Course description:
Who is this course suitable for:
• a beginning gardener
• a home gardener who loves to garden but is often disappointed in the results.
• a home gardener that wants to create a garden that is a pleasure to work in.
• a home gardener that would like to learn how to extend their season.
Who teaches the course:
• Jamie Richards, from Am Braigh Farm, who brings over 25 years of experience in running a commercial market garden year-round.
What will you be learning:
• Learn how to grow a large amount of food in a small area throughout the season.
• 7 sessions spread throughout the first half of the growing season.
• Each session consists an in-class component to develop your knowledge base.
• Hands on experiential learning where you will plan, design, plant and grow a garden applying your knowledge base.
• Each student will be given a small allotment in the teaching greenhouse garden as well as an outside plot to practice their skills.
• Seeds and tool are provided, and you will get to take home the vegetables you grow as well as a tray of transplants for your home.
Price: $550.00
Call 519 217 8549 or email ambraighfarm6@gmail.com for more information.
Course Outline:
Feedback from students:
“The classes offered in depth information on how to grow both early and late in the season which allowed our family to eat fresh veggies from mid May to mid November this year, as Jamie taught us how to use cold frames and floating row covers with both transplants and seeds. But maybe the best part was being able to work in the soil in the growing tunnels as early as March! What a gift.”
– Participant from 2024 class
“I was already buying my vegetables from Jamie and thought if I can grow veggies like these, it might be worth it. Well, I was not disappointed! Not only did we learn how to extend the growing season, but he also taught us how to grow more in less space throughout the growing season. We planted several gardens in the greenhouse starting in March using transplants and seeds, we planted more in April and eventually planted outside. We harvested continuously, keeping me out of the produce isle, from April to the end of June when the course ended. There was enough to feed our family of 5 good quality produce every night with dinner using three 4’ x 8’ garden plots. The course even included planting seeds to make our own transplants that we were able to take home and plant in our gardens which kept producing throughout the summer. It is now December, and I still have produce growing in my unheated greenhouse that will supply us with cold hardy varieties of greens, carrots, onions and beets until the end of the year. From the harvest gathered and the knowledge gained I can honestly say that the course was well worth every penny”.
– Participant from 2024 class
