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May 27, 2020 by Ronni Martin

Edible Flowers

By Ronni Martin. NSCF Education & Support Team Manager Bring colour and interest to your garden and plate by growing edible flowers. Edible flowers can create a colourful show in your front garden. Or they can be distributed through your vegetable beds or around fruit trees where their other uses in attracting beneficial insects and […]

Filed Under: Farming, Nursery Tagged With: Gardening, info, Organic Gardening, permaculture

April 22, 2020 by Ronni Martin

Homemade seed raising mix

By Michael Wardle, NSCF Adult Education Co-ordinator One of the things when having your own garden is the ability to keep it going through sowing your own seeds. While some seeds benefit from a direct sow into the garden bed, many survive and thrive when they are planted in seedling trays first. While you can […]

Filed Under: Permaculture Education Tagged With: Gardening, info, Organic Gardening, Useful Information, Worm Farm

April 14, 2020 by Ronni Martin

Growing microgreens at home

By Jody Wall, NSCF Site Co-ordinator. In recent years microgreens have moved from the fancy plates of high-end restaurants to the garages and greenhouses of gardeners around the world. These little greens have made their way into the hearts, and into the regular diets, of millions of people. They are versatile and relatively easy to […]

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April 1, 2020 by Karen Lavin

Seed Saving

By Krystelle Ellaby I always start my seed saving class outlining the many great reasons to seed save. I tell participants: Seed saving is fun. It’s a radical political act. It saves you money. You’ll have loads to sow, with plenty left over to share. Seed saving preserves genetic variety and species diversity. Over time, […]

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February 25, 2020 by Rachel Patterson

First Aid for Wildlife

At a recent Wednesday Talk at the Farm, Belinda Kau shared some tips on first aid for wildlife from her experience as a wildlife carer. These free talks for staff and volunteers are held from 1pm every Wednesday except the third Wednesdays of each month. They cover a range of practical and/or thought-provoking topics, and […]

Filed Under: Workshops Tagged With: info, Organic Gardening, Useful Information, wildlife

May 3, 2018 by Desi Achilleos

Learn How to Compost at Home

Sat 12 May 2018 • 9:00am – 12:00pm at Northey Street City Farm Free Celebrate International Compost Awareness Week at this interactive workshop. This workshop will cover the basics of composting, worm farming and the Bokashi fermentation composting system including; setting up, managing and maintaining different compost systems, how to choose the best system for […]

Filed Under: Farming, Nursery, Organic Farmers Market, Permaculture Education Tagged With: NSCF, Organic Gardening, Useful Information

August 29, 2017 by Desi Achilleos

Growing in the City Series

Get growing in your garden, mind and body with a series of 8 workshops led by Northey Street City Farm experts. Weekly topics including Living lightly (Reduce your footprint), Microgardening and companion planting, Bush Tucker, Compost in the City and much more. Book in for one session or commit to all 8 to turbo-charge your sustainability […]

Filed Under: Permaculture Education Tagged With: Organic farming, Organic Gardening, permaculture

March 29, 2017 by NSCF

Intro to Forest Gardening with Dick Copeman & Michael Wardle

Thursday 18th of May – Sunday 21st of May. This four-day advanced design workshop will present recent contributions from permaculturists practising in a range of climatic regions to the science and art of designing productive forest gardens. After reviewing relevant ecological concepts, the workshop will then focus on design processes and tools that adapt and […]

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