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The Craft of Beekeeping: A Complete Introduction to Beekeeping

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Beehive

Beehive

Gain the confidence, practical experience and skills needed to successfully start beekeeping.

Date: Saturday June 15th, 2013
Time: 11am – 4pm
With: Peadar Lynch.
Cost: €75. (10% discount available for members of Dublin Community Growers and Cultivate)

This practical, hands-on workshop will demonstrate basic beekeeping techniques and show you how to successfully manage your bee colony through the seasons.

  • * Getting started, honey bee basics.
  • * What equipment do you need?
  • * Exploring the hive.
  • * Handling and managing bees.
  • * The beekeeping calendar.
  • * Gardening for bees.

Teas and coffees available, please bring your own lunch!

 

Homeopathy for the Garden. Workshop – Sat 11th May ’13

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Homeopathy for the Garden. Workshop in Donnybrook, Dublin 4.
Saturday 11th May ’13 10.30am to 3pm – €45 fee. (€20 unwaged)

Meadow GrassesWould you like a pest-free garden full of robust, productive plants?
Would you like to achieve this affordably, sustainably and without toxicity?

Come to a practical workshop exploring the theory and practice of Homeopathy for the Garden with Mark O’Sullivan, homeopath at the Heritage Community Garden. Learn how to use the remedies that here in the garden we’ve used successfully against slugs, sawfly and aphids.

Learn how to select, prepare and apply appropriate Homeoapthic remedies that:

  • repel slugs, beetles, larvae and other pests in a safe, effective, non-toxic manner.
  • – heal fungal and bacterial diseases
  • – balance nutrient excesses & deficiencies
  • – restore damaged or traumatised plants and soils

Mark has been applying Homeopathy for gardens since 2007 and teaches this across the country, including at Seedsavers, The Organic College, the Organic Centre and Sonairte. When not treating people at Appletree, Ranelagh, Mark studies organic gardening at the Heritage Community Garden and qualified as a Permaculture designer with Rob Hopkins in 2004.

Here at the Heritage Community Garden, we’ve used Homeopathic remedies to rid our gooseberry bushes, that were almost destroyed, of a sawfly infestation. Our 200yr old apple and pear trees, that were brutally pruned and badly mistreated have been reviatalised by the application of remedies and our bean shoots were saved from the slugs by the remedy Helix Tosta.

To book, contact Mark O’Sullivan on 087 2380720 or mark@homeopath.ie

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Introduction to Permaculture & Creative Food Gardening

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Introduction to Permaculture & Creative Food Gardening – 1-Day Workshop

Permaculture introduction course

Where: Donnybrook Heritage Community Garden
Date and Time: Sat 27th April 10-5.30pm
Cost: €50/€35 unwaged
Facilitator: Helen Cantrell

Come join us for a day of fun and interactive hands-on learning!

You will learn about:

  • What is Permaculture
  • The Principles of Permaculture
  • Introduction to Food Forests
  • How Ecosystems Work
  • Creating Sustainable Bed Systems
  • Soil Care and Composting
  • Sowing Seeds and Raising Seedlings
  • Making DIY Greenhouses
  • Creating a Mini Polytunnel
  • Making Compost Tea
  • Making Natural Pest Controls
  • Lots of Interactive Games!

To find out more and to reserve your place

Email: Helcan2@hotmail.com or Phone 0876997958

Beginner’s Organic Horticulture Course – 10 weeks from 17th April

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Kevin discusses weeds & weed control

Kevin discusses weeds & weed control

10 weeks – Wednesdays 17th April to 19th June ’13 – 10am to 11.30am

at the Heritage Community Garden, Bloomfield Avenue, Dublin 4

€150 for entire course (€120 early bird price booked before March 31st)

  • Grow your own food from seed to plate
  • Learn how to establish and maintain a productive and beautiful organic
  • garden
  • Hands on experience in the garden while learning
  • Have fun and save money by growing your own food.
10 participants maximum
Planting in rows

Planting in rows

COURSE WILL COVER:

  • Planning your Garden
  • Seed propagation, Indoor & Outdoor
  • Propagation of cuttings and divisions
  • Potting up, transplanting & planting
  • Planting in containers & window boxes
  • Pest and weed control
  • Composting systems and soil preparation
  • Organic fertilizers
  • Develop a Square Meter Garden and borders
  • Garden Maintenance

FACILITATORS:

Kevin Corr and Jean Burtchaell – Head Gardeners at the Heritage Garden

CONTACT:

To book or for more info please contact:
Jean on 083 1007042 or jeanclara77@gmail.com

This is an ideal opportunity to kickstart growing your own veg organically with two experienced and well qualified horticulturists in the beautiful, peaceful setting of the Heritage Community Garden. Early booking is recommended as last year’s course proved very popular.