A workshop to get your winter seedlings started off
Come and spend the day at Sharda. We'll start at 10am with seed sowing, then have a tour of the Food Forest, scattering flower seeds around each fruit tree.

Please bring a picnic lunch, and plant to wander down through the bush walk, to see the forest space at the bottom of the hill.

Tuakau school groups bring children here each week and for many it's a highlight of the week.

If we've only met on Zoom calls, then this is a great chance to meet in person and get our hands in the soil together.

I'd love to show you this special Food Forest - if you'd like to bring herbs, flowers, berries or a tree to contribute, then the Sharda Centre would be so very grateful.

Any questions? Please email me at katrina@blueborage.co.nz

How the Sharda workshops run:

You are welcome to book a room at the Sharda Centre on the Thursday evening and create your own mini retreat: bring a yummy dinner, breakfast and lunch, some artwork, a favourite book, good sturdy shoes for walking through the bush... you know best what makes a night away a special time for you.

I recommend an early morning wander around the gardens, and please know that you're welcome to explore the composting systems that are up and running already.

I'll arrive in the morning, around 9:30 and then we'll get stuck into the workshop.

What to bring:

- Please bring seed trays and any seeds you are planning to grow this season. I'll bring a selection as well, but it's a nice chance to swap seeds with other workshop participants.

- I'll teach you how to make your own seed raising mix, but if you have some you'd like to use up, then you're welcome to bring that with you.

- I'll have some extra supplies available to purchase if you want to stock up for ongoing seed sowing.

- Your ticket includes soil & seeds for three small trays - 6-12 varieties of plants, and potentially hundreds of dollars worth of food and flowers for the winter/spring months.

- Gumboots, or sturdy shoes suited to gardening on uneven slopes with blackberry and other invasive weeds.

- Wear suitable clothes for gardening. We will go ahead in light rain.

- Gardening gloves.

- Sunhat, water bottle, and please remember to put on some sunscreen in the morning.

- If you are staying overnight, then please contact the office to make your booking and pay Sharda for this separately to the gardening workshop: shardacentrenz@gmail.com. Note there are two prices for overnight stays - it's your choice whether you want to bring your own bedding or not. https://shardacentre.com/