Propagation for the edible garden

This is a course at our demonstration Market Garden at Hestercombe Gardens - public transport options are limited.

This course is for you if you would like to multiply your own plants for next to no cost!

Suitable for gardeners who grow food and would like to expand what they grow through variety or volume.

Imagine creating plants for free!

Significant reductions in the cost of setting up a kitchen garden, as well as creating stronger, healthier plants.

Topics include:

• Sowing
• Seed saving
• Leaf
• Stem & Root Cuttings
• Grafting
• Budding
• Layering & Division

with some seasonal variation between Summer & Winter propagation

Please wear sturdy footwear and dress for all weathers!

This course is delivered outside on site, and the ground is uneven. We will spend some time under cover in the polytunnel / grlasshouse.

The venue is rural.

The nearest train station is Taunton.

Suitable for:

Anyone who grows food and would like to reduce the cost of growing at home or on the allotment.

About the event (including practical elements):

We will undertake a number of propagation methods depending on the season from seed saving, division, stem cuttings, leaf cuttings, root cuttings, grafting, budding, layering, mounding up and more.

Next steps:

We offer training and support on site, as well site design and mentoring support for food growing

Testimonials:

Lovely course, thoroughly enjoyed it and would highly recommend :)

Lyndsey, Berks

I would recommend edge (formerly incredible edible) to anyone. I have never been a very confident gardener but the courses I have done have provided me with such a wealth of information and expertise that I now feel encouraged to give things a go.

Lorna, Wantage

"Very interesting and supportive. It has given me the confidence to research and try things I hadn't thought about before. Thank you Rachael"

Sarah, Berkshire

"Urban Design OBU benefited greatly from a workshop on urban food production using the UFP toolkit by Rachel Hammond of Edge landscaping. The students managed to develop a masterplan for a global city site measuring the productivity of their designs, management issues as well as understanding the social and environmental benefits of UFP. The workshops are compelling and effective for valuing UFP."

Regina L. Oxford Brookes University

About the Tutors

Rachel is a Landscape Architect & Urban Designer specialising in regenerative food production. She designs spaces for food, soil health and wildlife and biodiversity, as well as maximising harvests and reducing the work needed to achieve it.

She learnt to grow food from her Grandparents in Jersey who grew much of their own produce on their acre - including Jersey Royal Potatoes! Rachel still loves potatoes.

Growing food all her life, and commercially for the last 10 years, Rachel has worked with CSA, farms, market gardens, urban farms, community gardens and corporate businesses to increase food production and efficiency, whilst reducing labour and costs.

Georgina is an education expert who runs our school and family sessions as well as building our ponds and bog gardens for us. She is a specialist in song birds and wild mushrooms.

Rachel founded edge, a non-profit design agency, with the main aims of designing urban food production systems, growing food within whole ecosystems and educating others on food production systems and ecological farming practices.

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