Workshops

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We run a number of informative and creative one-day gardening courses / workshops to inspire you to get the most out of your garden throughout the year. Our workshops on creating posies – tussie mussies, indigenous, and country-style bunches – are not simply about arranging the flowers, but about how you can grow and maintain the necessary plants as a core component of a beautiful year-round garden.

Our compost-making course has proved to be especially popular, providing you with the practical know-how to create a rich source of natural garden fertilizer with the minimum fuss. The course covers traditional compost-making methods as well as the increasingly popular vermicompost – getting the little red wrigglers to do your composting work for you.

Further information

• What’s included?
• Workshop dates and booking information
• The workshops:
  • Posies – tussie mussies, the country posy and others
  • Posies – tussie mussies and indigenous posies
  • Gardening for the vase
  • Indigenous gardening for the vase
  • Compost-making – traditional and vermicompost

What’s included?

All workshops run from 9:30am to 4pm. They start with a cup of tea/coffee on arrival and include a light lunch and morning and afternoon tea. A set of notes is given at all the workshops so that you can relax and enjoy the day without needing to record details. If you are doing a cut flower workshop you will also be creating your own bunch to take home with you.

Dates and booking information 2012

Date	Subject	Cost
8 March	Tussie mussie and the country posy	R240/per person
19 March	Compost and Vermicompost making	R220/per person
26 April	Tussie Mussie and indigenous posies	R240/per person
7 May	Indigenous gardening for the vase	R240/per person
14 June	Posies: Tussie Mussie and others	R240/per person
16 July	Indigenous gardening for the vase	R240/per perso

Please note that if you have a group of 6 or more people alternative dates and a reduced group rate can be arranged. If you are a Garden Club and have different requirements please contact us and we can discuss your needs. For bookings and directions phone Linda on (021) 8498532 / 082 4129352 or email us.

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Posies – The Tussie Mussie, the Country posy and others

This workshop will give you the background history to the tussie mussie and then information on the herbs, flowers and foliage to grow in the garden for these lovely posies; Notes with all this information will be available for you to take home so you can relax and enjoy your day! I will demonstrate how to make the tussie mussie and the other posies, answering questions as we go. You will then have the opportunity to create your own posies to take home with you. A walk round the garden to see all the plants growing will round off the day.

Posies – Tussie Mussie and Indigenous posies

This one-day course gives the background history to the tussie mussie and then information on the herbs, flowers and foliage to grow in the garden for these lovely posies. I will demonstrate how to make the tussie mussie and what indigenous herbs and flowers can be used instead of the traditional ones. We will then do a country posy using indigenous flowers and foliage, answering questions as we go. You will then have the opportunity to create your own posies to take home with you plus take a walk round the garden to see them all growing.

Gardening for the vase

Information on what flowers and foliage to grow for the vase to create lovely arrangements and also a lovely garden will be discussed and shown. Notes with all this information will be available for you to take home so you can relax and enjoy your day! I will demonstrate how I put together a “bunch” of flowers. You will then have the opportunity to create your own posies to take home with you. A walk round the garden to see all the plants growing will round off the day.

Indigenous Gardening for the vase

What flowers and foliage to grow for the vase to create lovely arrangements and also a lovely garden throughout the year. Notes with all this information will be available for you to take home so you can relax and enjoy your day! I will demonstrate how I put together an indigenous “bunch” of flowers. You will then have the opportunity to create your own posies to take home with you. A walk round the garden to see all the plants growing will round off the day. We will have tea/coffee x 2 plus lunch during the day.

Compost-making (Traditional and Vermicomposting)

All you need to know about making traditional compost:

• How to combine your materials to get the build up of heat that is required.
• What role heat, moisture and air play in the creation of compost and how to manage these elements to create really good compost.

Compost is so crucial to good gardening that this information will be invaluable to any gardener. Something you will not regret!

Also learn about the fascinating subject of vermicompost – creating compost without heat with the aid of compost worms – a wonderful way of using your kitchen waste to create really special compost. Worms and bins to start you off are also for sale!