Kitchen Garden from Backyard to Great Vegetables

Kitchen Garden from Backyard to Great Vegetables

Sun 27th September 2015 Beerwah Sunshine Coast

$80.00 (NORMAL COST $125)

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DESCRIPTION:    9.30am -4.00pm on location Blackwattle Farm B & B Beerwah Sunshine Coast

Do you want to grow great vegetables and reduce your food bill? Improve your health ? It is simple. We will provide hands-on knowledge and skills with tips and tricks on growing amazing backyard vegies using organic and several permaculture techniques Perfect for the new gardener and those who wish to improve their skills and garden yield

WHAT THE COURSE WILL COVER: 

• No-dig garden system
• Mulching
• Sowing seeds seed saving
• Planting seedlings
• Survival foods you can’t live with out
• Manage climatic situation: hail, heat, rain and dry
• Building a worm farm & making compost
• Make your own liquid fertiliser
• Moon Planting strategy
• Pest control how to naturally manage invaders

Facilitators

Gary Hands is the Farmer/Owner of Kookaburra Organics with his wife Paula West. Kookaburra farm is a Organic and sustainable, naturally farmed market garden on the Sunshine Coast,Qld. Kookaburra Organics conducts an online business delivering weekly fresh produce from paddock to plate to S.E Qld. households.

Gary is well known for his expertise in organic growing in both temperate & sub–tropical areas.  He is a regular speaker at Garden Clubs, Sustainability Expo's and Organic Food groups.  He regularly presents a range of vegetable growing workshops for catering for beginners through to the very experienced gardener. Gary also privately consults on creating small scale Backyard Farms and market gardens for sustainable food crops, using aspects of permaculture design and holistic approach. https://www.facebook.com/kookaburraorganics

Paula West is the Queen Bee/ Apiarist of Adopt a Beehive. www.adoptabeehive.com.au  and also owner of Kookaburra Organics. Paula’s approach to beekeeping is totally holistic and natural and she will impart some vital “must know” info about bees, pollination and your veggie garden.   Her expertise and comments are regularly sought by media groups.

https://www.facebook.com/adoptabeehiveaustralia

Brendan Taylor

Is the Head Market Gardener at Eco-Tasty Organics (located in the Glasshouse Mountains, Qld) and is a regular at Farmers Markets on the Sunshine Coast, selling his produce direct to the public. He has great knowledge of soils and how to bring them back to good health to produce nutritionally dense vegetables

WHAT to bring: Water Bottle. Lunch & Garden Gloves and Hat Morning Tea provided