Food For Thought

Food For Thought 

Intake for our grant funded course running this October is full.  

We are now offering this program on demand! The five-week course costs $200 per person, with a minimum of 10 participants needed to proceed. If you're interested, please fill out the form below with your available times. We’ll reach out once we have enough participants for a specific day.

Food For Thought is a program aimed at helping you cultivate your own nutritious food while promoting both your health and the health of the environment. Over the course of five weeks, this program will explore:

  • Plant propagation
    • Preparing seed raising mix
    • Sowing seeds 
    • Planting seedlings 
    • Making cuttings
    • Grafting trees 
  • Composting
    • Composting basics
    • Hot vs cold compost 
    • Vermicomposting
    • Bokashi composting
    • Liquid fertilisers
  • Designing an edible landscape
    • Site Analysis and orientation
    • No-dig gardening
    • Container gardening & wicking beds
    • Trellis/vertical gardening
    • Food forest design
  • Plants and human health
    • Health benefits of plants
    • Herb and sensory gardens
    • Drying herbs
    • Making teas, balms & tinctures