food garden course will be on Saturday 18 February 2012. I'll happily send gift vouchers if you want to buy a place on one of the courses as a gift. There will be a seed sowing session for sowing winter crops on Wednesday 22 February 2012. FAQs about the fresh food garden course. … [Read more...]
Even if you think you can sow seeds successfully, coming to a workshop makes sure you actually get it done. I provide all the equipment and give you a whole range of seeds to choose from that you otherwise wouldn't try. You also get an easy system that sets you up for a full edible garden the whole summer. $29 per person for a 90 minute practical … [Read more...]
Here's the schedule for fresh food garden courses for the rest of the year. Get a group of friends together for the course and start a gardening group to share seeds, equipment and experience. Book and pay on line by credit card, paypal or direct credit. I'll send a card if you'd like to buy a place on a course as a gift. This Saturday 30 … [Read more...]
Thanks for your inspirations!!! A couple of quotes from recent participants in the fresh food garden course. They could equally well have been from me. We had perfect weather. There's another course on Saturday 30 October 2010. Whilst sheltering from the hail in the tunnel house I discovered some spinach and snow peas (pictured). Peas … [Read more...]
The Kitchen Garden is open to the public one day this year on Sunday 7 November 2010, 10am-4pm, as part of the Ohariu Valley Garden Ramble. If you're signed up to receive these regular email updates from The Kitchen Garden, you're automatically in the draw for a pair of tickets to the event*. Forward this email to a friend and encourage them to … [Read more...]
Want some quick and easy crops to grow with your kids? Need to encourage your toddler to eat more veg? Stuck for space but want to introduce your child to edible gardening? Come and join 'The Yummy Mummy Club' at a talk I'm giving tonight at Johnsonville Community Centre at 7.30pm. Ten top crops for kids, seven edible flowers and a sample garden … [Read more...]
The only day of sunshine in Wellington this week, it's appropriately arrived on 1 September. The October fresh food garden courses on Saturday 2 and 30 are booking up quickly. A number of people have bought places on the course as very successful gifts for friends and relatives. I'll send a gift voucher if you want to do the same. It's still … [Read more...]
My mighty seed order arrived on Saturday within just a few days of my ordering on-line. Quite possibly the best money I spend in a year. All those packets of potential. I get quite excited just opening up the jiffy bag - even though I already know what's inside. The seeds will keep for a few years if stored well. I used the wedding formula for … [Read more...]
I'm not selling vegetables this year but will be running a 'weekly'* draw during the summer for a box of seasonal produce. Everyone who gets this email will automatically enter the draw so if you've got friends who'd enjoy some fresh produce, forward this to them so they can sign up for updates. If you win the draw and you're not in Wellington or … [Read more...]
