Events and training from our network
Winter Fruit Pruning
Carshalton Community Allotment, Colston Avenue, Carshalton SM5 3NX
25 Jan 2025 | Accredited training
Find out about pruning fruit trees in the winter months in our one day workshop,
Free standing apple and pear trees should be pruned in winter when they are dormant, to keep them productive and control their size. If you are new to pruning, or not feeling very confident, join us on this popular, hands-on winter pruning workshop to find out how to successfully prune your trees.
Find out about pruning fruit trees in the winter months in our one day workshop,
Free standing apple and pear trees should be pruned in winter when they are dormant, to keep them productive and control their size. If you are new to pruning, or not feeling very confident, join us on this popular, hands-on winter pruning workshop to find out how to successfully prune your trees.
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The Castle Climbing Centre Wassail!
The Castle Climbing Centre, Green Lanes, London N4 2HA
25 Jan 2025 | Event
Join our kitchen garden Wassail celebrations on Saturday 25th January.
We'll pause during the usual volunteer session (11am-4pm) between 12pm-1pm for various traditional Wassail activities, inc. dunking toast into apple juice, banging pots to scare away orchard sprites (you're welcome to bring instruments too!), poem/song recital (feel free to bring your own!), and hanging cardboard blessings/intentions onto the fruit trees.
Apple juice also for sale, and we'll likely have a fire.
Join our kitchen garden Wassail celebrations on Saturday 25th January.
We'll pause during the usual volunteer session (11am-4pm) between 12pm-1pm for various traditional Wassail activities, inc. dunking toast into apple juice, banging pots to scare away orchard sprites (you're welcome to bring instruments too!), poem/song recital (feel free to bring your own!), and hanging cardboard blessings/intentions onto the fruit trees.
Apple juice also for sale, and we'll likely have a fire.
Blythe Hill Fields Community Orchard Planting Day
Blythe Hill Fields, London SE6 Access Via Codrington Hill, Montacute Road, Brockley View or Blythe Hill Lane
31 Jan 2025 | Event
Come and help us plant our 12 new trees on Friday 31st January! Digging, stake driving, mulching, building cages and labelling our whips as they go in at our orchard planting day on January 31st 2025, between 12pm and 2pm.
Support the orchard, food forest and community garden with watering, mulching and weeding as it establishes itself, and join in our Wassail!
Come and help us plant our 12 new trees on Friday 31st January! Digging, stake driving, mulching, building cages and labelling our whips as they go in at our orchard planting day on January 31st 2025, between 12pm and 2pm.
Support the orchard, food forest and community garden with watering, mulching and weeding as it establishes itself, and join in our Wassail!
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Practical Organic Gardening course (Level 2)
Sydenham Garden, 28a Wynell Road, SE23 2LW
6 Feb 2025 | Accredited training
Practical Organic Gardening is a Level 2 course, designed by Sydenham Garden and accredited by the Open College Network (OCN). The 10-month course runs weekly on Thursdays, from 5th Feb – 11th Dec 2025. It is open to adult learners with some experience in gardening, who would like to develop their understanding of plants, soil and sustainable gardening techniques. Places will be prioritised for those living with a mental and/or physical health issue.
Practical Organic Gardening is a Level 2 course, designed by Sydenham Garden and accredited by the Open College Network (OCN). The 10-month course runs weekly on Thursdays, from 5th Feb – 11th Dec 2025. It is open to adult learners with some experience in gardening, who would like to develop their understanding of plants, soil and sustainable gardening techniques. Places will be prioritised for those living with a mental and/or physical health issue.
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Blythe Hill Fields Community Orchard Wassail
Blythe Hill Fields, London SE6 Access Via Codrington Hill, Montacute Road, Brockley View or Blythe Hill Lane
8 Feb 2025 | Event
Come and join in our Wassail for our newly planted fruit trees! bring your singing voice, pots and pans to bang, a cup for mulled cider and apple juice, and join us from 4pm to 5pm
Come and join in our Wassail for our newly planted fruit trees! bring your singing voice, pots and pans to bang, a cup for mulled cider and apple juice, and join us from 4pm to 5pm
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10-week Gardening Fundamentals evening course with EcoLocal
EcoLocal The Lodge, Honeywood Walk, Carshalton, Surrey, SM5 3NX
12 Feb 2025 | Accredited training
We have an exciting new gardening course at EcoLocal. Our RHS qualified and award-winning Horticultural tutor has developed a 10-week classroom-based evening course called ‘Gardening Fundamentals’ that takes you through the full range of gardening activities, from looking after and improving soil to pruning, propagation, design and keeping plants healthy. This new course will run on a Wednesday evening between 7 and 9pm for 10 consecutive weeks between 12th February and 16th April 2025.
We have an exciting new gardening course at EcoLocal. Our RHS qualified and award-winning Horticultural tutor has developed a 10-week classroom-based evening course called ‘Gardening Fundamentals’ that takes you through the full range of gardening activities, from looking after and improving soil to pruning, propagation, design and keeping plants healthy. This new course will run on a Wednesday evening between 7 and 9pm for 10 consecutive weeks between 12th February and 16th April 2025.
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Winter Currant Pruning workshop Saturday 24th February 2024 10am - 3pm
Carshalton Community Allotment, Colston Avenue, Carshalton SM5 3NX
22 Feb 2025 | Accredited training
Currants (including blackcurrants, gooseberries, redcurrants and jostaberries) may be small, but they pack a real nutrition punch. Rarely found in supermarkets, currants are easy to grow and, with the right care, can give excellent yields of fruit over many years. Their bright jewel colours add a zing to many recipes!
Currants (including blackcurrants, gooseberries, redcurrants and jostaberries) may be small, but they pack a real nutrition punch. Rarely found in supermarkets, currants are easy to grow and, with the right care, can give excellent yields of fruit over many years. Their bright jewel colours add a zing to many recipes!
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Spring Propagation
EcoLocal The Lodge, Honeywood Walk, Carshalton, Surrey, SM5 3NX
22 Mar 2025 | Accredited training
The art of plant propagation is as old as civilisation. With techniques learned and adapted from nature, we can save money and have more of our favourite plants, with enough left over to share with friends.
In this one-day beginners’ workshop we will cover a range of techniques that can be undertaken as the days of the new year start to lengthen.
The art of plant propagation is as old as civilisation. With techniques learned and adapted from nature, we can save money and have more of our favourite plants, with enough left over to share with friends.
In this one-day beginners’ workshop we will cover a range of techniques that can be undertaken as the days of the new year start to lengthen.
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