The Really Useful Garden
Our gardens are wonderfully diverse and bountiful.  They can supply us with lots of materials that we can use creatively - for cooking, crafts, gifts and medicines.  Learn how to create a garden that is both beautiful and really useful.
If you like to make, bake or create, this course is for you. 

Learn about growing edible flowers

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You can use flowers in the kitchen in all sorts of different ways. 

Explore the healing power of plants

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Echinacea boosts the immune system and is great for colds.

Find out how to grow and arrange your own cut flowers 

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Bring the garden indoors or delight a friend with a bouquet.

Brief outline of the course
The course uses a combination of talks, slideshows, group work, games, garden tours and practical exercises, with the choice of methods depending on the venue, the time of year and the weather conditions.

Learn how to make your own plant foods

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Russian comfrey makes a great plant food.

The course covers the following topics:
  •  Growing beautiful edible plants.
  •  Plants that feed wildlife.
  •  Making plant foods.
  •  Growing flowers for arranging and giving.
  •  Using flowers and plants to make gifts.
  •  Growing plants with healing properties.