Plant Propagation Workshop

This is where the real gardeners live - growing and propagating their own plants. Join this gardening class to learn how to propagate a diverse range of plants to use in your own garden, and learn the process for quickly growing an abundance of healthy herbs, flowers, greenery and vegetable produce. These are the practical gardening skills that generate new life.This class will give you access to modern propagation tools and equipment, a variety of stock plants to propagate from, along with ancient and effective methods of plant propagation that have been tried and tested for generations. Propagation helps to identify and select the perfect plants for your garden spaces, as you get to know which plants are sturdy and reliable.Your teacher will give you advice, recommendations and reliable methods of care and maintenance of your indoor and outdoor green friends. You will also get to take home some gifts from your successful propagation experiences.With this plant propagation workshop, you can produce plants cheaply compared to the retail nursery or supermarket prices. Secondly, plants are produced in significantly large numbers so that gardens get filled right from the start. Thirdly, you learn the transferable skills and confidence to apply the knowledge to other plants. Fourthly, the changes of the season bring different challenges and experiences, so planning for the seasonality is important. Enjoy the summer vibes. Winter is coming! And, you have the self-satisfaction of starting and nurturing plants from their very beginnings. This workshop adapts over the year to provide seasonal relevance and freshness.Bring your gardening knowledge and excess plants to class to share with the group. In the gardening world, we all learn from diverse sources and experiences.Learn the diverse methods of plant propagation:

• The fast and furious methods
• The deliberately slow and sure methods
• When to use scissors, and when to use an axe
• When water won’t drown a plant
• Why seeds are so tough and so cheap

We look at these methods: seeds, cuttings (leaf, stem, rhizome & root), and division.We cover:

• The 8 easy steps to sowing seed
• Transplanting seedlings
• The diversity of plants that will propagate in water
• The rapid division of fibrous-rooted plants
• Practical examples of plant propagation
• Nutrition, watering, care and maintenance of propagated material

Please note, this course does not contain horticultural advice on:

• What plants grow well, where
• Pest or disease identification
• Pest or disease management
• Use of chemical treatments for plants

Intended audienceThis gardening workshop is for people with or without green thumbs, with or without big enough garden spaces, or people with problem areas that need fixing up, and they don’t know where to start or how to do it. It’s for people who want to be gardeners and find out how, and who want to bypass making rookie mistakes or throwing away good money on bad products. If that’s you, whether you are renting or owning, we can find a solution for your garden spaces.

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Save $24 per guest, when you book 5+ days before a session

• Perform a range of plant propagation methods and techniques
• Propagate a wide range of plant material
• Grow plants from seeds, cuttings and divisions
• Establish and maintain new plant life, in a variety of propagating mediums
• Select and match appropriate propagation processes with compatible plants
• Apply transferable horticultural skills to other plants and gardens

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