Gaia Foundation Seed Saving Course
26 February 2022
The introduction course will run on Zoom over two Saturdays:
22 January and 26 February 2022 from 11.00 - 14.00
We want to make the training as accessible as possible to all. Tickets are available on a sliding scale £30 full price, £15 half subsidised, and free for those with little to no income. Please select the payment option that suits your situation best. Please take note that there are 10 of each ticket type available and they will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis.
The introduction course will be a gateway to our year long Intermediate seed saving course.
This introduction course will cover:
- Introduction to plant taxonomy
- History of seed saving in the UK
- Pollination
- Isolation distances and techniques
- Fitting seed saving into your rotation
- Case studies of two crops
- Seed sorting, cleaning, and packaging
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- Thursday 25 April
- 19:00 Welcome to the Zero Waste Food Challenge: Workshop 1 - Planning!
- Saturday 27 April
- 10:00 North Kessock Community market
- Tuesday 30 April
- 19:00 Talk - The Birds and the Bees of Lily Loch
- Wednesday 1 May
- 19:30 TBI Admin (Trustees) meeting 7.30
- Saturday 4 May
- 13:00 Black Isle Repair Cafe at Muir of Ord
- Thursday 9 May
- 18:00 Join in with the Zero Waste Food Challenge: Workshop 2 - Shopping
- Friday 10 May
- 13:00 Uunveiling of the Coronation Tree and Plaque for Ross and Cromarty
- Saturday 11 May
- NA Cromarty Community Market
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