Gardening & Permaculture

Robert Wilson is semi-retired with a bent for growing fresh organic veggies and passing on some of his knowledge & experience in gardening and permaculture, so that more people will enjoy the benefits of gardening and eating healthy.

For the six weeks of in Term 2 from Wednesday 11 May, Robert will be progressing through each class as follows (rough outline):

1. Permaculture: creating layers in a garden bed, intro to Coir, plant seedlings

2. Seeds: examples of where seeds originate, saving/collecting and planting them in a garden

3. Harvesting: digging up sweet potato, how to pick lettuce leaves

4. Propagating: various ways to propagate plants

5. Maintaining a veggie garden: watering , weeding & pruning.

6. Composting: how to make a compost, various, plus mulching, etc