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'Ground-up Gardening'
Recommended Number of Participants - 50 plus
'Ground-up Gardening' is a newly developed, interactive workshop series encompassing 10 hours of in-depth community training. The workshops focus on environmentally sustainable garden design, construction and ongoing maintenance.
Workshops can be presented either as
2 hour weekly workshops over 5 consecutive weeks or
5 hour weekend workshops over 2 consecutive weekends.
Topics are covered in depth and include:
SOILS - Organic management and improvement; fertiliser use; soil wetting agents and conditioners.
COMPOST & MULCH - Organic recycling; composting and worm farms; selecting and using mulches.
GARDEN IRRIGATION - Rainwater and grey water use; efficient irrigation systems and urban stormwater quality.
PLANT SELECTION & HEALTH - Horticultural chemicals; IPM; environmental weeds; drought tolerant plants; native & indigenous plants.
SUSTAINABLE GARDEN DESIGN - Sustainable design principles; site assessment; habitat gardens; produce gardens; raingardens.
Course Cost includes;
Advertising and media
Registration and coordination
Participant notes
Local government environmental information
Written course evaluation report
SGA 'Ground-up Gardening' show bags for participants* *Sample products and discount vouchers provided to all participants. Products sourced by SGA from various manufacturers and producers of sustainable products.
For a copy of SGA's Local Government Resource Kit to find out what training opportunities and community resources are available in 2008 contact:
Elaine Shallue
National Project Co-ordinator
Tel: (03) 9850 8165
Fax: (03) 9852 1097
Email: elaine@sgaonline.org.au
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