Participants in the Golden Plains Shire’s Edible Gardens program will discover soil and seeds are all you need to get growing.
Led by horticulturalist Craig Castree and permaculture and backyard farming expert Tim Glenton, the workshops from Friday 28 August will help participants gain practical skills and knowledge to take their gardening to the next level.
Castree said you don’t need a vegetable patch to grow food.
“You just need somewhere that’s got a bit of soil,” he said. “That can be even a pot or container of some sort.
“I think when participants get to understand that all they need to do is find a weed, cut it off, and plant a new seed, or plant right beside the weed, pretty soon they will have a pretty full garden of things that they can now put on the plate.”
Castree said his backyard provided 85 per cent of his annual fruit and vegetable needs.
“It makes no difference whether you’re renting or you’re paying a place off,” he said.
“It’s about looking at where you live very differently.”
He said there were many benefits of having a nourishing garden.
“There’s no chemicals involved in it, and now you’re eating nutrition,” Castree said.
“The flavour is second to none. Anyone that’s ever eaten a homegrown tomato and bought one knows straight away the difference.
“The cost benefit is huge as well. Every way you look at it, there’s a win-win.”
Registrations for the series can be made at goldenplains.vic.gov.au/edible-gardens
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