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5	6	7	8 Designing, planning and managing food garden - London x Designing, planning and managing food garden - London You have a space and you want to grow food but you dn't know how to get started? This course if for you! It goes through what you need to plan a succesful growing space throughout the year including what material you need to have a sustainable garden, planning what crops to grow when, soil management, basic design principles and extending the growing season. Trainer: Julie Smith. More details and booking via Eventbrite Location: The Regent's Park Alottments Contact: capitalgrowth@sustainweb.org Organisers: Capital Growth https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/designing-planning-and-managing-your-food-garden-tickets-56115122843 Close	9	10	11 Foraging for the low waged/no waged. SE5. May 11th. - London x Foraging for the low waged/no waged. SE5. May 11th. - London The walk will be led by one of Forage London’s experienced foraging teachers and will last for about three hours, involving safely picking and eating various leaves, berries etc as we go along, with various new foods and drinks to try, learning to identifying plenty of edible plants and discussion touching on numerous topics including, nutrition, medicine, herbalism, botany, cookery, horticulture and history. Location: SE5 Contact: john@foragelondon.co.uk Organisers: John Rensten https://www.foragelondon.co.uk/walks-courses/london-se5-may-11th-wild-food-walk-for-the-low-waged-no-waged/ Close Yoga & Mindfulness for Gardeners: Sustainable gardening for body and mind - London x Yoga & Mindfulness for Gardeners: Sustainable gardening for body and mind - London Time: 10:30 - 13:30 Gardening can be peaceful, enriching and bring us into deeper connection with ourselves, each other and the natural world or can feel more like hard work, leaving us stiff and sore. Learn how to make your gardening sustainable for your body, while developing your mind and appreciating the great outdoors. For gardeners and others doing physical activities. No experience of yoga or mindfulness needed. More details and booking via Eventbrite Location: Cody Dock, 11c South Crescent, Canning Town, E16 4TL Contact: Capital Growth capitalgrowth@sustainweb.org Organisers: Capital Growth https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/yoga-mindfulness-for-gardeners-sustainable-gardening-for-body-and-mind-tickets-56991695696 Close
12	13	14	15 Practical Batik: The art of dyeing fabric using natural garden plants - London x Practical Batik: The art of dyeing fabric using natural garden plants - London Join Emma at the Skip Garden to explore nature through batik! Pick up new workshop ideas that engage the senses through different mediums, and learn how to batik with beeswax, soya wax, and natural dyes. Emma is the Gardens and Community Facilitator across Global Generation’s Skip and Paper Gardens. She uses horticulture, art and design, reflection and storytelling to offer opportunities to connect with the natural world while in the city. More details and booking via Eventbrite Location: The Skip Garden Contact: capitalgrowth@sustainweb.org Organisers: Capital Growth http://bit.ly/2GIgGJt Close	16	17	18 An Introduction to Beekeeping - London x An Introduction to Beekeeping - London Want to learn more about this fascinating creatures and how to support them? Join us for an introduction to beekeeping. Further details to follow. More details and booking via Eventbrite Location: Sydenham Garden, SE23 2LW Contact: Capital Growth capitalgrowth@sustainweb.org Organisers: Capital Growth https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/an-introduction-to-beekeeping-tickets-57594418456 Close
19	20	21	22	23 Beginners Botany for Food Growers - London x Beginners Botany for Food Growers - London Time: 18:00 - 20:30 The science behind gardening is not only fascinating, but understanding it can also help us to to grow healthier, more productive plants. In this session, we will explore the functions of different plant parts and how they relate to good gardening practice; look at what botanical names can tell us; and learn to identify different plant families and how that can help us as growers and foragers. Be prepared for mind-boggling plant geekery as well as hands-on plant examination! More details and booking via Eventbrite Location: Edible Landscapes London, Finsbury Park, N4 1BY Contact: Capital Growth capitalgrowth@sustainweb.org Organisers: Capital Growth https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/beginners-botany-for-food-growers-tickets-56993868194 Close	24	25 Roof Garden Fun Day - London x Roof Garden Fun Day - London It’s our annual family fun day 12noon – 4pm. Activities include story time, strawberry-picking, slug-and-snail-hunt, face-painting and mud pie making. Explore the herb maze and play in our new geodesic dome. Stalls from local community groups, music and lots of space to relax - all on a roof! Free cooked lunch provided by Waste Not Want Not from 1pm. Guaranteed fun throughout! All welcome and it’s totally free. http://www.chelseafringe.com/event/roof-garden-fun-day-4/ Location: Doddington & Rollo Community Roof Garden, Charlotte Despard Avenue, London SW11 5HD Contact: doddingtongarden@gmail.com Organisers: Doddington & Rollo Community Roof Garden https://www.facebook.com/DoddingtonGarden/ Close
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