Events and training from our network
Understanding Bird and Bat Habitats
St Barnabas Church Homerton High Street London E9 6DL
10 Sep 2025 | Accredited training | Event
Creating and maintaining habitat is a key part of fostering biodiversity in our green spaces.
Using the Community Garden behind St. Barnabas Church as our example and playground, you will have the opportunity to learn about urban habitats for birds and bats. We’re looking forward to hearing about how you are fostering biodiversity in your own projects. We won't be building any boxes this time around, but learn how to make you garden welcoming, and practice maintaining existing habitats on sit
Creating and maintaining habitat is a key part of fostering biodiversity in our green spaces.
Using the Community Garden behind St. Barnabas Church as our example and playground, you will have the opportunity to learn about urban habitats for birds and bats. We’re looking forward to hearing about how you are fostering biodiversity in your own projects. We won't be building any boxes this time around, but learn how to make you garden welcoming, and practice maintaining existing habitats on sit
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Community Day: Free Workshops and activities
Edible Landscapes London, Finsbury Park
14 Sep 2025 | Accredited training | Event
On Sunday 14th September, 10am - 4:30pm, we’ll be hosting a community day filled with workshops and hands-on activities.
No need to book, just turn up!
Schedule
10:30 - 11:30am: Intro to Permaculture
10am - 12pm: Propagating
10am - 12pm: Forest Arts and Crafts (for kids / families)
12pm - 1pm: Forest Garden Tour
1pm - 2pm: Community Lunch
2pm - 3pm: Hay Bale Basket and Coaster Making
All activities are free to attend and family-friendly.
On Sunday 14th September, 10am - 4:30pm, we’ll be hosting a community day filled with workshops and hands-on activities.
No need to book, just turn up!
Schedule
10:30 - 11:30am: Intro to Permaculture
10am - 12pm: Propagating
10am - 12pm: Forest Arts and Crafts (for kids / families)
12pm - 1pm: Forest Garden Tour
1pm - 2pm: Community Lunch
2pm - 3pm: Hay Bale Basket and Coaster Making
All activities are free to attend and family-friendly.
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Composting: steps to success
The Vine Road Pavillion, Vine Road Recreation Ground, Vine Road, Barnes
20 Sep 2025 | Accredited training
Composting is a fantastic way to turn your waste into beautiful, crumbly soil that can be used in your garden. Composting can go wrong though – is your compost heap soggy, smelly or simply not breaking down? Do you find that some of the information out there is confusing and contradictory? In this workshop, we will look at the basics of how to compost effectively at home. We’ll also cover the importance of soil health, and how we maintain this at the growing project.
Composting is a fantastic way to turn your waste into beautiful, crumbly soil that can be used in your garden. Composting can go wrong though – is your compost heap soggy, smelly or simply not breaking down? Do you find that some of the information out there is confusing and contradictory? In this workshop, we will look at the basics of how to compost effectively at home. We’ll also cover the importance of soil health, and how we maintain this at the growing project.
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Climate Resilient Borders: One Day Workshop
EcoLocal The Lodge, Honeywood Walk, Carshalton, Surrey, SM5 3NX
27 Sep 2025 | Accredited training
Creating a beautiful garden border that stands up to the challenges of climate change is no small feat. We need our garden borders to be resilient as well as stunning all year round.
Led by our RHS qualified tutor, you’ll learn:
techniques for ‘successional’ planting to maintain year-round colour
how to improve your soil to ensure your plants thrive
how to choose plants for difficult situations
tips and tricks for being water wise
about some of the new climate-change pests and dise
Creating a beautiful garden border that stands up to the challenges of climate change is no small feat. We need our garden borders to be resilient as well as stunning all year round.
Led by our RHS qualified tutor, you’ll learn:
techniques for ‘successional’ planting to maintain year-round colour
how to improve your soil to ensure your plants thrive
how to choose plants for difficult situations
tips and tricks for being water wise
about some of the new climate-change pests and dise
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Forest Garden Design Course
Edible Landscapes London, Finsbury Park
27 Sep 2025 | Accredited training
Imagine your garden or community space looking as lovely as a woodland edge. Imagine that on top of looking wonderfully wild, it produces an abundance of nutrient dense food and will ultimately need very little digging, weeding, manual watering or pest control – all in harmony with other more-than-human beings. This is ‘an edible forest garden’.
Come join our 2-day Forest Garden course, 27-28th Sep, giving you the tools you need to design your own forest garden. Hosted in ELL's forest
Imagine your garden or community space looking as lovely as a woodland edge. Imagine that on top of looking wonderfully wild, it produces an abundance of nutrient dense food and will ultimately need very little digging, weeding, manual watering or pest control – all in harmony with other more-than-human beings. This is ‘an edible forest garden’.
Come join our 2-day Forest Garden course, 27-28th Sep, giving you the tools you need to design your own forest garden. Hosted in ELL's forest
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Autumn propagation workshop at EcoLocal
EcoLocal The Lodge, Honeywood Walk, Carshalton, Surrey, SM5 3NX
25 Oct 2025 | Accredited training
The art of plant propagation is as old as civilisation. With techniques learned and adapted from nature, we can produce plants for our gardens and allotments, with enough left over to share with friends.
In this practical workshop we will cover techniques that can be undertaken throughout autumn and winter, some of which may be unfamiliar. You’ll learn about:
Hardwood cuttings
Leaf cuttings
Root cuttings
Air layering
Seed sowing including chipping and vernalisation
The art of plant propagation is as old as civilisation. With techniques learned and adapted from nature, we can produce plants for our gardens and allotments, with enough left over to share with friends.
In this practical workshop we will cover techniques that can be undertaken throughout autumn and winter, some of which may be unfamiliar. You’ll learn about:
Hardwood cuttings
Leaf cuttings
Root cuttings
Air layering
Seed sowing including chipping and vernalisation
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