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Grow your own & gardening

Growing your own plants, fruit and vegetables can be extremely satisfying, and delicious too! Here at the Virtual Village Hall, popular radio and TV gardener, Terry Walton and our other green-fingered gardening experts are here to help with advice and support. Join us for tips on organic gardening and growing, growing your own salad vegetables, growing seeds on a windowsill and bulb planting.  

Some gardening activities involve using sharp tools or equipment. Please take care to ensure that your health and safety are a priority when taking part in these sessions. 

Money saving tips for winter containers

Tutor: Rachel Moore, keen gardener and print artist

Join Rachel as she demonstrates how to pot up plant pots, containers and window boxes for winter on a budget.

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Taking soft wood cuttings

Tutor: Rachel Moore, print artist

Join Rachel as she shares hints and tips on how to save money in the garden.

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Planting summer containers

Tutor: Rachel Moore, print artist

Join Rachel as she shares some simple tips and ideas for adding colour to your patio and windowsills.

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Growing and preserving homegrown produce

Tutor: Rachel Moore, print artist

In this session, Rachel discusses growing produce for beginners and how to grow and preserve your produce.

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Micro veg

Tutor: Rachel Moore, print artist

Keen gardener and Virtual Village Hall print artist, Rachel Moore, discusses how to grow your own fast growing, healthy and flavoursome leaves.

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Grow your own salads

Tutor: Rachel Moore, print artist

Whether you’re an expert gardener or a complete novice, cut-and-come again salads are a great way to start the growing year.

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Hand printed seed packets

Tutor: Rachel Moore, print artist

Keen gardener, allotment owner, recycler and the Virtual Village Hall’s resident print artist, Rachel Moore, presents a handmade spring gift idea for the gardeners in your life.

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Sow your sweet pea seeds now!

Tutor: Rachel Moore, print artist

Rachel Moore shows us how to get ahead for a glorious summer of colour and scent by sowing sweet peas in February.

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Overwintering Geraniums

Tutor: Rachel, print artist

Rachel shows how to bring tender Pelargoniums or Geraniums inside for winter to make sure they survive the cold, wet weather.

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Forcing Bulbs for Indoor Winter Colour

Tutor: Rachel, keen gardener and print artist

Join in and bring some spring cheer over the winter months with some Paperwhite Narcissus bulbs.

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