Introduction to organic gardening

Let’s get sustainable! Join us in the education centres veggie garden to learn about organic veggie gardening. During the workshop we will learn about organic materials we can use to create a soil mix high in nutrients and minerals to support the growth of vegetables.

The workshop will educate participants on home compost systems, worm farming and growing living mulch. These three practices allow the gardener to create their own organic material to grow a sustainable home garden.

During the workshop participants will set up and plant out a raised bed. During our time together we will propagate seeds for the ED centre garden. Participants will take home newly planted seeds in seedling pots to start their own home veggie garden.

There will be and introduction to food forest systems and participants will be given a tour into the establishment, ideas and principles behind the newly created food forest system in the seeds of learning garden.

Workshop facilitator will share his experience and knowledge gained during his time growing food in remote communities in the arid Pilbara region of Western Australia.

The Ku-ring-gai Wildflower Garden is one of Sydney’s best kept secrets, set across 123 hectares of unique urban bushland and home to two endangered ecological communities as well as 18 threatened species of flora and fauna. The Wildflower Garden is open to the public all year round and has a range of hikes, step-free walking tracks, picnic areas and heritage venue hire as well as a diverse calendar of environmental education programs.