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Forest Gardening Intro Catch-up Session Friday 26th February

Coed Hills Forest Garden Project

Happy Imbolc from Coed. Spring is in the air and the first Forest Gardening Course last weekend was a great success. A lovely group of people made it a very enjoyable weekend with thirty fruit trees being planted in the Forest Garden. We've uploaded a few photos to the Facebook event page for your perusal.

We are now taking bookings for the second Forest Gardening Course on the 27th-28th February, which will cover beekeeping, planting guilds for beneficial insects, water management systems and wetland plants. For those of you that wanted to attend the first weekend but couldn't make it, we are also offering a 'catch-up' session on Friday 26th February. This will cover all of the taught sessions from the first course, introducing permaculture ethics and principles, and looking at how these apply to forest gardening.

Photos from January's Forest Gardening Course

The practical sessions for the February course will cover planting of fruit trees, windbreak and fruit bushes, mulching, planting up our water system and making beehives. The course is a mix of theory and practical sessions, with taught sessions in the morning from 9am and practical sessions after an hour’s break for lunch till 4pm. Please bring food to share. Teas, coffee and refreshments will be provided.

To book
To confirm your place please complete the booking form. A £25 deposit is required.

Further info please call Jess on 01446 774084 or email coedforestgarden@googlemail.com.

Fees
£70 / £120 With additional Friday catch-up session.


January's Forest Gardening Course participants

Forest Gardening is a way of growing food based on combining plants together in woodland-like patterns that forge mutually beneficial relationships, creating a garden eco-system that is more than the sum of its parts. An established forest garden will give high yields of diverse produce such as fruit, nuts, vegetables, herbs, medicines, fuel, fungi and fodder, be largely self-maintaining, self-fertilizing and self-watering and be a healthy eco-system rich in habitats for beneficial insects, birds and animals.