Answers before you start growing

Three things, in order: soil and compost, sowing and planting, and seasonal growing. Together they take you through how to build healthy soil, get seeds and seedlings away, and keep a vegetable garden producing across the seasons.

Anyone growing food at home, from a first vegetable bed to an established plot you want to improve. The courses start with the basics of soil and sowing before moving into the seasonal work.

In our own no-dig market garden in Christchurch, filmed through every season of a South Island year, so you see the real jobs as they happen outdoors, not a studio demonstration.

No. The soil and compost lessons cover building good growing conditions from scratch, so you can apply what you learn to a new bed or an existing one.

Browse the current courses at /courses and choose the one that matches where you're at. Each course page has the details you need to get started.

Yes. The courses are online, so you can watch and work through the lessons any time that suits you.

No. The garden is in Christchurch and that's where the courses are grown and filmed, but the lessons are online, so you can learn from anywhere.

Basic hand tools for your garden and somewhere to grow, whether that's a bed, a container or a plot. Each course talks you through what's needed for the jobs it covers.