12 September Course | Fertility in the Gardens
12 September Course | Fertility in the Gardens
⏰ 10.30am – 5.30pm
📍RED Gardens, Cloughjordan Ecovillage
What's Included
- A full day of expert tuition
- Tea, coffee and refreshments
- A home-cooked lunch featuring seasonal produce from RED Gardens
- Plenty of time for discussion and questions
Course Details
This course will focus on the important aspect of providing enough fertility and compost to grow a lot of food. This will include:
- Making our own compost
- Using green manures
- Buying in material to amended the soil
- Strategies for improving the soil when starting the garden
- Seasonal top ups
- Making sure the plants have all the nutrients they need during the growing season
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How to provide enough food for the plants when growing in containers
All of the courses are taught by Bruce Darrell, a grower and educator with over 20 years experience, with a successful YouTube channel (also on Instagram or TikTok).
These immersive day long courses combine practical demonstrations and enough theory to make sense of it all, with plenty of time in the garden and opportunities to ask questions, so you'll leave with techniques and knowledge you can apply immediately at home.
Location + Transport
All courses take place in the Eco Village, Cloughjordan, Co. Tipperary.
For more information about the Ecovillage project, click here.
Getting Here
- Free on-site parking
- Easily accessible by train and bus (Cloughjordan Train Station is a 25 walk from the gardens, and a lift can normally be arranged on request)
Terms + Conditions for Bookings
- In the unlikely event that we have to cancel a course, we can arrange for you to attend another course, or we can give you a full refund. We will not be liable for any other costs you incur.
- The classes are normally limited to 12 people, but there is some flexibility to accommodate others when appropriate. Places can only be reserved on receipt of full payment, on a first come first serve basis.
- If you have booked a place on a course and need to cancel, please contact us at least 2 weeks in advance of the course to receive a full refund, minus €10 admin fee, or we can arrange for you to attend another course. If you have to cancel within 2 weeks of the course, we will only be able to give you a refund, minus €10 admin fee, if we can find someone else to fill your space. You are welcome to send someone else in your place instead of getting a refund or course change.
- If you are unable to attend due to adverse weather conditions, sickness or other sudden personal circumstance, our cancellation policy still applies. However, at our sole discretion, we will offer alternative dates for a replacement class at short notice.
- We reserve the right to alter or amend classes.
- Feel free to film and take all the photos of the gardens you want for your own use or record, but only during breaks, or before and after the course. We do not allow people to film active sections of the course, as it can be disruptive. Still photography during the course is permitted, but please be sensitive to the privacy and enjoyment of others.
- We work to create a safe and inclusive learning environment, and will not tolerate bigotry, hate speech, racism, transphobia or other behaviour that could negatively impact the enjoyment of the course by others. We reserve the right to restrict admission, and to ask people to leave if inappropriate behaviour persists.