Online courses from a Christchurch market garden
Grow your own food, season by season
Online courses in soil and compost, sowing and planting, and seasonal growing, grown and filmed in our own no-dig market garden in Christchurch.
- Soil and compost
- Sowing and planting
- Seasonal growing
Grown through every season
Filmed in our own no-dig market garden, Christchurch
Courses
Courses in soil, sowing and seasons
From soil and compost to sowing, planting and seasonal growing, our courses take you through a market garden year.
Why learn here
Learn the way a market garden grows
Everything we teach comes straight from our own ground, season after season.
A working market garden
Every lesson is grown and filmed in our own no-dig market garden, through every season of a South Island year.
Learn online, any time
Courses are online, so you can study whenever suits, from home.
Follow the seasons
Soil and compost, sowing and planting, then seasonal growing, in the order a garden actually grows.
How it works
From choosing to growing
Three steps to get started, at your own pace.
- 1
Browse the courses
Look through what's on offer at /courses and choose where to start.
- 2
Enrol online
Sign up in a few minutes, any time.
- 3
Learn at your own pace
Work through the lessons whenever suits, online any time.
About the garden
Taught from the ground up
Plot & Root Garden School is run from our own no-dig market garden in Christchurch, where every lesson is grown, tested and filmed through the seasons.
Questions
Before you enrol
Answers to what people ask before starting a course.
Do I need any gardening experience to start?
Courses cover soil and compost, sowing and planting, and seasonal growing, built for home gardeners starting out and those wanting to grow more food each season.
How do the lessons work?
Everything is taught online, filmed in our own no-dig market garden through each season, so you watch real work as it happens.
How long do I have to complete a course?
Courses are online any time, so you work through them at your own pace.
How do I pay?
Enrol online through the course page on /courses, where payment details are shown when you choose a course.
Where is Plot & Root Garden School based?
We're based at 45 Hagley Avenue, Christchurch, though all courses are taught online.
Can I contact you with questions before enrolling?
Yes, call us on 03 379 0100, any time.
Start today
Start growing your own food
Soil, compost, sowing and seasonal growing, taught online from our Christchurch market garden.