Join author/gardeners Becky Searle and Sally Morgan for this ½ day workshop in which you will learn how to boost the diversity in your garden, no matter its size.
 
During this 4 hour workshop you will:
-Discover the secrets of soil as you explore the complexity of its life and how to protect your soil from harmful chemicals by gardening organically.
-Learn about diversity in planting and  how to attract pollinators and predators. You will discuss food plants, flower structure, mini habitats, life cycle stages of beneficial insects and being able to identify them. 
-Find out about the role of water in the garden to boost biodiversity (micro and full ponds), the  role of dead wood in managing water and creating a resilient garden. 
And, as an additional practical element, you will make a small minibeast habitat to take away.
 
The workshop will include a break for afternoon tea delivered to the workshop venue provided by FOLK CAFE. Menu: selection of sandwiches, sausage roll, scone with cream & folk compote, 1 cake bite, tea and filter coffee.
 
Sally Morgan is an experienced organic, no-dig gardener, who loves to experiment and trial new plants, especially edible ones. With a background in botany and ecology, she has always gardened naturally and is passionate about creating a growing space that it not just healthy and productive, but attractive to as wide a variety of plants and animals as possible. She has travelled widely, both in the UK and further afield, seeking out ideas and inspiration that can be incorporated into her own walled garden. She is particularly interested in how climate change is affecting our gardens and is exploring ways that we can make our growing spaces more climate-resilient. Sally writes regularly for gardening and smallholding magazines and is the former editor of Organic Farming magazine for the Soil Association.

Becky Searle is a freelance gardening writer and kitchen gardener. Her book Grow a New Garden is available for pre-sale and will be in stores from April 3rd. She has a regular feature in Kitchen Garden Magazine and writes for Gardeners World Magazine, Homes and Gardens Magazine and Telegraph Recommends. Her own garden has been featured in The Guardian and Modern Gardens Magazine.In 2022 and 2023, Becky was shortlisted for the Garden Media Guild’s Environmental Journalist of the Year.