Gardening Courses and
Tours in Tilled Earth

The garden tour includes a walk through our walled garden and Victorian greenhouse, a walk through our forest garden, medicinal herb garden and orchard as well as a short composting demonstration.

Includes tea/coffee/home-grown herbal tea and a selection of freshly home-baked goods.

This June, Tilled Earth will host a Greek Supper Club cooked by Thien Laitenberger.  Thien trained at Ballymaloe Cookery School and has learned traditional Greek cooking first hand from home cooks including Ms. Gogo a well known Greek chef from Kalamata, Matina in Leonidio and Kete in Damouchari.  He has enjoyed sharing kitchens with Greek mothers and grandmothers and learning their traditional cooking ways.

The evening will begin with a guided walk through the expanding gardens in Tilled Earth, a growing project which will eventually be home to over a thousand edible plants – offering a glimpse into the ingredients and growing philosophy behind the food.

Guests will then sit down together in the dining room for a seasonal feast inspired by these traditions.  Expect vibrant sharing dishes- tzatziki, yellow split pea fava, stuffed vegetables, slow cooked briam, Greek meatballs, stuffed vine leaves, salads, warm breads – finishing with a traditional Greek orange cake.

Wine will be served throughout the evening and hopefully strangers will leave as friends.  Feel free to bring along a story or a poem to add to the evenings festivities.

This workshop is for everyone who would like to grow their own food. The course includes coffee/tea and homemade scones on arrival and a delicious home-cooked three course lunch with wine.

The workshop will be packed with practical demonstrations on:

• how to prepare the soil
• how to become a composting expert
• seed sowing and other propagation methods
• growing fruit and herbs

The classroom sessions will include:

• Crop planning
• Crop rotation
• Crop selection and what crops suit small gardens
• Organic pest and disease control
• Questions and Answers Session

The practical gardening sessions will be in our red-brick walled garden and greenhouse and in the forest garden which contains medicinal herbs and fruit bushes.

The day course includes tea or coffee and a delicious home-grown herbal tea with homemade scones on arrival and a seasonal three-course lunch prepared chef Thien Laitenberger, inspired by the garden.

The garden tour includes a walk through our walled garden and Victorian greenhouse, a woodland walk, our forest garden, medicinal herb garden and orchard as well as a composting demonstration and talk on how to make your soil fertile.
Tea/coffee/home-grown herbal tea with homemade scones on arrival, followed by a guided garden tour and gardening discussion.
The visit concludes with a light lunch.

The garden tour includes a walk through our walled garden and Victorian greenhouse, a woodland walk, our forest garden, medicinal herb garden and orchard as well as a composting demonstration and talk on how to make your soil fertile.
A home-made supper included offering the best local seasonal ingredients from the area.

10.00 am – 5.00 pm (both days)

This two-day gardening course is for everyone who would like to start their own food garden. It is very comprehensive and will give detailed information on how to start your own food garden. The course includes a welcome coffee/tea and scones on arrival and a delicious home-cooked three course lunch with wine on both days.

The workshop includes practical demonstrations on:

• how to prepare the soil
• how to become a composting expert
• seed sowing and other propagation methods
• tips of growing fruit bushes and herbs

The Classroom sessions will include:

• Crop planning
• Crop rotation
• Crop selection and what crops suit small gardens
• Tips on how to best avoid pests and diseases
• Questions and Answers Session

The practical gardening sessions will be in our red-brick walled garden and greenhouse and in the forest garden which contains medicinal herbs and fruit bushes.

The garden tour includes a walk through our walled garden and Victorian greenhouse, a woodland walk, our forest garden, medicinal herb garden and orchard as well as a composting demonstration and talk on how to make your soil fertile.

Tea/coffee/home-grown herbal tea with homemade scones on arrival, followed by a guided garden tour and gardening discussion.

The visit concludes with a light lunch.

This workshop is for everyone who plans to grow food in a polytunnel or greenhouse. In a greenhouse you can grow crops throughout the year and now it’s time to plan for the winter months.

The course includes a welcome coffee/tea and scones on arrival and a delicious home-cooked three course lunch with wine.

The workshop will be packed with practical demonstrations on:

• Side-shooting tomatoes and cucumbers
• General greenhouse/tunnel management (ventilation/watering)
• Seed sowing and other propagation methods
• Composting and soil fertility

The classroom sessions will include:

• Crop planning for greenhouse and polytunnel
• Crop rotation
• Crop selection and choice of varieties
• Tips on how to best avoid pests and diseases
• Questions and Answers Session

The day course includes tea/coffee/home-grown herbal tea with homemade scones on arrival and a seasonal three-course lunch with wine.

The garden tour includes a walk through our walled garden and Victorian greenhouse, a woodland walk, our forest garden, medicinal herb garden and orchard as well as a composting demonstration and a propagation workshop.

Tea/coffee/home-grown herbal tea with homemade scones on arrival, followed by a guided garden tour and gardening discussion.

The visit concludes with a light lunch.