Glebe Gardens, Baltimore, West Cork, www.glebegardens.com is just one of the nicest places you could visit. The gardens are inspirantional, excellent compost making, raised beds for vegetable growing and easy weed control. Everything is explained in such a straightforward way ... you can learn so much there in a few hours that will help you grow vegetables and fruit in your own garden.
The food in the restaurant is straight from the garden and is absolutely delicious!
In true West Cork fashion the courses on offer at Glebe Gardens are very good value. If you want places to stay please check out Carbery Campus on www.localcampus.com Now there's a good Christmas present idea - a really interesting great value break in West Cork! (Early booking advisable as these courses fill up fairly quickly). Please forward this email to any family and friends that enjoy vegetable growing.
all the best,
Walter
www.localcampus.com supporting local enterprise
GARDENING COURSES 2010/2011
SUNDAY 7TH NOVEMBER 2010
Introduction to vegetable gardening – Getting started
11am-3.30pm
FREE OF CHARGE
Lunch available at our Award winning Café.
SATURDAY 22ND JANUARY 2011
Planning your vegetable garden for year round production.
Cropping plan, choosing varieties, making the most of available space and resources.- 2pm to 4.30pm
€30 euro including tea/coffee and cake
SATURDAY 29TH JANUARY 2011
Salads all year round.
How to grow salads throughout the year, planning, crop protection and varieties for year round production- 2pm to 4.30pm
€30 euro including tea and cake.
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY 12TH/13TH FEBRUARY
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY 26TH/27TH FEBRUARY
Vegetable gardening using the 'no dig' system.
Details as above- 10.30am to 3.30pm each day
€120 including lunch on both days.
Sunday 13th March 2011
Growing under cover-
How to get the best from your polytunnel/greenhouse.
10am-4pm
€60 including lunch
