Summer Gardening - Understanding Shade & Heat

You often see terms like full sun, sun, part shade, and shade on plant labels, but what do they really mean for vegetable gardening? How do you know where to place your plants? And then there’s heat – a different factor entirely. 

In this one-hour online Masterclass, Teresa Day will explain the differences between light descriptions like sun and part shade, what light and warmth plants need to thrive, and how you recognise but also create suitable microclimates in your garden, regardless of its size. 

Focusing on summer vegetables, she’ll also cover the growing need for semi-permanent shade structures, providing examples of different styles and types to suit your needs, along with tips on sourcing materials and emphasizing the importance of reusing and recycling.  No summer session sould be complete without watering!!! So the session will wrap up with a quick recap of the most efficient way to water your plants and how designs of wicking beds are developing and evolving. 

This session is the first in a series called “Summer Gardening Skills”. Other topics include – Seed Saving and Storing, Hand Pollination and Fruit Tree Pruning.  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.

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.