Small-Scale Sustainable Market Gardening – Perth

Book event

Getting started in horticulture – an introduction to small-scale sustainable market gardening.

Since 2015, Tomnah’a Market Garden has been growing fresh flowers, fruit, vegetables, and herbs on a 5-acre site at Comrie Croft in rural Perthshire. Sam and the team aim to create a beautiful and abundant garden that can inspire creativity, provide sustainable produce for the local community, and connect people to the land.

At this event, the team at Tomnah’a Market Garden will provide a superb insight into sustainable market gardening, covering soil health, tools, equipment, and propagation for small scale horticulture, an introduction to flower growing and floristry, along with a beautiful farm to fork lunch with Tomnaha veggies and bread from local bakery.

This event is one not to be missed, so early sign-up is recommended.

Booking is essential.

More background information can be found here: Tomnah’a Market Garden.

 

Agenda for Monday 8th September, 10:30am – 3pm:

 

  • 10:30am – 11am: Tea/coffee, housekeeping, business introductions, meeting aims.

 

  • 11am – 11:45am: Soil health principles, composting & fertility management, establishing new growing spaces, crop planning and successful sowings.

 

  • 11:45am – 12:15pm: Full site tour with focus on overwintering crops in polytunnels, integrating perennial plantings & wildlife areas.

 

  • 12:15pm – 1pm: Looking at tools, equipment & propagation for small scale horticulture such as caterpillar tunnels, low tunnels, 2 wheeled tractor, quad bike, push seeder, flame weeder, hand tools & irrigation kit.

 

  • 1pm – 1:45pm: Vegan farm to fork lunch with Tomnaha veggies & bread from local bakery.

 

  • 1:45pm – 2:30pm: Intro to flower growing & floristry. Choosing what to grow & establishing a market, exploring the range of annual & perennial plants, methods for growing & harvesting, floristry basics.

 

  • 2:30pm – 3pm: Questions & discussion. Additional resources, networks & collaboration, what does a better & fairer food system look like?

 

Please use the above map for an exact meeting location. Alternatively, use the following What3Words location: Comrie Croft.

 

Related FAS Material:

https://www.fas.scot/organics/