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Growing your own Herbs and Teas
Description
Starting the "Carbon In Your Garden" series, we discover "Growing your Own Herbs and Teas". Herbs, often lush green and wrapped in plastic, are among the most energy-intensive foods available due to the transportation requirements needed to have them arrive fresh and undamaged onto store shelves. A process that results in significant carbon emissions. However, with a small patch of earth or even a large pot, you can grow your own herbs, significantly reducing your carbon footprint.
In this one-hour Master Class session, delivered by Donna Livermore, will explore the intricacies of growing herbs and give you the knowledge to feel confident to start (or continue) to grow your own herbs at home. We will discuss:
- why we should all have at least a few herbs growing in our gardens, balconies or windowsills.
- how to select the right herbs for your climate, season and garden
- perennial verses annually herbs - the pros and cons.
- the easiest herbs to grow for cooking and teas
- herbs as nutritional powerhouses
- simple techniques to harvest and propagate your herbs
- herbs as companion plants
This session is one of four in a Masterclass Series "Carbon In Your Garden". Other topics include – Edible Weeds: The Most Carbon Saving Food, Bloom at Home: Why and How to Grow Your Own Cut Flowers, Importance of Native Grasses in Your Garden. Book the Series Package for discount. Friends of SGA receive a 15% discount on Master Class full price tickets. You can become a Friend of SGA here. Green Garden Professional (GGPs) receive a 30% discount.
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Sustainable Gardening Australia (SGA) is a not-for-profit non-government organiation dedicated to achieving a healthy biodiverse planet.
Its driving purpose is to:
- Encourage, educate and enable home and professional gardeners to adopt sustainable gardening practices to protect or enhance the natural environment;
- Provide information, education and undertake research about the natural environment;
- Reconnect people to the natural world through gardening; and
- Ensure an understanding of the impacts that gardening decisions about chemical and resource use have on the natural environment well beyond their neighbourhood.
Your Teacher
Donna Livermore is an experienced educator and food grower with a background in biology, permaculture, wildlife and conservation education. She is passionate about living a life of good health and food resilience by growing high quality, nutrient dense food and has many years of experience garden farming on tiny urban sites, and more recently on a larger block in Central Victoria. One of Donna’s main goals is to help people understand the connection between soil, plant, human (animal) and planetary health through growing a productive food garden. Donna is reimagining what it means to live a good life and shares this with others in her local community and more widely through her Instagram page, A Good Life in the City & Town.
Sustainable Gardening Australia has an average rating of 4.6 for their other classes.
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SGA’s Booking Conditions
- Bookings are considered final once payment is made and no refunds will be given for non-attendance.
- If there are insufficient numbers for an event it may be cancelled or postponed by SGA. If this is the case, you will be notified and given the option of either a full refund or a transfer to a different SGA event of equivalent value.
- Please arrive 10 minutes before the scheduled starting time for registration and seating