Cut Flower Cultivation: Propagation
This course will focus on the theory and practical skills of propagating plants for flowers and foliage. We will look at the facilities needed for propagation, and do some hands-on work on vegetative propagation through taking cuttings, dividing tubers and using suckers.
You will go home with a small range of material for your own garden.
9.30 – 10.45: Propagation theory
11.15 – 12.30: Foraging for different materials for vegetative propagation
1.30 – 3.00: Taking cuttings, dividing tubers, taking suckers, etc
3.30 – 5.00: A closer look at tools: how to sharpen your knives, secateurs
This will be a practical, hands-on day: after a session in the classroom about the theory of propagation, we will be spending the rest of the day finding appropriate material for propagation, and subsequently carrying out several types of propagation activities. We finish the day with a closer look at tools, and you will have a chance to learn how to deep-clean and sharpen your knives and secateurs.
Please bring your own knives and secateurs!
The course is led by Arjen Huese, owner and grower of Wealden Flowers, a 6-acre organic cut flower farm in Sussex. Arjen is also the course leader of the Biodynamic Organic Horticulture Training at the Biodynamic Agricultural College.
For more information and enrolment, please email info@wealdenflowers.co.uk
Website: www.wealdenflowers.co.uk
Price: £85 +VAT or £65 +VAT for members of the Flowers from the Farm cooperative, Organic Growers Alliance and the Biodynamic Association. Coffee, tea and an organic, vegetarian lunch are included in the price.
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