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Spring: Setting a Solid Foundation - 15th November

A$400.00

Laying the Groundwork for a Thriving Season

This workshop is designed for home gardeners ready to elevate their skills with proven techniques drawn from years of hands-on market gardening experience. We’ll cover the critical early-season tasks that underpin a productive year: precision seed starting for strong transplants, soil preparation methods that build fertility and structure, and crop selection tailored to your site, goals, and climate. You’ll learn how to identify early signs of pest and disease pressure —and how to prevent them with proactive, low-intervention strategies. We’ll also dive into succession planning, spacing, and layout for a steady, reliable harvest across the season.

This is a course for all levels and will give you tangible skills.

Date: 15th November 2025
Time: 9:00am – 4:00pm
Location: Five Tales Farm, Piedmont, Victoria

Laying the Groundwork for a Thriving Season

This workshop is designed for home gardeners ready to elevate their skills with proven techniques drawn from years of hands-on market gardening experience. We’ll cover the critical early-season tasks that underpin a productive year: precision seed starting for strong transplants, soil preparation methods that build fertility and structure, and crop selection tailored to your site, goals, and climate. You’ll learn how to identify early signs of pest and disease pressure —and how to prevent them with proactive, low-intervention strategies. We’ll also dive into succession planning, spacing, and layout for a steady, reliable harvest across the season.

This is a course for all levels and will give you tangible skills.

Date: 15th November 2025
Time: 9:00am – 4:00pm
Location: Five Tales Farm, Piedmont, Victoria

Workshop Focus 

  • Techniques for successful seed starting
    (timing, conditions, media, and care)

  • Soil preparation that improves long-term structure, fertility, and drainage

  • Crop selection strategies suited to your space, goals, and climate zone

  • Pest and disease prevention using biological, observational, and cultural methods

  • Succession planting and layout for staggered, consistent harvests

  • Integrating resilience: watering systems and early-season weed management

You’ll Leave With

  • A clear, actionable spring planting plan

  • The confidence to grow strong seedlings at home without expensive gear

  • A deeper understanding of how to build healthy soil for the long term

  • Simple but powerful pest and disease management techniques

  • Market grower insights to make your garden more productive and less reactive

  • A full belly from morning tea and lunch

  • Ready to plant seedlings to kick off your garden 

Workshop Schedule

9:00-9:30 - Coffee and hello

9:30-10:15 -  Introduction and farm walk

10:15:11:30 - Setting up for the season - bed prep

11:30- 12:30 - Crop selection for the home garden - seeding, planting spacing and techniques

12:30 - 13:30 - Lunch and chats

13:30-14:30 - Planning the next steps in the garden (game plan!)

14:30-16:00 - Nursery work - making your own seedlings