Category: Sustainable Growing Courses

We Love … No Dig Gardening

Why No Dig? Well, apart from the obvious of not having to do some back-breaking work, no dig makes it possible to enjoy a beautiful and productive garden, full of wildlife with mixed plantings and healthy soil. No Dig makes soil more fertile, plants healthier and helps reduce weed problems […]

What a fabulous group

The first Permaculture Foundation Course (Sustainable Growing) of 2019 came to an end on Monday. We had an amazing group led expertly by Kat Dunlop. Everyone felt that they learned a great deal – I know I did. We shared knowledge, experience, laughs and food. Lots of progress was made […]

Training in Sustainable Growing

Thanks to support from National Lottery Community Fund we can offer FREE PLACES for the latest training course in sustainable growing. The course is informal with an emphasis on practical skills. Mornings will be in the Community Centre, Eyemouth with afternoons on the allotment. Tools and materials are provided, as […]

Hawick Community garden …

… is really starting to take shape. With a little help from our friends!

PFC Day 2

Lots to talk about today! The PFC participants meet for Modulke v2 and start the day by enthusiastically discussing what they learned last week and what lessons they have already been able to incorporate into their own lives.

PFC starts in Hawick

The first day of the Permaculture Foundation Course at Hawick started today. The course is led by Graham Bell, who was the tutor at the first PFC in Eyemouth, 2017. The 15 participants will learn the principles of permaculture, with an emphasis on creating food forests. The course is based […]

Training dates announced

We are absolutely delighted that Graham Bell, the UK’s foremost Permaculture Teacher and the creator, with his wife Nancy, of Britain’s oldest intentional food forest garden, is to lead the Permaculture Foundation Course in Hawick. Graham led the course in Eyemouth in early 2017 and it was a great success. […]

Before and After

Today was the last day of the formal 10 week Permaculture Foundation Course and so the team wanted to make the best of it. We have made huge progress in turning a bumpy, grass-filled, weed strewn, stoney patch of land into an embryonic forest garden.

Graduation

This is the first group to complete the Permaculture Foundation Course with Abundant Borders. Every person contributed to making it a hugely enjoyable, interesting and valuable learning experience. We are all taking away information to help us live more healthily, new friends to support us along the way and a […]

Fruit trees and a herb spiral …

… the forest garden at Ayton takes shape.4 They say that Rome wasn’t built in a day – and neither is a Forest Garden. But it is also true that many hands make light work and with such a great team on the job the garden is really starting to […]