Capital Growth is a partnership initiative between London Food Link, the Mayor of London Boris Johnson, and the Big Lottery's Local Food Fund.
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Capital Growth food growing training
The training programme provides a range of short and full day courses covering everything you need to know to set up and maintain your food growing space in an urban setting. Read on for upcoming sessions or find out more about specific areas of training from the list below.
- Urban food-growing sessions: delivered in The Regent's Park
- Growing Leaders: for existing and potential food-growing project leaders
- Grow to Sell: ideas to help you make money from your site
- Growing in Schools: for those working with children
Download the March - August 2013 training calendar
June Training sessions
Grow to Sell: Adding value to your garden
Wednesday 5th June - 5:30-8pm
FARM Shop, E8
The purpose of this session is to give you ideas, enthusiasm & confidence on how your own growing project and its activities, produce & skills can be of value and make some money!
Grow to Sell: Learning from the experts IV** (Motivating a voluntary work force)
Friday 7th June 10.30 - 12.30
Food From the Sky, N8
After a tour of this unique and inspiring site on the roof of Budgens, people will hear from the head grower about experiences of working with volunteers and setting up an informal apprenticeship programme.
Soil care, composting and wormeries
Saturday 8th June 1-3:30pm
Regent's Park Allotment, NW1
One of the best organic growing precept is “don’t feed the plant, feed the soil”. During this session we will learn how to care for your soil to produce good crops ,which natural soil improvers can be used and how to produce your own compost.
Grow to Sell: Maximising yields in small spaces - NEW
Tuesday 11th June 5:30-8pm
Regent's Park Allotment, NW1
This course designed for people already growing food will really help you get the most of what you have. During this course we will see what the best practices are when growing in small spaces from the soil quality and the plant care to the species that will thrive in these conditions.
Food growing for real beginners - NEW
Wednesday 12th June - 5:30-8pm
Regent's Park Allotment, NW1
If you want to start growing food but don't know where to start, this course is for you! From understanding your space to what can be grown and growing techniques, we'll go through all the essential steps to start a sucessfull food growing space.
Designing and delivering food growing sessions to young people and children
Friday 21st June 10:30am-1pm
Regent's Park Allotment, NW1
This session is designed for everyone working with children and young people - both in and outside of schools. It is less suitable for qualified teachers. We will go through the main considerations for delivering successful sessions, including the principles of planning lessons and courses. You will have a chance to design your own sessions and share ideas around good practice.
Training Techniques; delivering a successful food growing workshop - NEW
Friday 28th June 0 10:30am-5pm
Regent's Park Allotment, NW1
In this day course our expert trainer will provide advices to help you create a successful food growing training workshop while keeping your own style. The session includes exchange between all participants, tips to get messages through and the chance to hold your own small workshop and test your ideas.
Booking & Payment
All training is booked via Event Brite. The cost of the course depends on the length and location, and discounts are available for Capital Growth Members, the unwaged or anyone making multiple bookings.
Book your training place with Eventbrite (payment using Paypal)
If you are unable to make a payment using paypal or if you would like to enquire about discounts for multiple bookings or bursaries for the unwaged email training@capitalgrowth.org