Grow Your Own Courses 2012 at Kilmaneen Farmhouse
We will be running GYO vegetable gardening course for 3 evenings on 11th 18th and 25th April between 7pm and 9pm - 75 euro pp
Contact us now on 086 3541700 or by e-mail at info@traintogrow.ie to book your place.
Gardening Courses this Autumn 2010
Due to the big interest in our GYO courses last May/June we have put together the following 3 courses for the Autumn. Full details below.
Accommodation is avaialble for participants who wish to stay for 1 or 2 nights at Kilmaneen Farmhouse..
For those staying over on Saturday night a Make Your Own demonstration can be arranged on Sunday morning. This would include, for example, how to preserve fruit & vegetable, how to make chutneys and your own 'sun dried tomatoes'. Please book in advance.
1)The Vegetable Garden.
Course duration: Full 1-day course from 10am to 4.30pm.
Course date: 25th September, 2010
Topics covered:
Course Fee: €75 with light lunch and tea/coffee included.
Venue: Kilmaneen Farmhouse, Newcastle, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary.
All courses given by horticulturist Michael Murphy.
To book a place or for more information contact:
Kevin O'Donnell @ 052 6136231/086 3541700
2)The Ornamental Garden
Course duration: Full 1-day course from 10am to 4.30pm
Course date: 30th October, 2010
Topics covered:
Course Fee: €75 with light lunch and tea/coffee included.
Venue: Kilmaneen Farmhouse, Newcastle, Clonmel, Co. TipperaryAll courses given by horticulturist Michael Murphy.
To book a place or for more information contact:
Kevin O'Donnell @ 052 6136231/086 3541700
We will be running GYO vegetable gardening course for 3 evenings on 11th 18th and 25th April between 7pm and 9pm - 75 euro pp
Contact us now on 086 3541700 or by e-mail at info@traintogrow.ie to book your place.
Gardening Courses this Autumn 2010
Due to the big interest in our GYO courses last May/June we have put together the following 3 courses for the Autumn. Full details below.
Accommodation is avaialble for participants who wish to stay for 1 or 2 nights at Kilmaneen Farmhouse..
For those staying over on Saturday night a Make Your Own demonstration can be arranged on Sunday morning. This would include, for example, how to preserve fruit & vegetable, how to make chutneys and your own 'sun dried tomatoes'. Please book in advance.
1)The Vegetable Garden.
Course duration: Full 1-day course from 10am to 4.30pm.
Course date: 25th September, 2010
Topics covered:
- reviewing the growing season that has passed
- planning for the year ahead.
- autumn and winter vegetables
- making the most of the poly-tunnel,
- cleaning tunnels & planning winter use
- constructing raised beds
- soil preparation.
Course Fee: €75 with light lunch and tea/coffee included.
Venue: Kilmaneen Farmhouse, Newcastle, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary.
All courses given by horticulturist Michael Murphy.
To book a place or for more information contact:
Kevin O'Donnell @ 052 6136231/086 3541700
2)The Ornamental Garden
Course duration: Full 1-day course from 10am to 4.30pm
Course date: 30th October, 2010
Topics covered:
- getting your garden ready for the winter
- replacing trees and shrubs lost last winter
- seasonal pruning and maintenance work
- adding winter colour
- planning a new area
- planting bulbs.
- practical work in a mature garden.
Course Fee: €75 with light lunch and tea/coffee included.
Venue: Kilmaneen Farmhouse, Newcastle, Clonmel, Co. TipperaryAll courses given by horticulturist Michael Murphy.
To book a place or for more information contact:
Kevin O'Donnell @ 052 6136231/086 3541700
Course duration: Full 1-day course from 10am to 4.30pm
Course date: 27th November, 2010.
Topics covered:
- planning and planting a fruit garden
- maintenance of an existing fruit garden
- planting a native hedge for shelter
Course Fee: €75 with light lunch and tea/coffee included.
Venue: Kilmaneen Farmhouse, Newcastle, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary
All courses given by horticulturist Michael Murphy
To book a place or for more details contact:
Kevin O'Donnell @ 052 6136231 or 086 3541700
All courses given by horticulturist Michael Murphy
To book a place or for more details contact:
Kevin O'Donnell @ 052 6136231 or 086 3541700
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Grow Your Own - fruit, vegetables & herbs courses
Courses are currently running at Kilmaneen. These are 4 week courses, one evening per week from 7 to 9 pm.
The courses are given by horticulturalist, Michael Murphy and they cover many topics - choosing a site
- planning the garden
- ground preparation
- seed sowing
- herbs
- crop rotation
- composting
- pest & diseases
- fruit
- planting & pruning
There are also intensive 1-day courses available on Saturdays
From 10am to 5pm
€80 per person
Light lunch included
Please book you place in advance by contacting us at
E-mail: kilmaneen@eircom.net
Tel: 052 6136231
Mobile: 083 3351090
Accommodation is available in our B/B and a Make Your Own cookery demonstration will be offered on Sunday morning for those wishing to have a weekend away.
In these photos horticulturalist, Michael Murphy shows the class how to make the most of a small space by sowing seeds in this raised bed.
