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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 [...]
March 22, 2013
Come and welcome in Spring on our next Open Day, Easter Sunday 31st March 12-4pm. 12-12.30pm the day kicks off with an easter egg hunt, bring chocolates to join in 1-2pm shared soup for lunch (available for a donation) 3pm site tour There will be two tasks during the afternoon to join in with: Ongoing [...]
March 5, 2013
We’re recruiting for 2 posts! Horticultural Trainer Outreach Gardens Development Worker Horticultural Trainer Part time: 3 days per week- Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays, with occasional week-ends plus additional unpaid coop responsibilities Salary: £20,930 pro rata Based at: Hawkwood Community Plant Nursery and will also work at outreach garden sites across Northeast London 2 year contract [...]
January 28, 2013
We’re looking for 7 people to fill 7 unique trainee roles for the 2013 growing season. Each role will take on a specific area of responsibility and develop specific skills and experience in community food growing, community outreach work, local food distribution and horticulture training. These roles are aimed at people who want to develop [...]
January 27, 2013
Developing Practical Gardening Skills, NOCN Level 1 Award (National Open College Network accreditation). Every Friday afternoon, 1.30-4.30pm (with half term breaks) starts 1 March until 19 July 2013 This introductory course is for anyone who is thinking about working as a gardener or making some changes to their home garden, but who lacks the experience [...]
January 22, 2013
Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 February 10am-4pm Weekend course on Getting Ready for the Growing Season. This course will help you prepare for the upcoming growing season, especially if it’s your first one! Run in partnership with Waltham Forest community learning, there will be a mix of classroom work and practical exercises outdoors and in [...]
January 14, 2013
Wednesday 23 January, 7pm at Hornbeam Cafe In April 2012 eager to learn more about the food system and sustainable rural living Naomi and Pip, two community food growers (and ex-Hawkwood apprentices) cycled out of London to explore farms, small holdings, permaculture sites and low impact communities in the UK. They pedalled over 800 miles [...]
January 13, 2013
Sunday 27 January 2013, 9.30am-4pm A one day course that will look at everything to do with growing grape vines, from their planting, and growth training, propagating new plants and specific pruning essentials. The course will be based at the Hawkwood growing site, and will involve practical work and demonstrations in the newly-established vineyard as [...]
December 20, 2012
This year, The Hawkwood midwinter feast featured – not Hawkwood potatoes, after this year’s spud failure, but our very own Brussels Sprouts. The bed of Brussels have been rising pine-like under the mesh on the Entrance Field all year mainly for this moment, at the request of Sophie, the then Volunteer Coordinator. Briefly stocking the [...]
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