Hydroponics Essentials Workshop at the Basilea Farm

Have you ever wanted to grow a kitchen garden, step up your edible greens yield or grow abundance in a small space?  With over 17 years of hydroponic growing experience, Sarah will be leading this workshop to help you turn your garden dreams into reality. 

 

At the end of this workshop, you will be able to:

• Explain the principles of hydroponics
• Identify the several different methods of hydroponics
• Apply your new skills to assemble a Green Nomad system 
  ** Option to purchase your own system and assemble on the day for the workshop price $180 (saving you $70 on the system)**
• Recognise and respond to plant nutrition requirements including the water health
• Care for your hydroponics system
• Troubleshoot problems

Date: 2nd of July 2022

Time: 10:00 am to 3:00 pm

Location: Basilea Farm - 135 Hawthorn road Burpengary QLD 4505

Cost: $220.00 per person (price includes lunch, afternoon tea, learning resources and booking fee) + optional extra: Green Nomad system $180.00

The Green Nomad Hydroponic System

In the workshop, we will learn how to assemble this nifty growing system (*option to purchase your own) that is the perfect size for rental properties, balconies, small kitchen gardens by your back door and even caravanning.  This system boasts near-effortless maintenance making it a fantastic start to your hydroponic growing.   Complete with a full grow bed in the top section, reservoir in the lower section where the solar pump recycles the water through the system making it self sufficient.  

If you chose to purchase your system for the workshop, you will leave the day with the system fully set up and ready to start growing in, including a solar pump, five herb pots and plant food.  You will be growing the moment you leave the farm gate!

About your teacher Sarah Heath

“I’m dedicated to sharing the love of herbs and the many benefits they bring to your well-being.” - Sarah Heath

Sarah's journey as a farmer began in 2002, where she worked along side her mother to grow seedlings for the local fruit and veggie stores as well as channelling her passion to care for and use culinary plants in her daily life.  In 2013, Sarah brought and relocated Basilea Living Herb Farm with the dream of building a one-of-a-kind production, spray-free, reticulated hydroponic and organic farm specialising in herbs and edible flowers.  

Now she is supplying some of Brisbane’s fine dining restaurants, cafés and bars weekly and is also focusing on Basilea’s 'Eat today, Plant tomorrow’ seedling range, designed to encourage people to grow their own kitchen gardens, reduce waste and increase their health and wellbeing. 

Building into the future, Sarah has obtained her Production Horticulture Certificate as well as her Certificate IV in Training and Assessing Education and will shortly become a qualified horticultural trainer.  This will enable her to share her years worth of knowledge and intense passion at the monthly farm open days and guided workshops.  Looking forward to seeing you then!