Market Garden Design: Site Design for Food Growing Inc. Agroforestry

A one-day course at Sheepdrove Organic Farm teaching site design for food growing, including agroforestry, crop planning and sowing schedules.

This five-hour course at edge's demonstration market garden is aimed at people running or planning professional kitchen gardens, market gardens or community gardens. Around 60% of the session takes place outdoors on a tour of the market garden, with the rest spent indoors using slides, books and discussions. Topics include food systems for commercial crops such as orchard and forest garden design, livestock integration, site design for climate and landscape, drawing designs to scale, crop planning and sowing schedules. Participants should have some food growing experience and should bring lunch, sturdy footwear and weatherproof clothing.