Practical Organic Growing: Beyond not using chemicals

Speaker: Anton Rosenfeld from Garden Organic
Date: Thursday 27 May 2021, 6pm

You can watch the webinar recording below

When asked to define what organic growing is, the most common answer is ‘growing without chemicals’. However, it is so much more than that. Organic growing is a holistic approach that considers not just the plant you are growing, but how it interacts with the soil, its direct surroundings and the wider environment as a whole.

Garden Organic has spent over 60 years researching sustainable ways to grow through citizen science and working with communities and small scale growers in a practical context. In this talk we would like to share our experiences including practical tips for:

• Sustainable soil care – the heart of organic growing

• Promoting biodiversity – how to recognise and support our army of helpers in the garden

• Avoiding chemicals – practical alternatives to meeting common growing challenges

This talk will help you gain an appreciation of the natural processes that happen in your garden, and we think that once you start to work with them rather than fighting them, not only will it benefit the environment, but you will start to enjoy gardening a lot more!

About the speaker: Anton has been with Garden Organic for 17 years. His work has ranged from projects with commercial field-scale growers to small-scale community gardens and allotments. He has worked as a grower, runs many training courses and regularly writes for Grow Your Own and Kitchen Garden magazine. He has a passion for soils, composting and growing veg from a wide range of cultures and horizons.