Online course: Urban gardening and permaculture 2022

This online course with nine live group sessions covers the basic principles of urban permaculture and sustainable organic farming.

It is designed to offer you the basic techniques and concepts so that you can plan and start your own garden, whether on a balcony, roof terrace, garden, patio, or even indoors on  windowsills!

You will learn about: aromatic herbs, vegetables, edible flowers; how to work with a crop plan for the four seasons; how to plant seeds and seedlings; different composting systems and general health of the land; seed collection and food preservation; and how to create balance and biodiversity in the garden.

This course is designed for northern hemisphere temperate zones, but depending on the location of the participants, more specific details can be provided for each case.

SUMMARY OF SESSIONS:

1. Planning your edible urban garden

2. Review & Discuss Session: Garden designs

3. Seeds, seedlings and plants

4. Creating healthy soil and composting methods

5. Creating balance in the garden

6. Harvest, crop care & garden maintenance

___ summer break __________________________________________

7. Seed collection and food preservation

8. The autumn and winter garden

9. Review & Discuss session: Fall / Winter crop plan