Where nature heals and community grows
Charity Number 1212007
Patron Lady Caroline Egremont
Where nature heals and community grows
Charity Number 1212007
Patron Lady Caroline Egremont
Join us in the green and tranquil setting of the Community Wellbeing Garden in Petworth for this one-day workshop introducing how to design, set up and run a robust, resilient and vibrant community garden. Be inspired by existing projects to consider establishing your own community or school garden using simple permaculture ethics and principles.
What the day’s course will cover.
The course will start with a talk and walk around Petworth’s Community Wellbeing Garden, a thriving Social and Therapeutic Horticulture community garden designed and run by the tutor for over twenty years.
Through a mixture of classroom-based, interactive, and outdoor sessions, you will explore permaculture principles, ethics and a design framework which can be tailored to work with any project.
During the day, there will be a practical session demonstrating organic gardening methods.
Resources around health and safety, legal requirements, training, and fundraising will be discussed and shared. This will be an opportunity to ask questions about developing your own project with practical advice, tools and feedback tailored to inspire and breathe life into your community project.
Over the last 20 years, the tutor has designed and implemented three community gardens, three school garden projects, two elderly-care gardens and a market garden, amongst other designs, and given advice on many others.
Each has been developed and designed using permaculture ethics and principles, yet each one is different and appropriate to the needs of the community there.
Whether you are just starting to think about a community project or are further along the journey, this course will give you the tools to starts to create a realistic plan to bring your ideas to fruition.