GENERAL INFORMATION

This online course with nine live group sessions covers the basic principles of urban permaculture and sustainable organic farming.

It is designed to offer you the basic techniques and concepts so that you can plan and start your own garden, whether on a balcony, roof terrace, garden, patio, or even indoors on  windowsills!

If weather permits the instruction  will be outside in the garden.

You will learn about: aromatic herbs, vegetables, edible flowers; how to work with a crop plan for the four seasons; how to plant seeds and seedlings; different composting systems and general health of the land; seed collection and food preservation; and how to create balance and biodiversity in the garden.

This course is designed for northern hemisphere temperate zones, but depending on the location of the participants, more specific details can be provided for each case.

Teacher: Suzanne Oommen

Number of students: maximum 12

Language: English and some Swedish support

Summary of sessions:

1. Planning your edible urban garden

2. Review & Discuss Session: Garden designs

3. Seeds, seedlings and plants

4. Creating healthy soil and composting methods

5. Creating balance in the garden

6. Harvest, crop care & garden maintenance

___ summer break __________________________________________

7. The autumn and winter garden

8. Seed collection and food preservation

9. Review & Discuss session + herbal ointments and winter tonics

FEE: €550 / 5500 SEK FULL year COURSE: 9 sessions
(April to OCTOBER)

THE FULL YEAR COURSE INCLUDES:

• 27 hours of group class live via Google Meet  (9 sessions of 3 hours each)

• Educational material (lists, pdf manuals and web links) with all the necessary information for getting started with your garden

• Your instructor will be available to you for follow-up questions during the course and we have a whatsapp group for all online students

• Access to the online community of former students to share your gardening experiences

DATES:

• Session 1: Saturday April 11 from 10  to 13:00

• Session 2: Saturday May 2 from 10  to 13:00

• Session 3: Saturday May 23 from 10  to 13:00

• Session 4: Saturday June 6 from 10  to 13:00

• Session 5: Saturday June 27 from 10  to 13:00

  ___ summer break ____

• Session 6: Saturday September 12 from 10 to 13:00

• Session 7: Saturday September 26 from 10 to 13:00

• Session 8: Saturday October 10 from 10  to 13:00

• Session 8: Saturday October 24 from 10  to 13:00

YOUR CITYPLOT INSTRUCTOR:

Suzanne oommen

Born in India, Suzanne grew up surrounded by the intensive cultivation practiced in Kerala kitchen gardens and soaked up the interdependencies inherent in holistic, organic agriculture.

She studied art and design in Bombay, and worked in publishing in Dubai and marketing in Toronto. In Toronto she rediscovered her calling by growing vegetables in the backyard, learning about composting, and working in the farmer’s markets.

In Amsterdam, with her plentiful hands-on urban food growing experience, becoming part of Cityplot came about very naturally.

She has trained with Patrick Whitefield in permaculture and now experiments with self sufficiency in her own garden.

Now living in Sweden, Suzanne is actively involved in creating local community gardens, and provides garden consultations and a variety of online workshops.