Learn how to garden organically with Jim Cronin - Six week course -
Over the course of six Saturday mornings you will learn all about site selection, sowing seeds, setting up a polytunnel or glasshouse, growing different vegetables, growing beneficial flowers in the garden for biodiversity, learn about no dig gardening and green manures, and find out how to deal with weeds , diseases and pests.
The course is suitable for total beginners as well as more experienced gardeners. It is a mixture of classroom and a practical outdoors learning experience.
A unique opportunity to learn from one of the most respected organic growers in Ireland.
Starting on March 11th Saturday
and continuing on the following dates: 25th Saturday, April 8th Saturday and 22nd Saturday, May 6th Saturday and 20th Saturday.
Time: 10am to 1pm. Tea/coffee and scone on arrival.
Cost: €180 per person. For bookings go to The Organic Centre website
The upcoming Organic Gardening Course is proudly supported by Clare Garden Festival. It is an information-packed course is suitable for beginners and more seasoned gardeners. Jim promises that 'going organic' is much easier and more rewarding than you might think! The classes are held in a very relaxed and informal atmosphere with questions welcomed and hands-on information and practices explained clearly.
“We need to make detailed knowledge about food production in an organic way easily available to be sustainable into the future.” says Jim Cronin, Organic Grower and tutor for over a decade. “Passing on knowledge, information and ideas is a great privilege to me, which goes beyond the act of teaching and aims to create a healthier society and focuses around attention on the increasing need to re-localise our food production in particular and our communities in general for the coming post-carbon era where food miles will be reduced to food meters.”
The best way to learn is from those that are involved every day and are able to combine the old traditions with new knowledge and methods based on sound principals – Jim does exactly that on his farm in Bridgetown, Co Clare. Originally from Ennistymon, Jim has been gardening from his early childhood. He never lost the passion and excitement of practicing and exploring Organic Gardening and is now known to many as a leading expert in organic horticulture and is a mine of information and advice on all aspects of growing organically, with a lifetime of experience and a deep love of working in cooperation with nature. Jim is also an advocate of local, sustainable agriculture and was a founding member of the thriving Killaloe Farmers Market where he sells his garden fresh produce all year round. He and Rebecca Hussey run courses that are attended by interested people from the length and breadth of the country for over a decade.
Jim Cronin Open Day Sat. March 11th
http://www.carmencronin.ie/JimCroninCourse.html
