Join us at TOSH for any or all of our Spring series of garden growing talks and workshops - always free, always for all, with hot drinks provided.
2. Sunday 28th Jan - No Dig Gardening
Basic principles
The earth web – connectivity and fertility
How do I get started
Simple techniques
What can go wrong and how to avoid simple mistakes
The living soil food web
Why we should never systematically till our soil
It’s not dirt … its alive ..well it should be !
Let’s have a look at the main players creatures, microbes and fungi - What are they doing
A new economy, not greed and not charity
Building soil – creating the platform
Composts and teas – easy plant food
Setting up a simple bed for growing - (practical) / Microbe transplanting and growing – enriching your part of the planet (practical)
Q&A
Schedule
Sunday 14th Jan - Seeds
BONUS EVENT Sunday 21st Jan - Terracotta Tile Making
Sunday 28th Jan - No Dig Gardening
Sunday 11th Feb - Easy Fruit Growing
Sunday 25th February - Gardening in Small Spaces
Sunday 3rd March - How to Espalier Trees
Sunday 10th March - Herbs
Sunday 24th March - Wildlife Gardens and Wonderful Weeds
About The Orchard Garden
The Orchard Garden was built during the 2015 refurbishment of TOSH. For years the garden contained just four fruit trees, with spring bulbs and wildflowers growing up each Summer. The garden was plain and underused, but had lots of potential.
With thanks to two years funding from the People’s Health Trust, with money raised through Health Lottery South Wes we have consulted with our community and commissioned a new garden design by our Landscape Architect. Our theme is 'Food for Us, Food for Nature' and it will be a sanctuary to learn, grow, work, rest and harvest in.
So far we have used our garden to run monthly workshops, learning growing and creative skills to save money and grow fresh food at home. In Summer 2023, we invited our community to help us start building the garden. Using reclaimed bricks donated by our community, we are building pathways with minimal concrete to have a low impact on nature. We then begun to add new fruit trees, fruit bushes and climbers - plus flower bulbs for feeding the insects in Spring.
Now we hope to add new seating and meeting areas, herb beds and a play corner, as well as beautiful community artwork.
Join Us!
In 2024 we are hosting further Garden Skills workshops every other Sunday from mid-Jan to help our community learn how to grow easy herbs, salad and veg.
We always have plenty to do, and learn together - join us for one session - or all!
This project has been made possible with funding from the People’s Health Trust using money raised by Health Lottery South West. We have also received donations from JPMorgan, Wessex Water and more.
