Dunmore country school
Address: Swan road, Durrow County Laois
City of Ireland
Phone number:
0578736578
Categories: Horticultural Consultants, Companies & Businesses

We organize horticultural courses all level in our garden in Durrow Co Laois. We have a teaching kitchen garden which is part of the laois garden trail. I give advices on how to organise your own space, I can help you make a plan and planting scheme for akeen rate. please contact me on 087 125 8002. You will find more details below on our introductory course, we have shorter courses as well. Intensive introductory horticultural course What is covered during the day Planning and design of your garden and polytunnel. Soil, composition, how to improve it. composting and how to use the compost. Calender of sowing & companion planting. Spacing vegetables. Weeds and their uses. Vegetable varieties, sowing and planting Fruit trees, fruit bushes and roses pruning explained. Tools, mulching, hoeing. Vegetable garden, kitchen garden, pleasure garden. At the end of the course you will have the skill and knowledge to create your own kitchen garden.I will give you a hand out . This course is a must if you want to understand in just one day the essence of traditional gardening. You will be well equipped to follow the seasonal courses. The cost of this course is 100 euro per person. It is a full day course. It starts at 9h30 and finishes at 16h30. Small groups up to 7 You will get tea/coffee on arrival, tea break around 11am and lunch at 1pm. At the end of the course you will be equipped to start your own garden and a full range of follow up courses will be available to you.