Vegetable Growing for Beginners

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Always wanted to grow your own veg but not sure where to start? This beginner-friendly workshop will give you the confidence to get growing and enjoy tasty results from your garden.

Learn some simple techniques for growing your own vegetables, including suggestions for some easy crops to get you started. Susie will share her horticultural knowledge and experience as she guides you through the basic principles of sowing, growing, and harvesting, and how to keep your plants healthy. You will learn about some of the challenges you may encounter, such as plant diseases and how to avoid them, and discover top tips for growing vegetables in small spaces, pots, or borders.

There will also be a practical element to these workshops. You will have the opportunity to do some hands-on seed sowing, to equip you with the skills and confidence to start growing vegetables from seed, and you will take home your planted seeds.

Tutor: Susie Hauxwell has been working in the horticulture industry for 25 years, including 15 years on the Curatorial Team at RHS Rosemoor. She has more recently been Programme Manager for the Horticultural Apprenticeship programme at Bicton College, and is currently running her own horticultural consultancy business. Amongst her horticultural qualifications, Susie has extensive horticultural machinery tickets, the RHS General, Advanced and Practical Certificate in Horticulture and the Master of Horticulture (RHS).

Location and arrival information: The workshop will be split between the Peter Buckley Learning Centre and outside in the garden. Please allow 15 minutes to park in the main visitor car park, enter the garden and get to the Learning Centre.  

Catering: Tea/coffee and biscuits will be available in the classroom at the start of the session. You are welcome to visit the on-site catering before or after your workshop. Full details of the available outlets and what they offer are on the RHS Rosemoor Food and Drink page of the RHS website.

For this workshop, you will need:

• Your booking reference number to show to the team at the Garden Entrance. 
• A notebook and a pencil to make notes.
• A camera to take photographs to support your learning.
• Clothing suitable for being indoors and outdoors, appropriate to the weather on the day, and closed-toed shoes.

Skill Level: Beginner – I am eager to try growing, keen to learn, and to develop my experience and confidence.