The estate will be closing at 3:30pm on Friday 6 November for our Fire Night celebrations

The Kitchen Garden: From Plan to Plate

20, 27 January / 9:30am

Our Kitchen Garden experts are sharing their secrets to succeeding with healthy, productive plots.

£ 175 per person.

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Have you ever walked through the Kitchen Garden at different times of the year and wondered how the beds seem so full of extraordinary varieties of produce?

It doesn't happen by accident, the Kitchen Garden Team painstakingly plan their whole year this month: sowing schedules, work plans, sequential rotation, companion planting, pest & disease measures, designs, material orders and the like. Our edible-garden experts share their plans, schedules, tips, tricks and secrets to succeeding with healthy, productive plots.

The day begins with a walk and talk through the Kitchen Gardens discussing the choice of winter crops, how to read your aspect and soil before addressing the design elements of your plot. You will then create a sowing calendar and be introduced to unusual cultivars that the team grow for the chefs. The day ends with a warming, winter lunch at the Garden Café with the gardeners.

Includes
All equipment and materials are provided.
Tea or coffee and our signature cinnamon bun on arrival.
Lunch in the Garden Café.
Sample seasonal menu

Timings
Arrive for 9.15am
Workshop starts at 9.30am
Lunch at 1.15pm
Workshop finishes at around 3pm