No Dig Organic Gardening Master Class with Charles Dowding

Sat 6th June 2021 2-5 pm
Homeacres, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4 6PZ

Online booking coming soon!

Charles Dowding needs no introduction; an early pioneer of No Dig organic gardening, he is now the UK’s foremost and most famous exponent, with over 43K followers on Facebook, 250K followers on Instagram, 401K followers on YouTube and 10 excellent books. His courses are hugely popular and sell out quickly.

We feel very lucky that Charles has managed to find us an afternoon to visit his garden and give us an intensive master class in No Dig and Kitchen Gardening, including creating No-Dig beds, composting and comparative trials.

There will an opportunity to buy his books, too.  Lunch is not included but Charles has kindly said we can picnic in his garden beforehand.

Cost: £60 per person

Programme for the day
1-2 pm arrive and have a picnic in the garden if wanted
2-5 No-Dig master class to include: 
– How to create a No-dig garden from scratch
– Comparative trials of dig and No-Dig
– Successful compost making from start to finish
– Successful No-Dig vegetables
– A tour of the polytunnel and greenhouse
– No Dig Fruit trees, asparagus  and raspberries 

Directions: Click here for full directions to Home Acres
Parking: Is limited at the venue itself to 12 cars max. Please consider car – sharing or coming by public transport. The nearest train station is Castle Cary station a 15 min walk from the venue.

Why not make a weekend of it and explore the delights of Castle Carey. Shepton Mallet and beyond – there are plenty of wonderful gardens to visit including Kilver Court, The Newt and more. Click here for more details

Our grateful thanks to Charles Dowding for enabling us to offer this event at a very special discount for our members & friends.