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Forest Garden Planning & Mapping 3 June
Complete Forest Garden course livestreamed free over 8 weeks
Forest Garden Lockdown Livestream
Wednesday 10th June, 10am BST
1. Introducing the Backyard Forest
Every week for 8 weeks, I’ll be live presenting a new section of my re-vamped online course, for free, on the Lockdown Livestream! This week, I’ll be kicking off with introducing the Backyard Forest: why the name change, why forest gardens are great, and an outline of the course to come.Make a note in your diary for the 8 sessions:
Introducing the Backyard Forest, Wed 10 June Why growing edible crops with nature is so important. Zoom Q&A
Plan, Wed 17 June Observations to make, wishes to list & mapping your patch. Zoom Q&A
Design, Wed 24 June How to put things in the right place. Zoom Q&A
Protection, Wed 1 July Windbreaks & other tricks to protect your precious plants. Zoom Q&A
Perennial Veg, Wed 8 July Resilient & low maintenance veg are on the menu. Zoom Q&A
Trees, Wed 15 July Plant the big trees, the canopy layer. Zoom Q&A
Ground Prep, Wed 22 July Ways to clear the ground, so as to plant your plants. Zoom Q&A
Shrubs & Ground Cover, Wed 29 July Shrubs away & keep the ground covered. Zoom Q&A
Come to whichever livestream takes your fancy. I’ll keep the livestream to 40-45 minutes, followed by a 30 minute Zoom Q&A. If there’s anything you’d like covered, email me [email protected]
Livestream
Time: 10—10.40amLivestream: twitch.com/forestgardenwalesSlides: forestgarden.wales/course/index/
Zoom Q&A
Time: 10.45—11:15amZoom password: hopniss57
Forest Garden Planning & Mapping
Re-recording of today’s Forest Garden Planning & Mapping livestream, video now on YouTube. Slides for the free mini-course are online, although the mini-course isn’t finished yet. Other notes are in a blog post. Big thank you to everyone who took part 🙏🏾💚!