Wellingborough Eco Group
Join our FREE course on Tuesday 4th and 11th March, both sessions 7pm-8:30pm, for an introduction to growing sustainable and healthy food.
Retired teacher and keen allotmenteer, John Gilyead, will be leading this course, ably assisted by Jonathan Hornett (who led our Allotments for Beginners course) for the second session.
The course is part of Wellingborough Climate Action Project’s Sustainable Skills programme of courses. These are lead and facilitated by Glamis Hall and funded by North Northamptonshire Council with money from the UK Government.
All courses are free and tools etc. are provided. On completion of this How to Grow Sustainable and Healthy Food course, learners will be able to:
- Describe the basic skills to grow various kinds of food in the UK, and what works best where
- Describe the different types of food growing such as conventional and organic, and about various weather conditions and pests that can affect food growing
- Describe how to prepare the ground, planted seeds etc. and cared for plants as they grow
- Understand how to protect plants, harvest them and prepare the ground for next time
- Describe next steps and learner progression opportunities
The course will be at The Friends Meeting House (Quaker Society of Friends) St John’s Street, Wellingborough, NN8 4LG, where there is parking and facilities, including free tea and coffee.
Book now for free at: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/glamishall/introduction-to-growing-sustainable-and-healthy-food/e-lqkezk