Sat, 20 Mar
|Backyard Jem - Hakarimata Rd
Garden Guru Workshop 20th March
Join Shannon in her own garden/farm for a wonderful hands-on one day practical where you will learn how to get more consistently healthy produce in less time while maximisng your garden space.


Time & Location
20 Mar 2021, 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
Backyard Jem - Hakarimata Rd, 667 Hakarimata Rd, Ngaruawahia 3771, New Zealand
About the event
Join Shannon in her own garden and farm for a wonderful hands-on one day practical suited to the beginner, homesteader, to the serious backyard grower wanting to maximise regenerative organic vegetable production.
Shannon adapts the market garden approaches we use to the Household Scale from all the skills learnt for our context. You will learn how to get more consistently healthy produce in less time while maximising your garden. A great day to learn all about regenerative organic food production methods - or just integrate these approaches into your growing.
 WHAT YOU WILL LEARN ALONG SIDE SHANNON ON THE DAY:
- + Cold season greens and how to grow them, Mizuna, Mustard, Spinach, Kale, Lettuce, Turnips, Radish, Carrots ..... Â
- + Bed and soil preparationÂ
- + How to grow in outdoor beds and in the green house Â
- + Planning for the best winter light and site aspect for your bed layout, access a pathways
- + Growing strong seedings and reducing transplant shockÂ
- + Growing Microgreens  ​
- + Planning for the best winter light and site aspect for your bed layout, access a pathways
- + Winter Aspect and light and sun aspect on your shortest dayÂ
- + Growing Undercover, season extension and trapping with portable row covers
Expect to be fed well with local produce!Â
We recommend you invest if you want to take abundant steps to improving your veggie growing and harvest from your own backyard garden.
Tickets
Adult Admission - Gardening
$150.00Sold Out
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