MAKING IT EASY to LEARN ALONGSIDE US

Is there a gardener in your life who you know would love spending time with us either during an on-farm workshop or a one-to-one consultation? 

Gift them a voucher to use for any upcoming workshop or a tailored consultation at a time of their choice. 

If distance is restricting you from visiting Roebuck Farm, an online, one-on-one consultation with Jodi to strategise, will leave you equipped to take the right steps toward sustainable food production.  

Jodi will give you specific directions on decisions around your site choice, farm design regarding potential income, the right tools for your soils, how to scale up to appropriate market streams,  efficiency + compliancy,crop choice + management, ongoing resources.

Workshops at Roebuck Farm have developed international reputation as being at the forefront of sustainable + profitable market garden practice + education.

The advantage of learning new principles on-farm is that you can experience activities formed within the actual market garden production cycle.

Theory + practical components cover the necessities for developing a site, specific aspect, planning, design, implementation including bed preparation options, innovative handheld tools, crop choices, propagation, harvesting + beyond to restaurant, retail, or market.

WORKSHOPS DIG DEEP INTO

​What to look for in a site

Planning + design

Bed preparation

Irrigation systems

Compost

Glasshouse options

Propagation options

Harvesting techniques

Washroom design

Washing your produce

Post harvest systems for washing, drying, bagging + chilling greens

Washing + bunching root vegetables,

Growing micro greens

Using tarpaulins

Stale seed bedding

Innovative tools

Seeding with the Earthway, Jang + SixRow Seeder

Cloches for winter production + preventing insect damage

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