Grown and filmed in a Christchurch market garden
Our no-dig market garden, Christchurch
Taught from the garden, not a studio
Plot & Root Garden School's courses are grown and filmed in our own no-dig market garden, through every season of a South Island year.
Why we started
One garden, every season
The courses began as notes from a working market garden: what to sow, when to feed the soil, how Christchurch's seasons shape the work.
How we teach
Lessons from the soil up
Every course is built around what actually happens in the garden, season by season.
Soil and compost
How we build no-dig beds and make the compost that feeds them, shown in our own garden.
Seasonal growing
Filmed through a full South Island year, so you see each job done at the right time.
Sowing and planting
Step-by-step sowing and planting, from seed tray to garden bed.
Online, any time
Watch from home in Christchurch or anywhere else, whenever suits you.
Start growing
See what's growing this season
Browse the courses filmed in our Christchurch market garden and start with soil, sowing or the season ahead.