Gardening workshops for beginners - August 24th

Gardening workshops for beginners with Gillian Pearce  (part 1 )

Spring and Summer Seed Sowing

Sunday 9am-11am  at Fair Harvest Permaculture. $40

These three short workshops with Gillian Pearce are designed to get your veggie garden started.you can choose to do  1 only or the 3 !

In the first workshop you will learn..

• Seed Raising Mix – good quality, explain that it can be home made, recipe offered for later in course

• Containers – trays, cells, recycled tubs, fruit punnets, loo rolls, new & reused pots

• Seeds – source, organic/heirloom, viability, use by date

• How to Sow – depth and why

• Placement – warmth, no wind, in or out, accessibility

• Care & Protection – Water and Nutrition, pests

SOW 88 CELL TRAY, CAN PURCHASE FOR $20 TO TAKE HOME

See also:

Part 2 – Oct 5th  2025

How are your Seedlings going?

Part  3 – Nov 9th  2025

Potting on or Planting out

Join up for one or get a discount bundle for all please email us at jodie@fairharvest.com.au to get discount ( email us to get the discount on the bundle)

This workshop will run with a min of 6 people and a maximum of 12 people

More about Gillian

Born near Fremantle, WA, Gillian grew up amongst the banksia woodlands of Yangebup/Spearwood, moved to Geraldton for most of her schooling, then shifted to Margaret River in 2014 with her husband and two sons for a larger dose of trees and cool weather.

Her earliest garden memory is of the vegetables and lush trees of her Great Grandparents back yard and wondering why no other gardens looked the same. After some early experiences of homegrown potatoes, parsley and 3 pet chooks, Gillian completed both a Certificate 3 in Horticulture and a Fair Harvest PDC in 2020, followed by Permaculture Teacher Training with Rosemary Morrow in 2022.

Alongside teaching at the Fair Harvest PDCs, Gillian works at Lazarus Horticulture, runs a small Permaculture Consultancy business and hosts “Garden Party” on Radio Margaret River.  She and her husband have also set up their 2017sqm Witchcliffe property to be an example of Permaculture systems and zoning, with vegetables, 2 orchards, chickens, worms, compost system and compost toilet, grey water, native plants and many future plans, including bees.