{"id":4012,"date":"2022-10-30T14:26:21","date_gmt":"2022-10-30T02:26:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eketahuna.co.nz\/?p=4012"},"modified":"2023-02-07T10:15:51","modified_gmt":"2023-02-06T22:15:51","slug":"grow-your-own-food-eketahuna-starts-saturday-5th-november-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eketahuna.co.nz\/?p=4012","title":{"rendered":"Grow Your own Food Eket\u0101huna starts Saturday 5th November 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"
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40087 Growing your own food \u2013 How to plant & maintain your own edible garden<\/a><\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Designed for those who have minimal gardening experience, this four-week course will give learners the knowledge and confidence to grow nutritious, organic food at home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learners will leave the course feeling empowered and confident that they can use their newfound gardening skills to provide sustainable, low-cost, healthy food for themselves and their wh\u0101nau.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dates: 5 November \u2013 26 November 2022 (4 weeks)
Times: Saturday Afternoons, 1:00pm-3:00pm
Tutor: Emma Elliot
Venue: Eket\u0101huna Community Garden, Bengston Street, Eket\u0101huna
Cost: $20 \/ $10 (with Community Services Card)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Must Enrol by: 2 November (online) or enrol on the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ENROL NOW
Course Information for Course #40087 Growing Your Own Food: How to Plant & Maintain a Low-Cost, Organic Garden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Course Tutor(s): Emma Elliot<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Purpose of the Course:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This beginner-level course takes students through the four main tenets of successful organic home gardening:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1) planning the garden
2) preparing and caring for the soil
3) planting and cultivating the crop
4) maintaining the garden to ensure a good harvest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the end of the course, each student will not only come away with the knowledge to grow their own food, but they will also leave the course with punnets of seeds they have planted in class to take home and grow in their own gardens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other Information:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This course will run all-weather \u2013 rain or shine. If raining, learners need to dress appropriately for the weather.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Students will be provided with a course notebook for weekly review as well as receive hands-on, practical learning in the Eket\u0101huna Community Garden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Optional Materials:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please note these are not provided but may be useful to bring along:
\u2013 Gardening gloves (if you don\u2019t like getting your hands dirty)
\u2013 Gardening tools (Spade\/trowel)
\u2013 Wet weather gear
\u2013 Secateurs<\/p>\n\n\n

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