"Grow your own" - based in Aberdeen

18th March 2010 to 17th June 2010, a series of nine 2-hour classes - FULLY BOOKED

"Growing your own vegetables" - based on the Vital Veg farm at North Tillydaff - April and May 2010

10.30am to 3.30pm

This course is in two parts. You can sign up up for either part, or both parts. The courses will cost £55.00 per person per day (maximum 12 people) and will include a lunch made from vegetables and salads from the farm, tea/coffee and homemade cake - all organic of course!

The total cost for both parts booked together is £100.00.

There will be a mixture of slides, demonstrations, some hands-on activity and a look at some of the vegetables growing on the farm:


25th April 2010 - FULLY BOOKED

9th May 2010:
Part 1: Getting started with growing your own vegetables:
Planning & preparing your vegetable plot
What do you and your vegetables need?
Sourcing seeds, compost, young plants and sundries
Seed sowing
Plant raising


16th May 2010 - FULLY BOOKED

30th May 2010:
Part 2: Looking after your veg plants to ensure a good harvest:
Understanding your soil - your number one asset
Extending the season with cloches, tunnels and crop covers
Challenges to raising veg - how to combat pests, diseases, weeds and weather
When and how to harvest
Green manuring - getting your soil ready for next season


How to Book:
Contact Wendy by email: wendy@vitalveg.co.uk or phone: 01330 833823, with details of the dates you would like to attend. Please let us know also of any dietary requirements.

Building sustainable Deeside - Wednesday 21st April & Thursday 22nd April 2010 at Woodend Barn, Banchory, 10.00am - 4.30pm

Taste of Grampian - Saturday 5th June at The Thainstone Centre, Inverurie

Seminars and presentations by Vital Veg

Seminars and Presentions - we are so enthusiastic about what we do that we love to talk about it! We’ll talk to anyone!