Unusual edibles - tour & tasting
About this Event
UNUSUAL EDIBLES - TOUR & TASTING
This is an informal look around our growing spaces at Hestercombe to see what we've been up to, what we're growing and taste some of our crops.
Suitable for gardeners and growers of all abilities - the site is up a steep hill.
We will walk around with informal discussion and questions on what we're doing and why.
We will taste crops as we move around, including:
- Herbs
- Leaves
- Salads
- Edible flowers
- Edible perennials
- Jams
Our regenerative methods of growing food are centered entirely on creating climate resilience, reducing watering needs and labour, whilst protecting your crops and plants.
We build resilience in soils; quality and quantity, without the use of chemicals, as well as whole ecosystem planning, pest resilience and reducing the effects of extreme weathers.
Please note, as a small non-profit organisation, it's not sustainable to offer refunds.
If you need to cancel your place up to one month of the course, you will be offered a credit towards another workshop.
After that time, we can only offer a credit if we have been able to re-sell your place on the course.
Please wear sturdy footwear and dress for all weathers!
This workshop is delivered outside on site, and the ground is uneven. We will spend some time under cover in the polytunnel / glasshouse.
The venue is rural.
The nearest train station is Taunton.
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Testimonials:
Lovely course, thoroughly enjoyed it and would highly recommend :)
Lyndsey, Berks
I would recommend edge (formerly incredible edible) to anyone. I have never been a very confident gardener but the courses I have done have provided me with such a wealth of information and expertise that I now feel encouraged to give things a go.
Lorna, Wantage
"Very interesting and supportive. It has given me the confidence to research and try things I hadn't thought about before. Thank you Rachael"
Sarah, Berkshire
"Urban Design OBU benefited greatly from a workshop on urban food production using the UFP toolkit by Rachel Hammond of Edge landscaping. The students managed to develop a masterplan for a global city site measuring the productivity of their designs, management issues as well as understanding the social and environmental benefits of UFP. The workshops are compelling and effective for valuing UFP."
Regina L. Oxford Brookes University
About the Tutors
Rachel is a Landscape Architect & Urban Designer specialising in regenerative food production. She designs spaces for food, soil health and wildlife and biodiversity, as well as maximising harvests and reducing the work needed to achieve it.
She learnt to grow food from her Grandparents in Jersey who grew much of their own produce on their acre - including Jersey Royal Potatoes! Rachel still loves potatoes.
Growing food all her life, and commercially for the last 10 years, Rachel has worked with CSA, farms, market gardens, urban farms, community gardens and corporate businesses to increase food production and efficiency, whilst reducing labour and costs.
Rachel founded edge, a non-profit design agency, with the main aims of designing urban food production systems, growing food within whole ecosystems and educating others on food production systems and ecological farming practices.
Georgina is trained in education, wildlife gardening and pond creation, heading up our schools and education area of work.
She has a passion for edible flowers and loves adding these into all of our growing systems, as well as bog gardens, mini ponds and pollinator planting.
Georgina has been working with edge for the last 8 years and would love every school to be growing food in some way to support children learning about food and nature.
Where is it happening?
Event Location & Nearby Stays:
GBP 0.00 to GBP 107.96
