Pilot Curriculum, we will touch on most of the subjects below:
- Magic Soil – exploring how sand, clay, and tiny living things help plants and veg to grow
- Making Plant Food – how food scraps, cardboard and garden waste can be turned into “superfood” for your fruit and veg plants
- Farming Tools & Skills – choose the right tools for the job and learn how to safely dig, plant, and care for your vegetables
- Where do plants like to live? Learn how much space/light/water they need, and how to spot helpful bugs they need to stay healthy.
- Growing food – propagation through seed sowing, cuttings and grafting
- Nature’s food growing calendar – what to plant in spring, summer, autumn, and winter
- Gardening for the Earth – learn how growing your own food organically can help the planet and why it’s important to care for nature and all its inhabitants
- Climate change, weather resilience, and horticulture in a post-season world.