Practical Workshops for 2012 With Ruth
at BHOGG Allotments and Roedale Allotments
Hosting a new programme of regular workdays and practical workshops throughout the year.
Monthly practical sessions with our prize winning organic gardener, Ruth Urbanowicz followed by a general allotment work afternoon undertaking seasonal tasks. All welcome, no experience necessary.
These sessions are free to BHOGG members, others £5 or 2 hours labour on the allotments on the day. Please wear suitable clothing and bring your own lunch if you want to. Tea and coffee provided. Please contact Ruth in advance so she has some idea of numbers: 01273 681120 or email ruthurbanowicz@live.co.uk
Venue: BHOGG Allotments, plots 238/239, Weald Allotments, Hove. Entrance is by the main gate at the top of Weald Avenue. More directions. If gates locked on the day, please ring 07854 797362.
NB These workshops will also be held at Plot 132, Roedale Valley Allotment Site by Hollingbury Golf Course. Ring Ruth for more info. The dates for these are in brackets:
Sunday February 19th, 12 noon – 2pm
(Sunday February 12th, 11am – 1pm at Roedale)
“Fruit trees and bushes – pruning and feeding”
Winter tasks.
Sunday March 18th, 12 noon – 2pm
(Sunday March 4th 11am – 1pm at Roedale)
“Marching Into Spring”
Crop rotation, bed prep, green manures, sowing indoors, planting onion sets and early spuds, perennial veg
Sunday April 15th, 12 noon – 3pm
(Sunday April 1st 10am – 1pm at Roedale)
“Sow Here We Go”
Sowing outdoors, tender veg indoors, pricking out, hardening off.
Sunday May 13th, 1.30 – 4pm
(Sunday April 29th 10.30am – 1pm at Roedale)
“We May Plant”
Tender veg, protection, thinning, catch crops, successional planting, interplanting
Sunday June 10th, 12 noon – 2pm
(Sunday May 27th 11am – 1pm at Roedale)
“Protect and Serve”
How to organically defeat weeds, pests, diseases and disorders
Sunday July 8th, 12 noon – 2pm
(Sunday June 24th 11am – 1pm at Roedale)
“Dig That Dirt”
What is our soil and how do we care for it.
Sunday August 5th, 12 noon – 2pm
(Sunday July 22nd 11am – 1pm at Roedale)
“How to be Organic”
A review of principles and techniques
Sunday September 16th, 12 noon – 2pm
(Sunday September 2nd 11am – 1pm at Roedale)
“Harvesting and Storing Crops”
Sunday October 14th, 12 noon – 2pm
(Sunday September 30th 11am – 1pm at Roedale)
“Seed Collecting and Storing”