This package will take you through the whole season from start to end. You will learn how to design and plan your garden so that it is inviting and productive all year round.
We also offer smaller size packages that address some of the common questions that gardeners have. Each package starts with a phone or virtual consultation followed by a site visit to our teaching garden or to your garden. At the end of each season recommendations and next steps are provided
- Garden design and planning: Create a garden that is inviting and productive all season long
- Garden management: seeding, transplanting, weed management, harvest techniques
- Improving your soil and learning how to compost
- Learning how to extend your season
- Adopting Regenerative practises to your garden
Call 519-217-8549 or email ambraighfarm@rogers.com to register.
This package will allow you to work with a successful market gardener to design, plan, plant, maintain a productive season long garden. The one on one sessions begin creating a design and garden plan that will be easy to maintain and be able to provide food for the whole season. Drawing on years of commercial market gardening you will learn how to implement those practises in your garden to grow nutritious vegetables organically. You will also be introduced to the methods of extending your garden season into the early spring and late fall as well as developing regenerative farming practises to improve your soil. Spread out over the season, this 20 hour package will provide a mix of theoretical and hands-on learning.
Cost: $1800
Call 519-217-8549 or email ambraighfarm@rogers.com to register.
Package One: Garden Design and Planting
The success of your garden starts here. Using backward design we establish what you want out of your garden and work backwards on the plan to achieve it. Overcrowding and planting your garden all at once is the most common mistake of home gardeners. In this package you will learn how to sequence your planting so that you will have a continuous harvest and not be overwhelmed with too much food at once.
Cost: $250
Call 519-217-8549 or email ambraighfarm@rogers.com to register.
Package Two: Garden Management
Taking care of a garden needs to be enjoyable. From planting your garden, taking care of your new plants, weeding and harvesting, this package introduces you to the techniques and skills that are practised by market gardeners. This package takes place here at the Am Braigh teaching garden.
Cost: $250
Call 519-217-8549 or email ambraighfarm@rogers.com to register.
Package Three: Improving your soil and making compost
The key to having a productive garden is totally determined by your soil. A rich soil produces healthy plants that are less prone to insects and disease. This package will teach how to analyse your soil to understand its strengths and limitations. Making compost that you can add to your garden is the key to improving your soil. However, for many people how we make compost is a mystery. This course will break down the ins and out of how to compost and introduce you to the different types of composters.
Cost: $250
Call 519-217-8549 or email ambraighfarm@rogers.com to register.
Package Four: Extending your season
In Canada we often think that the garden season is short running from Victoria Day weekend until after Labour Day. In this package you will learn that it is possible to extend your season so that you will have vegetables available in May all the way to mid-November.
Cost: $200
Call 519-217-8549 or email ambraighfarm@rogers.com to register.
Package Five: Implementing Regenerative Agriculture practises in your garden
Regenerative agriculture is a practice that builds the carbon level in your soil. By doing so you will improve the ability for your plants to draw nutrients from the soil and create a soil that holds moisture better during times of drought and does not wash away in severe weather events. After adopting these practises you will see a noticeable improvement in your yields.
Cost: $250
Call 519-217-8549 or email ambraighfarm@rogers.com to register.
