Grow Grow Grow Your Own Workshops

The Grow Grow Grow Your Own workshops commenced in 2014 and have continued each year since then, with the support of the City of Unley. These events educate and inspire home gardeners in the Unley area and beyond to grow more of their food at home.

To find out about future workshops, please check our Facebook events.

DATE	TOPIC	PRESENTERS
7/11/2021	Raised garden beds	Karen Montgomery
8/08/2021	Weeds	Jenny Deans
27/06/2021	Tree canopy and choosing exotic or native trees	Jeremy Miller
23/05/2021	Native food plants	Leanne Williams and Jenny Deans
28/03/2021	Growing for gut health	Grace
20/09/2020	Wicking beds and vertical gardens	Karen Montgomery
9/08/2020	Backyard diversity	Jenny Deans
28/06/2020	Cooler, greener, more liveable cities	Sophie Thomson
17/05/2020	Mediterranean gardens	Chris Bryant & John Boland
16/02/2020	Backyard bounty	Jenny Deans
10/11/2019	Preparing for a hot, dry summer	Kate Hubmayer
22/09/2019	Maximise your harvest	Grace
11/08/2019	Everything about fruit trees	Steven Hoepfner
30/06/2019	Wild vegetable fermentation	Grace
19/04/2019	Living with trees	Kat Ryan, City of Unley & Peter Croft
7/04/2019	Gardening in small spaces	Anne Wilson and Pat Wundersitz
1/02/2019	Summer pruning	Steven Hoepfner
18/11/2018	Preparing your garden for a long hot summer	Anne Wilson, Pat Wundersitz, Ashley Campbell
30/09/2018	An experimental edible garden	Pauline Muir
19/08/2018	Australian native foods & revegetation	John Boland, Chris Bryant
08/07/2018	Water saving	Melissa Bradley
27/05/2018	Everything starts with your soil	Dr Uwe Stroeher
08/04/2018	Urban foraging: local plants & fungi	Kate Grigg
18/02/2018	Summer pruning of fruit & nut trees	Steven Hoepfner
25/11/2017	Grafting fruit trees	Sally Osterstock
12/11/2017	Preserving your excess crop: bottling, drying, pickling, making jam	Lee Lelliott (Country Women’s Association), Pat Wundersitz
07/10/2017	Pest management & beneficial insects	Harry Harrison
20/08/2017	Urban foraging	Kate Grigg
08/07/2017	Pruning fruit & nut trees	Steven Hoepfner
28/05/2017	Raised garden beds	Nolda Beynon, Ashley Campbell, Peter Croft
22/04/2017	Sustainable House, Sustainable Garden	John Boland, Chris Bryant
05/03/2017	Growing from seed	Pauline Muir, Anne Wilson
29/10/2016	Water-wise gardening	Harry Harrison
11/09/2016	Composting, worms and Bokashi bins	Alan Shepard, Monica O’Wheel
14/08/2016	Gardening on the balcony and in the courtyard	Nolda Beynon, Anne Wharton, Anne Wilson
31/07/2016	Fruit and nut trees: pruning, planting, growing and harvesting	Steven Hoepfner
12/06/2016	Designing your garden: the productive garden as an ecosystem	Nadja Osterstock
01/05/2016	Getting the soil right	Anne Wilson, Pat Wundersitz, Anne Wharton, Pauline Muir
06/03/2016	Your summer garden: what worked and what didn’t
26/09/2015	Growing in containers of any kind	Anne Wilson, Pat Wundersitz
20/08/2015	Seed germination and minigreens	Vivian Curro, Pauline Muir
25/07/2015	Pest control in vegetable gardens	Ashley Campbell, Pat Wundersitz, Vince Curro
13/06/2015	Pruning fruit trees #2	Steven Hoepfner
31/05/2015	Pruning fruit trees #1	Steven Hoepfner
16/05/2015	The kitchen garden	Andrew Skinner
21/03/2015	Loving your soil	Sophie Thomson
22/11/2014	Growing bush foods	Steven Hoepfner
11/11/2014	Perennial vegetables	Pauline Muir
06/09/2014	Seed-raising #2	Anne Wilson
09/08/2014	Seed-raising #1	Vivian Curro, Pat Wundersitz
05/07/2014	Pruning fruit and nut trees #2	Steven Hoepfner
21/06/2014	Pruning fruit and nut trees #1	Steven Hoepfner
12/04/2014	Gardening at another level: growing in raised garden beds, vertical gardens, pots; wicking beds	Anne Wilson, Vince Curro, Anne Wharton, Ashley Campbell, Dinali Devasagayam
22/02/2014	Organic pest control	Anne Wilson