Veggie Gardening: a Beginner’s Guide

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This beginner’s guide breaks down the basic process of starting a Vegetable Garden into manageable steps – which you can totally achieve, one step at a time.

What’s inside the guide:

  • Identify your goals – get to the heart of what you want from your veggie garden.

  • Design your dream garden – create a design that is right for the land and the people who’ll use it.

  • Soil & Garden Beds – get to know your soil and build your garden beds.

  • Crop planning – make a smart plan for which crops you grow when and where.|

  • Seeding, Planting & Tending – plant seedlings or direct sow seeds, then care for your new plants as they develop.

  • Watering & structures – water wisely, and help plants to grow and climb with clever structures.

  • Nourish your garden – fertilise and care for your crops, and deal with pests, diseases and wildlife.

  • Harvest!! – the delicious part! With extra to share and preserve for a resilient future.

Wherever ‘home’ is for you, big or small, you CAN grow veggies, if you have some outside space.

So grab your free guide, and get started … we’re happy to answer your questions, too – supporting folks to learn new skills is what we do!