Growing your own organic veggies can be very satisfying, good for the environment and your health as well as cost saving on your growing food bill.

The first step is to want to grow organically, but where do you start? This workshop will set you up to start your organic gardening journey so you can enjoy the benefits of growing some of your own fresh and healthy and nutritious food.

Topics Covered

What does growing organically mean
Designing an organic garden
Soil management and amendment
Composting and worm farms
Organic fertilizers
Integrated Pest Management and companion planting as alternatives to chemicals for managing garden pests
Introduction to crop rotation
Crops to begin with

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Please feel free to bring any surplus produce, seeds, cuttings, plants, gardening magazines etc to swap and share!

Please note that this is an event for Naarm/Melbourne gardeners only. If you live outside this area, please contact your council to find out what free sustainable gardening events are available locally.

If you have any access or support questions or requirements in order to participate fully (eg. interpreter), please let us know at least two weeks prior to the event and we will be pleased to assist you. Photos will be taken at this event, but there is an option to opt out on the day.

This My Smart Garden event is proudly presented by Maribyrnong City Council on the land of Wurundjeri and Bunurong peoples of the Kulin nation. My Smart Garden pays our respect to Elders past, present and emerging and acknowledges that First Nations peoples have cared for Country sustainably for tens of thousands of years.