Laurence Speedy is an experienced gardener and expert on pruning. He is in charge of the orchard at the Botanical Gardens. You will get hands on experience in the summer pruning of our fruit trees.

Enjoy the noise and dust of chipping wood with our Split Fire chipper. The wood chips are an important component of our compost.

Akim and Olivia joined us a couple of months ago and are growing a selection of very edible vegetables on part of our property. Akim will lead the construction of a greenhouse for their seedlings.

Working with Olivia you will transplant seedlings using a variety of methods.

Katrina Wolff of Blue Borage Composting Solutions will lead a group in making cow pat pit. If you bring a small terracotta pot with lid then you will be able to take some CPP home for your garden.

Jennifer will lead a group to identify and remove canna lilies, agapanthas, potato vine, ivy, thistles, roses, privet, tobacco weed ...She will also show how effective an Extractigator can be in removing privet and other unwanted trees.