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.
Capital Growth training calendar March - August 2013
Upcoming Sessions in The Regents Park
SPECIAL EVENT: Growing Incredible Edibles in Small Spaces with Tom Moggach
Monday 3 June 5.30 - 8pm
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Soil care, composting and wormeries
Saturday 8th June 1-3:30pm
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.
G2S: Maximising yields in small spaces - NEW
Tuesday 11th June 5:30-8pm
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
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 childrens
Friday 21st June 10:30am-1pm
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
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
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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
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. The site is maintained by a team of volunteers.