Gardening Courses and Workshops

Course Introduction

It is that time of year to be thinking about the forthcoming gardening year and planning what you would like to be doing. We have had the seed catalogues out and the seed potato varieties have been picked. It is also the time to be thinking about getting your garden in shape to be as bountiful as it can. A good compost is black gold for your garden and here on the Isle of Mull it is very important to replace nutrients and organic material leached away by the heavy winter rainfall.

You can never have enough good compost so we would like to share our years of experience with you to enable you to get the best from your compost heaps.

Course content

• Sourcing materials
• Making heaps in different ways
• How to stack and turn the heap
• The use of hot or cold regimes, Showing you the end result
• What you can and should not add to your compost
• Using the compost in the garden
• Make your own heaps or examples of bought ones. ie, steel, wood, plastic, old pallets

You will need to bring warm clothing, waterproofs and wellies as it might be damp but it will be muddy. We will supply rubber gloves and any tools needed.

The cost per person is £35.00 and includes light refreshment and lunch. Lunch will consist of homemade soup and bread, home baking and tea or coffee. All will be organic.

Course numbers restricted to 6 people to give everyone the chance to get their hands dirty. The compost gardening course will be run on several weekends through February giving you a choice of dates.

How to find us

From the main road Craignure – Fionnaphort travel 2 ½ miles to Lochdon. Turn left marked Gorten, travel round the crescent of cottages through a small wood and along the straight where you will see a white house up on the left hand side. Our house is signposted High Oatfield B & B and is up the drive behind the white house.

email : Click here to email us or telephone Mike or Jen on 01680 812323 for further details.