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Course Title: In-House - 2-Day Kitchen Garden Course
This course is currently on offer only to in-house or group training.
Course Objectives:
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Linkage of kitchen to food garden design so as to create a strong linkage to the preparation of food and home grown plants.
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Becoming creative about the value of planning your own food gardens.
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Organics versus Biodiversity in the cooking sense and our understanding of being self sustaining.
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The kitchen influence in menu planning out of the garden for daily consumption and for new entertaining methods.
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Design your own planting display for presentation to the group.
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Cooking / equipment / knives – all necessary features to ensuring a successful planning exercise in complementing the desired kitchen garden theme.
Course Outline:
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Day 1
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Day 2
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Session 1 & 2
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The link between the garden and the Kitchen
Slides.
Different types of Food gardens and what can grow where.
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Practical
The different types of Herbs (mainly for culinary purposes and their taste).
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The link between Organics and Bio-Diversity.
Herb Garden Designs. Design your own (Layout only).
- Slides.
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Practical.
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Container gardening for the kitchen window sill.
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Practical.
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Session 1 & 2
- Preserving the Harvest
- The Garden influence in menu planning
- The Kitchen influence - For entertaining – linkage of house to edible features / focal points in the garden.
- Practical – Go whacky in planting design for the kitchen display.
- Practical – Design your own menu and relate the themes of the garden.
- Equipment - what do you need to create this relationship.
- The importance of balancing food and correct wine choices.
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Lunch
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Lunch
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Session 3 & 4
- Completion of herb garden - planting plan.
- Seasonal planting for growing sustainable / edible plants.
- Growing of Sprouts – done in class.
- Practical.
- Homework: Continue herb layout plan
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Session 3
- Cooking of food.
- Interactive Session.
- How to make Tussie Mussies. Make your own.
- Final wrap up of the programme.
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End of Day 1
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End of Day 2
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