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Talks - 7pm to 8.30pm St Stephen Church
Free for members - £8 for visitors in person - £5 for visitors on zoom 27th March 2025 - In person only Raising healthy seedlings There are so many ways to start your seeds off, from direct sowing to using trays or cells; what compost to use; timing of sowing; cover or not; pot on, prick out . . . Come and nd out what works well and enjoy a year of happy seedlings! Dan Fox of Two Acre Farm, Somerset (a small, no-dig, low-carbon market garden www.twoacrefarm.co.uk SEED SWAP: Bring your saved and surplus seeds to swap 29th May 2025 Perennial vegetables Perennial vegetables have many advantages for you and the planet! They need less maintenance and are more resilient to extreme weather. In this talk we will look at the range of perennials available and their attributes compared to annuals, as well as sharing advice on how to grow them well. Jules Schoenmann & Ana Sanchez of Vibrant Veg, Bridge Farm, BS16 www.vibrantveg.co.uk PLANT SALE: Bring surplus plants and seedlings, and buy to all those gaps! 25th September 2025 Fermenting: good for guts and gluts We know vegetables are good for us. Fermenting them not only adds to their nutritional benets but gives us another way to use up our excess harvests. Come and see how to do it live, plus taste ’some that were made earlier’. Dr Caroline Gilmarn, enthusiasc fermenter, scienst, author and teacher, from Every Good Thing www.instagram.com/every.good.thing 27th November 2025 Animal-free organic growing (veganic gardening) Maintaining soil fertility is a key feature to ensuring your plants have all they need to grow well. Can this be done without animal and chemical fertilisers? This talk will explain how it is possible. If time allows, we can also explore the differences between organic and non-organic seed. Pippa Rosen of Beans and Herbs www.beansandherbs.co.uk 3rd February 3-5pm Bishopston Library with Veronika Taylor 24th April with Charlie Armour 26th June with Sarah Dhorne 23rd October with Sarah Woodrow Members only workshops Free for members 3rd February 2025 3-5pm Bishopston Library with Veronika Taylor 24th April 2025 with Charlie Armour - Seed sowing 26th June 2025 with Sarah Dhorne - Balm making 23rd of October 2025 with Sarah Woodrow - Willow weaving |
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