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This month’s Open Day on Sunday 26 May at Hawkwood Plant Nursery is a celebration! Our first fully certified organic produce has been harvested from the site, and the day will feature a presentation by acclaimed organic farmer Iain Tolhurst. Iain Tolhurst has been a practising organic vegetable producer for over 37 years, one of [...]
April 28, 2013
As the seed sowing gathers pace in the glasshouse (see Ru’s grower’s blog for musings on this sowing and sprouting season), we look ahead to this season’s plant sales – find out what’s on offer and where this year! Stalls throughout May and a peak either side into April and June, at the Hornbeam market [...]
April 23, 2013
Sunday 28th April, 12-4pm After a few false starts spring is really here. This Open Day launches the first of the seasons plant sales at Hawkwood Community Plant Nursery. There will be a site tour at 3pm; soup (available by donation) for lunch 1pm; and ongoing gardening tasks throughout the day, mulching soft fruit. All [...]
April 15, 2013
Tuesday 6.30 to 9.30pm for 7 weeks starting Tuesday 30 April This course is aimed at beginner gardeners who wish to gain gardening skills and knowledge. The focus will be on vegetable growing, but much of the course content will be relevant to all gardening. Learn how to assess your soil, design a vegetable garden, [...]
April 10, 2013
This course guides, inspires and supports, those seeking a more sustainable and integrated life. Both practical and personally transforming, it will provide you with the life skills needed for these times of transition. The course has previously run on alternate weekends over the autumn at Organiclea’s Hawkwood Nursery, a wonderful example of permaculture regenerating land [...]
April 8, 2013
Free Wildlife Gardening Workshop Sunday 14 April, 2-4.30pm at Hawkwood Plant Nursery Learn how to ensure birds, butterflies, hedgehogs survive this cruellest April on record. We have decided to give this workshop because of the risks that decreasing wildlife poses for gardens and wider ecosystems. The workshop is free, but we may have an in [...]
March 26, 2013
Sunday 23 June, 10am-4.30pm at Hawkwood Nursery Come join us for a summer herb workshop, in the beautiful surroundings of Hawkwood’s organic Community Plant Nursery, nestled on the edge of Epping Forest. You will be taken on a guided herb walk, identifying plants that have been used medicinally for centuries, and foraging herbs and food. [...]
March 26, 2013
Explore your connection to nature and tap into its invigorating energy, at Organiclea’s beautiful Hawkwood Nursery site. This workshop – led by Adrian Harris – will give you the opportunity to explore your connection to nature through your senses. A gentle walk will be interspersed with simple exercises that will invite you to deepen your [...]
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