This no-cost, online workshop is part of the 2024 City of Whittlesea's Sustainable Communities Workshop Series.

Food costs are soaring! Do you want to grow your own fresh foods but worry you don't have the space or skills? In this workshop, educator Diana Cotter of Neweden will lead a presentation on growing produce at home while renting or having little outdoor space for planting. Diana has taught courses at the Centre for Adult Education (CAE), for Sustainable Gardening Australia (SGA), at Bulleen Art and Garden and for libraries and various councils. Diana is a proud member of ECLIPS (Environmentally Certified Landscape Industry Professionals).

Topics covered will include:

Choice of containers
Potting mixes and additives
Watering and Feeding
Introduction to worm farms
How to use compost
Seeds verses seedlings
Best vegetables for pots

Participants will receive extensive notes from the session.

Registration for workshop is required. A link will be sent to all registrants the day before the session.

The CoW Sustainable Communities Workshop Series aims to up-skill City of Whittlesea community members in the art of sustainable, climate-resilient living and community-building.

Participants are encouraged to attend all sessions to be entered into a prize drawing at the series' end. Every workshop participant will also receive a certificate of recognition for their participation and have the opportunity to share their learnings and creations at the celebration showcase in November 2024.

Contact sustainability.planning@whittlesea.vic.gov.au with questions or to view the full series schedule.

The City of Whittlesea Council acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and live, the Wurundjeri Willum Clan and Taungurung Peoples and we pay respect to their Elders, past, present and emerging.