Poppy Okotcha

Poppy Okotcha trained with the Royal Horticultural Society and learned forest gardening from Martin Crawford in one of England's oldest food forests, before qualifying as a Permaculture Designer. Now growing in Devon, she's an ambassador for WWF and Nature is a Human Right, has appeared on Gardeners' World, presented Channel 4's Great Garden Revolution and writes for LivingEtc.

Ecological food grower and garden writer, passionate about a wilder approach to the way we garden.

Course

A Seasonal Guide to Wild Gardening

In her first-ever course, horticulturist and forager Poppy Okotcha will show you how to draw inspiration from the wild to create an environmentally sympathetic and sustainable garden. Through in-depth, practical online lessons you will learn how to work in harmony with nature, receiving expert guidance on how a low intervention and mindful approach to gardening can make for healthier soil, fewer pests and less time weeding. You will also learn to forage, prepare and preserve wild and homegrown produce - including making apple cider vinegar, camomile infusions and brewing nettle beer.

30 Lessons

Included with membership

Lesson plan — 30 lessons

01 Introduction

01 Meet Poppy

02 Autumn

02 Autumn in Poppy’s garden
03 Taking inspiration from the wild
04 The golden rules of foraging
05 Making the most of apples
06 How to make apple cider vinegar
07 What is soil?
08 How to create healthy soil
09 Why compost?
10 Bokashi fermentation

03 Winter

11 Designing and planning your garden
12 Planning your vegetable patch
13 Bare root perennials
14 Seed saving
15 Creating a worm bath
16 Putting the garden to bed in an ecological way

04 Spring

17 Springtime in Poppy’s garden
18 Water harvesting
19 Creating ponds to encourage wildlife
20 When to sow seeds
21 How to sow seeds

05 Summer

22 Summertime in Poppy’s garden
23 How to succession sow
24 Creating a no-dig bed
25 Planting your no-dig bed
26 Growing strawberries
27 Pest and disease management
28 Caring for your plants
29 Reframing weeds
30 How to make nettle beer

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