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Another season of wonderful workshops; get your hands dirty making compost and garden structures; be creative at blueprints, leaf printing, plant sketching and creative writing; learn about foraging and wild gardening. And all in the delightful surroundings of award-winning Nant-y-Bedd Garden. For Blueprints, Artfulness of Weeds, A tracery of trees and Foraging; see more details and booking by clicking the workshop title below. For all other workshops, click on the links for… Read More
Latest News: Due to the uncertainty surrounding the possible course of the COVID-19 virus and personal health issues, we are currently not intending to open in 2020, nor will any of the proposed workshops take place this year. We look forward to welcoming you to Nantybedd Garden in 2021 New for 2020 we have Jessica Tanner with two fascinating topics Artists Willow Charcoal Making £60 including all materials, delicious seasonal, organic… Read More
That’s what I seem to remember was always the answer that the likes of Percy Thrower and his ilk used to trot out on Gardeners Question Time in the old days. ….. well maybe, but it’s what you put into the soil that is what makes it so good. With that in mind Sue held the first of her Compost Making and Using courses here at Nantybedd Garden today. A dozen trusting… Read More
Practical Organic Compost Making and its use Wednesday 30th May 2018 10am – 3.30pm with Sue Mabberley at Nant-y-bedd, Fforest Coal Pit, Abergavenny, NP7 7LY Composting is a key element of organic growing. Transforming waste products from kitchen and garden into microbially active compost to enrich the soil is an immensely satisfying process. We will begin the day with an indoor session on the theory behind the process of successful compost making… Read More
We had some lovely garden visitors today who were very interested in my method of stringing up the crop of onions to store them for use over the winter – so here’s how… I’ve been using this method since coming across it in John Seymour’s book (the organic gardening guru of the 1970’s) entitled the Self-sufficient Gardener, dated 1978 – how time flies when you’re enjoying your garden. The finished strings look… Read More
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