What happens at a Great Food Gardens workshop?
Click Here to take survey
These FREE 3 Hour workshops receive rave reviews where ever they are presented.
Workshops are full of humour as the Great Gardens Team highlight unsustainable gardening practices and dispel many gardening myths,
replacing them with practical techniques that result in success at a fraction of the current cost and use of resources.
Good for beginners and experienced gardeners alike,
the presenters are not sponsored by product manufacturers so workshop participants will receive unbiased advice.
Backed up with audiovisual presentations, displays, demonstrations and samples, giveaways and prizes.
It is recommended that you attend a Great Gardens workshop before you attend a Great Food Gardens workshop
Topics covered include
Environmental consequences of current home grown food gardening practices
Why Grow fruit and vegetables at home?
Getting Started- location… location
Types of Food Gardens
Getting organized
Understanding WA soils - why they require a different approach
FertiliserWise tips and tricks- use a fraction of the fertiliser and manure
WaterWise Ways – use a fraction of the water tips and tricks
Growing Fruit and Nuts at Home – even in small gardens
Pest Management – the environmentally friendly way
Gardening myths and why gardening in WA is different to what is shown on TV
Questions and Answers
…and at half time light refreshments are served
...and it is all FREE!
The information contained within has been generated by the Great Gardens team in response to common questions raised during our Great Gardens workshops. We will continue to add new fact sheets, so please come back regularly.
Several links appear below. Each of them leads to searchable databases, some of them on the Great Gardens website and other on external websites.
In order for you to search these databases and still stay in the Great Gardens site, the searchable areas will open in new browser windows. Just close them when you are ready to return.
|
|
Article Search
Search the Great Gardens Database for articles on many topics
|
|
|
Search Suburb's Soil Type
When considering what plants to grow in your garden, consider the soil type in your suburb.
|
|
|
Search Videos
Great Gardens will soon be presenting a series of videos of the information that they use in their workshops. Coming VERY soon.
|
|
|
Great Gardens Social Network
Come along and join in the discussions, post images, ask questions or answer questions from others.
This is a great way to follow up the workshop sessions. Best of all....It's FREE
|
|
|
Gardeners Direct
Looking for some great products for your garden paradise?
|
|
|
Search Waterwise Plants
What sort of plants are best for your purpose? 'Waterwise Plants for Perth Gardens' is a fantastic resource sponsored by the Water Corporation and developed by John Colwill with help from Western Australian wholesale plant growers.
This online database enables you to search an ever growing list of plants based on a range of criteria, such as growth habit, garden type, flower colour and so on.
The plants listed are those that, once established, will flourish on one watering a a week or less during summer.
You will be amazed how many visually stunning Waterwise plants there are available.
|
|
Great Gardens in partnership with Skills Strategies International were funded under the Australian Flexible Learning Frameworks to develop an innovative way of bringing environmental sustainability to Western Australians via the internet.
This resource area will continue to expand with the knowledge and skills that have been acquired. Please let us know what topics and segments you would like added to the database.
We ask also that you visit our social network area where you can talk with other like minded people about a wide range of issues.
|
|
