Forest Garden Course, livestreamed free over 8 weeks from Wed 10th June

I’m previewing my online forest garden free, as part of my regular Wednesday Lockdown Livestream

Thursday 4 June 2020

1. Introducing the Backyard Forest

Every week for 8 weeks, I’ll be live presenting a new section of my re-vamped online course, for free, on the Lockdown Livestream! This week, I’ll be kicking off with introducing the Backyard Forest: why the name change, why forest gardens are great, and an outline of the course to come.

Wednesday 10am BST, from Wed 10th June

Make a note in your diary for the 8 sessions:

1. Introducing the Backyard Forest, Wed 10 June
   Why growing edible crops with nature is so important. Zoom Q&A
2. Plan, Wed 17 June
   Observations to make, wishes to list & mapping your patch. Zoom Q&A
3. Design, Wed 24 June
   How to put things in the right place. Zoom Q&A
4. Protection, Wed 1 July
   Windbreaks & other tricks to protect your precious plants. Zoom Q&A
5. Perennial Veg, Wed 8 July
   Resilient & low maintenance veg are on the menu. Zoom Q&A
6. Canopy, Wed 15 July
   Plant the big trees, the canopy layer. Zoom Q&A
7. Ground Prep, Wed 22 July
   Ways to clear the ground, so as to plant your plants. Zoom Q&A
8. Shrubs & Ground Cover, Wed 29 July
   Shrubs away & keep the ground covered. Zoom Q&A

Slides: forestgarden.wales/course

Come to whichever livestream takes your fancy. I’ll keep the livestream to 40-45 minutes, followed by a 30 minute Zoom Q&A. If there’s anything you’d like covered, email me hello@forestgarden.wales

Livestream

• Time: 10—10.40am
• Livestream: twitch.com/forestgardenwales
• Slides: forestgarden.wales/course/index/

Zoom Q&A

• Time: 10.45—11:15am
• Zoom password: hopniss57

The evolution will be livestreamed. And then uploaded to YouTube at a later date.