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’s Training at The Regent's Park
Capital Growth continues its urban food-growing training at the allotment garden in The Regent's Park. The site is run in partnership with The Royal Parks and Capel Manor College.
Sessions range from two and a half hour workshops to full day courses. They combine practical and classroom based training and are delivered by expert trainers. Click on the link below for a full calendar of all training at our Regent's Park training site in 2012:
2012 Capital Growth Regent's Park Training Calendar (PDF)
Upcoming training
Planning an Organic Vegetable Garden' with Alex Collings
Saturday 25th February 2012 - 10.30am to 3pm
Its the perfect time to get planning organically for the season ahead. Alex will take you through the principals of organic growing as well as helping you to work out planning details specific to your site. An opportuntiy not to be missed!
Cost: £20 for Capital Growth Spaces and £40 for non - members. email training@sustainweb.org
Growing in Schools Teacher Training with Tom Moggach
Friday 2nd March or Friday 9th March - 10.30 to 3pm
A fantastic opportunity for people involved in school growing spaces. Composting, crop rotation and seed sowing alongside games to engage pupils, links to the curriculum and fundraising and managing a tight garden budget will all feature in the session. Teachers will leave feeling confident about setting up, developing and getting the most out of food growing at school.
Cost: £25 for Capital Growth Spaces and £50 for non - members. email training@sustainweb.org
Future training
The training calender is full of great sessions - including one day sessions (above) and shorter workshops covering composting, container growing and much more. Booking is essential as sessions fill up fast so email training@capitalgrowth.org to reserve a place.
Fees
- Two and a half hour sessions cost £20 for individuals / £10 for Capital Growth members
- All day sessions range from £20 - £50 (see individual sessions for details)
- Fees must be paid in advance by cheque or paypal. Details will be sent by email
The site
The Regents Park Allotment Garden is on the corner of Chester Road and the Inner circle in Regents Park.
Click here for a map