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COURSE AND SEED
BOOKLET 2020
WWW.THEORGANICCENTRE.IE (071) 985 4338
SP E CI AL I ST S IN
ORGA NI C FA RM & G AR D E N SU P P L IE S
Quality Tools, Organic Seed Potatoes, Sets & Seeds,
Organic Composts, Fertilizers and more
w w w. fruithillfarm. co m | 027 50710
WELCOME
This year 2020, The Organic Centre is celebrating its
25th Anniversary and we have included events and activities
designed to give us the opportunity to thank everyone for
their support, hard work, commitment and involvement in
the centre over the years.
Without your support we would not be here, and we would like
to take this opportunity to say a huge thanks to you, for your
support – past – present and future. Hopefully you will be able to
come along to some of our events to help us celebrate 25 years
of organic work!
Because it’s a celebration, this year’s programme has lots
of new courses and exciting workshops to choose from. We
continue to pioneer organic growing, sustainable energy and
inclusion, promoting our Organic For Life ethos. Our 25th
anniversary is timely and this year in the light of Ireland’s
climate emergency, we will be working even harder to ensure
commitment to organic growing.
We hope you enjoy browsing through our catalogue which is
packed full of seeds, garden tools, and equipment, books,
workshops and events. Remember you can visit our shop at the
Centre in Rossinver, as well as shopping online. We are always
on hand to answer any questions you may have, via email, or
telephone. We wish you great success in your garden for the
this year and look forward to seeing you in ours.
Thank You!
To book or for more information visit www.theorganiccentre.ie
or give us a call on +353 (0)71 985 4338
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OPENING TIMES CONDITIONS
MONDAY - SUNDAY PRICES: may be subject to change. For mail
10.00AM - 5.00PM order cost of postage and packing will be
added at the current rate.
Last entry to the gardens at 4.00pm. VAT: all prices quoted include VAT at the
current rate.
ADMISSION PAYMENTS: We accept Bank Drafts or Postal
Orders or Cheques (please make cheques
ADULTS € 4.00 payable to ‘The Organic Centre’). We accept
CONCESSION €2.00 all payments by Debit or Credit Card, PayPal
CHILDREN FREE and online.
MEMBERS FREE
HOW TO ORDER: please use the pull-out order
form in the middle of this catalogue, shop
MEMBERSHIP online or telephone us.
Become a Member of The Organic Centre DELIVERY: we are committed to supplying
and support our work with communities goods as soon as possible. Out of stock items
and schools across the country. will be sent when they become available at no
extra postage cost. Check availability of stock
MEMBERSHIP PERKS online at www.theorganiccentre.ie
• Free admission to the centre and all
events
SERVICES
• Free advice and information on request
• 10% discount on courses and all GUIDED TOUR €10.00 p.p (2 hr)
purchases (excluding cafe) OUTREACH TALKS €100.00 per hr
CLASSROOM HIRE €120.00 per day
FAMILY MEMBERSHIP €60.00 ONE TO ONE SESSIONS €50.00 per hr
INDIVIDUAL MEMBERSHIP €40.00 WORKSHOPS €50.00 p.p
LIFE MEMBERSHIP €400.00
Licensed venue for civil marriages
HOW TO BOOK
www.theorganiccentre.ie
+353 (0)71 985 4338
Booking slip in centrefold
Following payment we will send you a confirmation email with a list of local
accommodation. Payments must be made in full and in advance to secure a place.
Your course fee does not include food. Extra cost for materials applies to some courses.
CANCELLATION & REFUNDS
For cancellations made at least 2 weeks prior to the course date you will be refunded
the full amount (minus €10.00 for administration), there will be no refunds for
cancellations after that.
You can also receive a credit note or you may transfer to a later course if places are still
available.
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COURSES & WORKSHOPS
P8 - P26
SEEDS, TOOLS & BOOKS
P28 - P56
ADVERTISERS’ DIRECTORY
P58 - P74
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COURSES, WORKSHOPS
FEBRUARY MAY
SATURDAY 15 - ORGANIC GARDENING FOR SATURDAY 2 - LOVE YOUR SOIL
EVERYONE SUNDAY 3 - SUMMER IN THE TUNNEL
SATURDAY 15 & SUNDAY 16 - WILLOW SATURDAY 9 - SOURDOUGH DAY
SCULPTURE FEDGES & DOMES SATURDAY 9 & SUNDAY 10 - DRY STONE
SUNDAY 16 - GARDEN CONSTRUCTION WALL BUILDING
SATURDAY 22 - PLAN A YEAR’S HARVEST SUNDAY 10 - WOODLAND WORKSHOP
SUNDAY 23 - GRAFTING WORKSHOP SATURDAY 16 - FORAGING FOR WILD FOOD
SATURDAY 29 - GARDENING MADE EASY SATURDAY 16 & SUNDAY 17 - ECO SHED:
CONSTRUCTION
MARCH SUNDAY 17 - NATURAL BEEKEEPING
SATURDAY 23 - WILD POLINATOR GARDENS
SUNDAY 1 - BIODIVERSITY GARDENING
SATURDAY 23 & SUNDAY 24 - SHEEP SKIN
SATURDAY 7 - GROWING FOR RESTAURANTS
TANNING
SUNDAY 8 - POTATO DAY - FREE
SUNDAY 24 - BIODIVERSITY DAY - FREE
SUNDAY 8 - SEAWEED WALK ‘N’ TALK
SATURDAY 30 - PROFITABLE POLYTUNNELS
SATURDAY 14 - SPRING IN THE TUNNEL
SUNDAY 31 - EAT WELL FOR LESS
SUNDAY 15 - PERMACULTURE
SATURDAY 21 - BEES BEAUTIFUL BEES
SATURDAY 22 - RENEWABLE ENERGY &
CLIMATE CHANGE JUNE
SUNDAY 22 - FISH SKIN TANNING
MONDAY 1 - TEDDY BEARS’ PICNIC - FREE
SATURDAY 28 - URBAN GARDENING
SATURDAY 6 - RENEWABLE ENERGY
SATURDAY 28 & SUNDAY 29 - WILLOW
SUNDAY 7 - NATURE BASED WATER & WASTE
BASKET WEAVING
WATER TREATMENT
SATURDAY 6 & SUNDAY 7 - THERAPEUTIC
APRIL HORTICULTURE
SATURDAY 4 - RATS! ITS PEST CONTROL SATURDAY 13 - BIODIVERSITY
SUNDAY 5 - ORGANIC FOR LIFE SUNDAY 14 - WOOD WORK & TURNING
THURSDAY 9 - SEAWEED WALK ‘N’ TALK SATURDAY 20 - WEEDS WEEDS EVERYWHERE!
SATURDAY 11 - MONO PRINTING WORKSHOP SUNDAY 21 - HOMEOPATHY FIRST AID
MONDAY 13 - EASTER CRAFTS - FREE SATURDAY 27 - SUSTAINABLE LIVING ON
SATURDAY 18 - SUSTAINABLE LIVING ON €6,000 PER YEAR
€6,000 PER YEAR SUNDAY 28 - EARTH HARMONY GARDENING
SUNDAY 19 - CHEESE MAKING WORKSHOP
SATURDAY 25 - SOIL SCIENCE WORKSHOP
SUNDAY 26 - SUSTAINABLE FOOD DAY - FREE
To book or for more information visit www.theorganiccentre.ie
or give us a call on +353 (0)71 985 4338
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AND EVENTS CALENDAR
JULY OCTOBER
SATURDAY 4 - WILD ABOUT HERBS SATURDAY 3 & SUNDAY 4 - WILLOW BASKET
SUNDAY 5 - THE OC’S BIRTHDAY PARTY WEAVING
SATURDAY 11 & SUNDAY 12 - DRY STONE WALL SATURDAY 3 - GROWING TREES FROM SEED
BUILDING SUNDAY 4 - WILD MUSHROOM FORAGING
SATURDAY 11 - NATURE ON OUR DOORSTEP SATURDAY 10 - CHEESE MAKING WORKSHOP
SATURDAY 18 - MINDFULNESS IN NATURE SUNDAY 11 - PLAN A YEAR’S HARVEST
SUNDAY 19 - MAKE & RECYCLE FERTILISER WEDNESDAY 14 - JAPANESE COOKING CLASS
THURSDAY 23 - SUPPER CLUB - EVENT SATURDAY 17 - HOMEOPATHIC PLANTS
SATURDAY 25 - CHEESE MAKING WORKSHOP SUNDAY 18 - WILD ABOUT HERBS
SUNDAY 26 - SUMMER GARDEN THURSDAY 22 - SUPPER CLUB - EVENT
SATURDAY 24 - REUSE, RECYCLE, REPAIR
AUGUST SUNDAY 25 - ASTRONOMY FOR BEGINNERS
SATURDAY 1 - YOGA & FOOD WORKSHOP MONDAY 26 - HALOWEEN EVENTS - FREE
SUNDAY 2 - WILD MUSHROOM FORAGING WEDNESDAY 28 - JAPANESE COOKING CLASS
SATURDAY 8 - SUSTAINABLE LIVING ON €6,000
PER YEAR NOVEMBER
SUNDAY 9 - SUMMER GROWING WORKSHOP
SUNDAY 1 - THE ART OF PALM READING
SATURDAY 15 - FAMILY FUN WITH THE RABBIT’S
SATURDAY 7 - WINTER FRUIT & PRUNING
RIOT THEATRE COMPANY
SUNDAY 8 - WOOL SPINNING
SUNDAY 16 - BUSHCRAFT FOR ALL THE FAMILY
SUNDAY 8 - SUNDAY 15 - SCIENCE WEEK
WEDNESDAY 19 - SUNDAY 23 - NATIONAL
SUNDAY 15 - SOURDOUGH DAY
HERITAGE WEEK - FREE
THURSDAY 26 - SUPPER CLUB - EVENT
THURSDAY 27 - SUPPER CLUB - EVENT
SATURDAY 28 - NO SHOP CHIRSTMAS - FREE
SATURDAY 29 - GARDEN CONSTRUCTION
SUNDAY 30 - WILD MUSHROOM FORAGING
DECEMBER
SEPTEMBER SATURDAY 5 - MONO-PRINTING XMAS CARDS
SATURDAY 5 - WINE & CIDER MAKING
SUNDAY 6 - PLAN YOUR GARDEN NOW
WEDNESDAY 9 - JAPANESE COOKING CLASS
SATURDAY 12 - COMPASSIONATE CAMPAIGNING
SUNDAY 13 - SEED SAVER WORKSHOP
SATURDAY 19 - SUSTAINABLE LIVING ON €6,000
PER YEAR
SUNDAY 20 - WILD MUSHROOM FORAGING
WEDNESDAY 23 - JAPANESE COOKING CLASS
THURSDAY 24 - SUPPER CLUB - EVENT
SATURDAY 26 - POLYTUNNEL GROWING
AUTUMN WORKSHOP
SUNDAY 27 - APPLE DAY - FREE
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Spring Courses
ORGANIC GARDENING FOR GARDEN CONSTRUCTION
EVERYONE SUNDAY 16 FEBRUARY 2020
10.00AM - 4.00PM
WITH INGRID FOLEY
SATURDAY 15 FEBRUARY 2020
GC1 €70.00
Join the Organic Centre Team to learn about
10.00AM - 4.00PM the construction of raised beds, fences,
OGB €70.00 wooden planters, bug hotels, benches, arbors
Learn how to plan and prepare your plot etc. Feel free to bring items for recycling.
considering the 5 S: Sun, soil, shelter, seeds Part of our Reuse, Recycle, Repair series of
and manure. We will help you decide what to workshops.
sow and how to grow a wide range of highly
nutritious organic vegetables. We will teach
you the basics of successful growing on any
PLAN A YEAR’S HARVEST
scale. From building soil fertility to WITH INGRID FOLEY
composting, sowing to plant care, watering SATURDAY 22 FEBRUARY 2020
and feeding to pest control. A tour of our
gardens will show how we try to put theory 10.00AM - 4.00PM
into practice. PYH1 €70.00
If you want to harvest vegetables all year
round, you need a specific and detailed sow /
WILLOW SCULPTURE FEDGES & plant / harvest / store plan and this is exactly
DOMES what Ingrid will teach you. You will learn
what space and other facilities you need.
WITH JOHNNY TONER Including a polytunnel and best of all take
SATURDAY 15 & SUNDAY 16 FEBRUARY 2020 home a monthly growing guide.
This course is NOT for total beginners.
10.00AM - 4.00PM
WSFD €140.00
Learn all about how to use our native willow GRAFTING WORKSHOP
to make a variety of low cost structures, from WITH PHIL WHEAL
a living play area for children with willow
domes to a fedge (fence/hedge) and a seating SUNDAY 23 FEBRUARY 2020
alcove and sculptures. Johnny will 10.00AM - 4.00PM
demonstrate planting techniques, weaving GWI €70.00
and show how to make supports for climbing
plants. This is a practical outdoors course. Learn how to propagate your own fruit trees
and greatly reduce the costs of creating
your own orchard or starting a nursery.
Phil will give you a hands-on experience on
techniques of grafting and budding apple,
pear, plum and cherry trees. He will show
you a variety of available rootstocks and
explain the differences. Participants will
take their own grafted trees home.
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GARDENING MADE EASY FREE EVENT
WITH KLAUS LAITENBERGER ANNUAL POTATO DAY
SATURDAY 29 FEBRUARY 2020 SUNDAY 8 MARCH 2020
12.00PM - 4.00PM
10.00AM - 4.00PM
GME €70.00 Our annual celebration of the humble spud.
Tips and tricks to make gardening easier; Free entrance and free guided tours through
how to propagate herbs, fruit and vegetables; the gardens and polytunnels. More details
how to breed new vegetable varieties - eg available online: www.theorganiccentre.ie
potatoes, etc; how to create a free soft fruit
orchard with little work. SEAWEED WALK ‘N’ TALK
WITH PRANNIE RHATIGAN
BIODIVERSITY GARDENING SUNDAY 8 MARCH 2020 (3 HOURS)
WITH KARINA DINGERKUS
SWT1 €50.00
SUNDAY 1 MARCH 2020 Seaweed expert and author of a Gourmand
10.00AM - 4.00PM Best in the World 2019 award winning
book ‘Irish Seaweed Christmas Kitchen’,Dr
BOHG €70.00
Prannie Rhatigan, will lead an educational
An introduction to the wealth of walk along the beach to identify and harvest
biodiversity of our gardens. We will look at seaweeds. She will discuss the benefits of
ways of helping our native fauna and flora seaweed in cooking, health, gardening and
in our gardens and discuss ways we can cosmetic use. Bring weatherproof clothes,
incorporate native plants in our more sturdy footwear, a bag, notebook, pen and a
formal gardens. We will also look at how sharp knife or scissors to snip small
growing fruit and vegetables can also help samples. The walk will go over rough terrain.
wildlife and how to encourage the wildlife Exact time of walks will be advised,
we need to help us garden successfully depending on tides. Bring a picnic lunch and
(e.g. earthworms, hedgehogs, frogs, we will have a seaweed treat on the beach.
beneficial insects etc). Prannie’s acclaimed 3rd edition ‘Guide to
Edible Seaweeds’ , her Irish Seaweed Kitchen
GROWING FOR RESTAURANTS book and her delicious Seaweed Blend can be
purchased at a reduced rate on the day.
WITH INGRID FOLEY
SATURDAY 7 MARCH 2020 SPRING IN THE TUNNEL
10.00AM - 4.00PM WITH KLAUS LAITENBERGER
GFR €70.00 SATURDAY 14 MARCH 2020
Most reputable restaurants now have their
10.00AM - 4.00PM
own kitchen garden, providing chefs with
the ultimate fresh produce. Participants PGSW €70.00
will learn how to plan production for the The first of our seasonal polytunnel
year, choose and grow varieties that work workshops, designed to help you organise
and are asked for by chefs, find out about and make the best use of your polytunnel
successional sowing and be informed and enable you to harvest lots of produce
about soil requirements and building soil throughout the year. Workshop will cover
fertility. The course covers the essentials of crop rotation, composting, sowing and
successful salad growing, kitchen herbs and planting, tips, pest and disease. Hands on
micro greens. experience with Klaus.
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Spring Courses
PERMACULTURE: Using nature’s FISH SKIN TANNING
“Engineering Handbook” WITH LUCY O’HAGAN
WITH PHILLIP ALLAN SUNDAY 22 MARCH 2020
SUNDAY 15 MARCH 2020 10.00AM - 4.00PM
10.00AM - 4.00PM FST €80.00
Join Lucy and explore the ancestral art of fish
PT €70.00 skin tanning. You will learn how to process a
Permaculture is an exciting, imaginative fish, removing its skin to be transformed into a
approach to turning problems into soft, durable and waterproof material. Making
economical solutions. In this workshop, we fish leather is a truly alchemical process and it
will start outside and study patterns and is very manageable to continue to deepen your
processes in nature . With these observations love of this skill at home. We will be exploring
we can copy natural patterns ,when locating vegetable tanning in this process and you will
useful component parts ,in any landscape. learn about the vast array of wildly available
The goal is to design your land/garden for high materials useful for tanning. We will also
productivity, using less and less energy and discuss and explore ancestral methods of
reducing our pollution outputs. fishing as well as ways to transform your
tanned skin into something you can carry
around with you for years to come. Respect
BEES BEAUTIFUL BEES for the animal and the gift of its skin to keep
WITH MARY HYLAND & MARY MCNUTT us warm will be practised throughout this
process. Fish skin tanning is very accessible
SATURDAY 21 MARCH 2020 to people of many different abilities.
10.00AM - 4.00PM
BBB €70.00 WILLOW BASKET WEAVING
A short introductory course about bees,
bee-keeping and whats involved. MASTERCLASS
WITH TOM O’BRIEN
SATURDAY 28 & SUNDAY 29 MARCH 2020
RENEWABLE ENERGY &
10.00AM - 4.00PM
CLIMATE CHANGE WBW1 €140.00
WITH EDDIE MITCHELL You will make your own basket to take
SUNDAY 22 MARCH 2020 home! Tom will teach you how to master
the technique and weave your first basket
10.00AM - 4.00PM
for breads, shopping or general use, with
RECC €70.00 or without handles. Participants will also
In the course we will look at various forms of receive an instructional DVD!
renewable energy which can be applied on
a small scale - wind energy, hydro energy,
solar heating, solar electricity, wood fuel -
and evaluate their pros and cons. Different
systems will be introduced and discussed
& guidelines for appropriate systems given.
Outside demonstrations will be included,
weather permitting.
10URBAN GARDENING ORGANIC FOR LIFE
WITH INGRID FOLEY WITH STEPHEN CAMPBELL
SATURDAY 28 MARCH 2020 SUNDAY 5 APRIL 2020
10.00AM - 4.00PM 10.00AM - 4.00PM
UG €70.00 OFL €70.00
Urban gardening has very much come to the With raising concern for the enviroment,
fore and Ingrid will teach you how to utilise what role does chooosing Organic
even the smallest space to produce salads, products play. What are the benefits to
herbs, potatoes, tomatoes, cucumbers, choosing Organic products and how do these
peppers, carrots and more. differ to conventional alternatives? And on
a wider scale, what is the role of organics
in helping biodiversity and the climate. This
RATS! ITS PEST CONTROL course will look to answer these questions
and offer practical insights to how
WITH INGRID FOLEY
The Organic Centre works to improve food
SATURDAY 4 APRIL 2020 quality, food sovereignty and the enviroment.
10.00AM - 4.00PM
PC €70.00
SEAWEED WALK ‘N’ TALK
Your health starts in the garden and
Ingrid will show you how to avoid toxic and WITH PRANNIE RHATIGAN
dangerous chemicals. Learn how to deal THURSDAY 9 APRIL 2020 (3 HOURS)
with problems from slugs to wire worms,
from blight to other fungal diseases. Get SWT2 €50.00
advice and help on how to prevent problems. Seaweed expert and author of a Gourmand
All other mechanical and biological controls Best in the World 2019 award winning
will be explored and various antifungal and book ‘Irish Seaweed Christmas Kitchen’,Dr
antibacterial teas, brews and sprays will Prannie Rhatigan, will lead an educational
be introduced. The course we believe all walk along the beach to identify and harvest
gardeners need to do, but often shy away seaweeds. She will discuss the benefits of
from! seaweed in cooking, health, gardening and
cosmetic use. Bring weatherproof clothes,
sturdy footwear, a bag, notebook, pen and a
sharp knife or scissors to snip small
samples. The walk will go over rough terrain.
Exact time of walks will be advised,
depending on tides. Bring a picnic lunch and
we will have a seaweed treat on the beach.
Prannie’s acclaimed 3rd edition ‘Guide to
Edible Seaweeds’ , her Irish Seaweed Kitchen
book and her delicious Seaweed Blend can be
purchased at a reduced rate on the day.
To book or for more information visit www.theorganiccentre.ie
or give us a call on +353 (0)71 985 4338
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MONO-PRINTING WORKSHOP SOIL SCIENCE WORKSHOP
WITH LIZ BYRNE WITH DR AGA PIWOWARCZYK
SATURDAY 11 APRIL 2020 SATURDAY 25 APRIL 2020
10.00AM - 4.00PM 10.00AM - 4.00PM
MPTW €70.00 SSW €70.00
(Bring your own tote or t-shirt) Simple screen This class is primarily designed for
print stencil print onto a cotton tote. environmental NGO members, local
We will design and cut out simple stencils to community groups, farmers or anyone who
apply to silk screen, then hand print in two would like to understand the interactions
colours onto bags. between soils and a wider environment,
particularly surface and groundwater bodies.
Some of the topics covered during the class
SUSTAINABLE LIVING ON €6,000 are leaching, runoff and transport of
pesticides and other contaminants, soil
PER YEAR compaction, soil hydrology, decision support
system tools.
WITH BRIGIT & RON BEEMSTER
SATURDAY 18 APRIL 2020
10.00AM - 4.00PM FREE EVENT
HTL1 €70.00 SUSTAINABLE FOOD DAY
Brigit and Ron, who live on €6000 a year, will SUNDAY 26 APRIL 2020
help you find creative and practical solutions 12.00PM - 4.00PM
that enable you to have a healthy, stress-free
lifestyle for very little money, while causing
as little pollution as possible. The course will LOVE YOUR SOIL
consist of 2 parts: an interactive presentation WITH INGRID FOLEY
in the morning followed by a visit to their
house (45min drive) in the afternoon to SATURDAY 2 MAY 2020
see the concepts in practice. It will cover 10.00AM - 4.00PM
everything from the way they built their SOIL €70.00
eco-house, to food, water supply, fuel, waste
& recycling. Having an intimate understanding of your soil
and how it behaves is vital to growing healthy
crops of fruit and vegetables. We will tap into
a little bit of science exploring soil texture,
CHEESE MAKING WORKSHOP soil structure, soil pH, soil biology and soil
WITH SILKE CROPP fertility management. Ingrid will explain
the benefits of the four vital soil improvers:
SUNDAY 19 APRIL 2020 Farmyard manure, compost, seaweed and
10.00AM - 4.00PM green manures. Bring soil samples and
CMW1 €120.00 learn how to assess your soil texture, soil
Make your own cheese with Silke Cropp. type & measure soil PH.
Spend the day learning the art of cheese
making from Silke who has been making
goat, cow and sheep milk cheeses for yonks.
From the 10 litres of Raw Milk under Silke’s
instruction everybody will make 1kg of Hard
Cows’ milk cheese along with a soft cheese.
Most of all take home the experience!
12SUMMER IN THE TUNNEL WOODLAND MANAGMENT
WITH KLAUS LAITENBERGER WORKSHOP
SUNDAY 3 MAY 2020 WITH THOMAS MAGUIRE
10.00AM - 4.00PM SUNDAY 10 MAY 2020
SITT €70.00 10.00AM - 4.00PM
A tunnel based, practical session focusing
on: maintenance, plant care, ventilation, WW €70.00
feeding and watering, preventing and Spend a day in our Native Woodland with
dealing with pests and diseases. Designed Tree Surgeon Thomas Maguire
to support your summer production. and learn how to identify trees and about
their many uses. Thomas will teach you
how to help trees deal with the challenges
SOURDOUGH DAY and various diseases they are faced with.
WITH KEVIN BOHAN Demonstrations of good planting practice
and maintenance work including coppicing
SATURDAY 9 MAY 2020 will be covered. He will also introduce basic
10.00AM - 2.00PM tools and health & safety measures and tell
you where to source your trees from.
SMW1 €30.00
A hands-on baking course introducing
you to sourdough baking. Kevin will guide FORAGING FOR WILD FOOD
you step-by-step from making your own
starter to successfully baking a traditional WITH JOERG MUELLER
sourdough bread. Various grains (rye, spelt, SATURDAY 16 MAY 2020
barley) will be discussed. We will mill our
10.00AM - 4.00PM
own flour. Participants will take home
breads made on the day. FWF €70.00
Ever heard of Coltsfoot and Wood Sorrel,
ever eaten Giant Hogweed or Hawthorn
DRY STONE WALL BUILDING leaves and berries? Herbalist Joerg will
help you to find and identify around 40
MASTERCLASS “wild” edible foods that grow right on
WITH MICHAEL FEARNHEAD your doorstep and are commonly used
in Western herbal medicine and also for
SATURDAY 9 & SUNDAY 10 MAY 2020 culinary purposes. Learn about nutrition:
10.00AM - 4.00PM Stinging Nettle e.g. is higher in protein and
Vitamin C than spinach or Brussels sprouts.
DSWB1 €140.00 Participants will bring home a small
After being introduced to principles and notebook with collected and identified
techniques in the classroom, participants species.
will build a dry stone wall from foundation
level to the finished capping stage. Learn
about traditional dry stone methods of
building garden features such as garden
seats or raised beds. Suitable for both the
beginner and the more experienced person.
Go away with confidence and the skill to
build your own dry stone wall at home.
Limited to 6 places – book early!
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ECO SHED - CONSTRUCTION WILD POLINATOR GARDENS
WITH PETER COWMAN WITH CELIA GRAEBNER
SATURDAY 16 & SUNDAY 17 MAY 2020 SATURDAY 23 MAY 2020
10.00AM - 4.00PM 10.00AM - 4.00PM
ESC €140.00 WPG €70.00
The part 1 of this 2 part workshop will Learn about all the different types of wild
focus on design - turning ideas into pollinators in your garden and the work
reality while part 2 will concentrate on they do. We will explore ways you can
construction. Further details: http://www. encourage more pollinators into your
livingarchitecturecentre.com/garden- garden by providing them with food
ecoshed/ through the seasons and shelter for
These workshops will be presented by nesting and hibernating. We will look at
architect, eco-builder, writer and teacher pollinators on the ground and explore
Peter Cowman who has a special interest easy ways of monitoring populations.
in the creation of affordable, healthy,
low-impact, mortgage-free buildings and
has developed a unique timber framing SHEEP SKIN TANNING
system for cost-conscious self-builders. WITH LUCY O’HAGAN
Originator of the ‘sheltermaker’ and ‘living
SATURDAY 23 & SUNDAY 24 MAY 2020
architecture’ concepts Peter’s work has
been widely publicised in both print as well 10.00AM - 4.00PM
as broadcast media, worldwide. He lives in SST €160.00
south Leitrim. His Sheltermaker’s Manual
Join Lucy and explore the ancestral art
is published by Python Press. His website is
of sheepskin tanning. You will learn how
sheltermaker.com
to clean, scrape, make and apply tanning
solution, rack and soften your own
NATURAL BEEKEEPING sheepskin to take home with you.
The art of hide-tanning has largely
WITH AOIFE VALLEY disappeared in Ireland over the past few
SUNDAY 17 MAY 2020 decades, with only a handful of people
10.00AM - 4.00PM dedicated to its revival through teaching.
Come and awaken your ancestral muscle
NB €70.00 memory and remind our hands and bodies
An introduction to the philosophy of of this ancestral craft. Respect for the
honeybee guardianship, where the animal and the gift of its skin to keep us
honeybee superorganism is looked after warm will be practised throughout this
in our gardens and woodlands for its own process. Please be mindful that this is a
health and that of the wider biodiversity. very involved and physically demanding
Learn about honeybee biology, natural process. Limited to 5 spaces only.
nests and sites, the yearly cycle, ancient
practices and what honeybees can teach us.
FREE EVENT
BIODIVERSITY DAY
SUNDAY 24 MAY 2020
12.00PM - 4.00PM
14PROFITABLE POLYTUNNELS RENEWABLE ENERGY
WITH KLAUS LAITENBERGER WITH PETER SCHNEIDER
SATURDAY 30 MAY 2020 SATURDAY 6 JUNE 2020
10.00AM - 4.00PM 10.00AM - 4.00PM
PP €70.00 REW €70.00
This course is for anyone who considers In the course we will look at various forms
making a small income from their of renewable energy which can be applied
garden. Polytunnel production is far on a small scale - wind energy, hydro
more productive than outdoor production. energy, solar heating, solar electricity,
Instead of just producing one crop outdoors wood fuel - and evaluate their pros and
you could get up to 5 times the amount of cons. We will then focus on solar electricity
crop. The course includes crop planning, (PV), which has long been hampered by high
crop rotations, selling produce, soil fertility, cost, but has now become very competitive.
and other practical aspects eg types of Different systems will be introduced and
tunnels, ventilation, pest and disease discussed; grid-connected with and without
control and general management. battery storage; off-grid; combination with
other energy sources; quality, prices and
maintenance of components; guidelines for
EATING WELL FOR LESS appropriate system layout. We will also wire
up a small PV system (off-grid), that may be
WITH CIARÁN CLANCY permanently included in a structure at the
SUNDAY 31 MAY 2020 Organic Centre.
10.00AM - 4.00PM
EWFL €70.00 NATURE BASED WATER
Eat well for less is suitable for the whole WITH OLLAN HERR
family. This fun and informative workshop SUNDAY 7 JUNE 2020
will provide hands on practical inexpensive
meal ideas while incorporating nutrient 10.00AM - 4.00PM
dense ingredients. Ciarán is a registered NBW €70.00
Nutritional Therapist who is passionate Rainwater harvesting systems located
about nourishing the body and mind to inside buildings suitable for urban houses
maximise its true potential using whole with no outside space for storage tanks.
foods. Herr designs for gravity based, zero
electricity and zero pumping rain water
FREE EVENT harvesting. Reed beds in suburban gardens
can treat grey water to be clean enough
TEDDY BEARS’ PICNIC to recycle to flush toilets. Treating and
MONDAY 1 JUNE 2020 recycling grey water in the face of future
12.00PM - 4.00PM prolonged summer droughts in Ireland as a
result of climate change. Reed bed systems
If you go down to the OC today you’re sure of to treat domestic waste water located
a big surprise. on down hill sites using gravity using no
pumps; or with pumps for flat sites. For
heavy ground with poor percolation we can
achieve zero surface water discharge using
ponds and willow trees.
15Summer Courses
THERAPEUTIC HORTICULTURE WOOD WORK & TURNING
WITH CAITRIONA KELLY WITH FRANCY CASSIDY
SATURDAY 6 & SUNDAY 7 JUNE 2020 SUNDAY 14 JUNE 2020
10.00AM - 4.00PM 10.00AM - 4.00PM
TH €140.00 WWT €70.00
This two-day course will introduce you to This course is designed to introduce you to
Social and Therapeutic Horticulture; what the basics of woodturning with emphasis on
it is, how it’s used and why it’s so effective tool work. Learners will be allocated tools
as a therapeutic medium. This course is for the duration of the course. Timber is
suitable for anyone with an interest in supplied for projects which you then bring
Nature-based interventions, as well as home with you. This is a very practical
those working in the areas of social course with hands on tuition with Francy
inclusion, education, health and well-being. Cassidy.
You will learn to understand and know
how to apply the principles and practice
of social and therapeutic horticulture. WEEDS WEEDS EVERYWHERE!
You will gain an insight into the role of a WITH INGRID FOLEY
horticultural therapist, begin to design
SATURDAY 20 JUNE 2020
a client centred social and therapeutic
horticulture programme, and understand 10.00AM - 4.00PM
the importance of assessment, horticultural WWE €70.00
programming and planning for garden
Weeds are a fascinating topic and are
projects.
also the excuse for a lot of environmental
damage done through spraying of
BIODIVERSITY chemicals. This workshop will introduce
you to a comprehensive approach to
WITH LEIF BARRY weed management. We will discuss
SATURDAY 13 JUNE 2020 weed ecology and learn why they are so
successful in comparison to cultivated
10.00AM - 4.00PM
crops. If you understand how weeds
BIO €70.00 reproduce and spread then you can take the
Biodiversity and Heritage expert Leif Barry most appropriate approach in managing
will take you on a jounrey through The Gar- weed infestations so they don’t become a
den, The Field and The Climate. The course problem in our garden.
will examine, all aspects of Biodiversity;
what it is?, why we need it? and what it
does for the planet/climate change. You will
learn how to identify the trees, plants, birds
and insects that are living in the
hedgerows, fields and woods near you, and
have a chance to learn about what you can
do to support the natural enviorment.
16HOMEOPATHY FIRST AID EARTH HARMONY GARDENING
WITH DR JAN MELIA WITH ALANNA MOORE
SUNDAY 21 JUNE 2020 SUNDAY 28 JUNE 2020
10.00AM - 4.00PM 10.00AM - 4.00PM
HFA €70.00 EHG €70.00
Dr Jan Melia trained at the Burren School Alanna Moore is a professional geomancer,
of Homeopathy and has 18 years post- author and international speaker. Her
graduate experience in treating accute esoteric approach to gardening has been
and chronic disease. This workshop will developed over 35 years. Learn how to
provide you with everything you need to use pendulum dowsing for site analysis,
use homeopathy for yourself/family. The improved plant growth and deeper nature
workshop will cover the basic principles of connection. Discover the spiritual reality
homeopathy, how to prescribe, dosage, and of fairies and how to elicit their help in
case managment. the garden. Practise dowsing with plants
At the end of the course you will have a and learn how to improve feng shui with
good understanding of first-aid remedies, Paramagnetic Antenna, also called Power
how to use them, what to expect and why Towers. One will be made and it’s energies
homeopathy can be a good alternative checked by Energy Dowsing.
allopathic medicine.
WILD ABOUT HERBS
SUSTAINABLE LIVING ON WITH MARGARET PALMER
€6,000 PER YEAR SATURDAY 4 JULY 2020
WITH BRIGIT & RON BEEMSTER 10.00AM - 4.00PM
SATURDAY 27 JUNE 2020 WAH1 €80.00
10.00AM - 4.00PM Wild about herbs summer herb workshop:
Lets open our eyes to the magical world of
HTL2 €70.00 the wild and cultivated herbs growing all
Brigit and Ron, who live on €6000 a year, around us; in this summer workshop we
will help you find creative and practical will go for a wild herb walk and focus on
solutions that enable you to have a healthy, choosing herbs for a safe and gentle detox;
stress-free lifestyle for very little money, plus we will make a wild herb soothing skin
while causing as little pollution as possible. salve and a Mediterranean herbal vinegar;
The course will consist of 2 parts: an there will be a few more surprises
interactive presentation in the morning depending on what we find on the day.
followed by a visit to their house (45min
drive) in the afternoon to see the concepts
in practice. It will cover everything from FREE EVENT
the way they built their eco-house, to food,
water supply, fuel, waste & recycling.
THE ORGANIC CENTRE’S
BIRTHDAY PARTY
SUNDAY 5 JULY 2020
12.00PM - 4.00PM
To book or for more information visit www.theorganiccentre.ie
or give us a call on +353 (0)71 985 4338
17Summer Courses
DRY STONE WALL BUILDING MINDFULNESS IN NATURE
MASTERCLASS WITH AOIFE VALLEY
WITH MICHAEL FEARNHEAD SATURDAY 18 JULY 2020
SATURDAY 11 & SUNDAY 12 JULY 2020 10.00AM - 4.00PM
10.00AM - 4.00PM MIN €70.00
A day of simple mindfulness meditative
DSWB2 €140.00 practices to focus and clarify the mind,
After being introduced to principles and awaken wisdom and cultivate compassion for
techniques in the classroom, participants self, others and all species. Practising inside
will build a dry stone wall from foundation and out in the garden, this day is dedicated
level to the finished capping stage. Learn to exploring our own inner nature, the wider
about traditional dry stone methods of nature of the land and finding a sustainable
building garden features such as garden peace at the heart of both.
seats or raised beds. Suitable for both the
beginner and the more experienced person.
Go away with confidence and the skill to MAKE & RECYCLE FERTILISER
build your own dry stone wall at home.
Limited to 6 places - book early! SUSTAINABLY FROM DOMESTIC
WASTE WATER
NATURE ON OUR DOORSTEP WITH OLLAN HERR
WITH MICHAEL BELL SUNDAY 19 JULY 2020
SATURDAY 11 JULY 2020 10.00AM - 4.00PM
10.00AM - 4.00PM MRFS €70.00
NOOD €70.00 Phosphorus and Potash are mineral
resources that take nature millions of
A worskhop for adults and children to learn years to make. To make more fertilizer
about the nature that lives all around us for the growing world population these
with Michael Bell of Nature Learn. Michael minerals are extracted from mines. But
will talk about many of the animals and at current extraction rates phosphorus
plants that share our neighbourhood and is very likely to become very expensive.
plenty of hands-on activities to look at. Be Ammonia and Nitrates are another element
prepared to go on a Minibeast safari around of fertilizer. This is made by burning coal
the grounds of The Organic Centre. and natural gas which are responsible for
green house gas emissions. Industrial food
systems around the world are therefore
unsustainable and very polluting. At present
we waste these 3 nutrients in urine and
humanure through our septic tanks. Learn
how to recycle these nutrients and turn
them into compost for growing food at
home. Ollan will enlighten you on these
natural systems.
To book or for more information visit www.theorganiccentre.ie
or give us a call on +353 (0)71 985 4338
18THE ORGANIC CENTRE SUPPER YOGA AND AYURVEDIC FOOD
CLUB WORKSHOP
THURSDAY 23 JULY 2020
7.00PM - 10.00PM WITH DR AGA PIWOWARCZYK
SATURDAY 1 AUGUST 2020
The best of Nature...Organic Centre supper
club with chef Yuji Shimobayashi 10.00AM - 4.00PM
YAF €70.00
This exceptional fusion of yoga class and
CHEESE MAKING WORKSHOP food workshop is designed to open and
WITH SILKE CROPP explore your self awareness on three
fundamental levels: body, mind and spirit.
SATURDAY 25 JULY 2020 Everyone is welcomed to respect their
10.00AM - 4.00PM body limitations and work within their
CMW2 €120.00 capabilities. Aga encourages students
to challenge one’s body and mind on
Make your own cheese with Silke Cropp. their yoga journey with fun and childlike
Spend the day learning the art of cheese exploration while Aga explains how to
making from Silke who has been making nourish your body and mind with food that
goat, cow and sheep milk cheeses for yonks. has meaning.
From the 10 litres of Raw Milk under Silke’s
instruction everybody will make 1kg of Hard
Cows’ milk cheese along with a soft cheese.
Most of all take home the experience! WILD MUSHROOM FORAGING
WITH TINA POMMER
SUMMER GARDEN SUNDAY 2 AUGUST 2020
WITH INGRID FOLEY 10.00AM - 4.00PM
SUNDAY 26 JULY 2020 WMF1 €70.00
Wild mushrooms are a treasure hidden
10.00AM - 4.00PM
in our woods and forests, so why not
SG €70.00 pick a few for your dinner table. In the
Learn how to keep your garden in good morning there will be an introduction
shape throughout the summer and reap to mushrooms. Learn how they grow,
the benefits of your earlier sowings. Ingrid identification techniques and the things to
will show tips and tricks and advise on watch when gathering mushrooms. This
best practice of maintaining soil fertility will be followed after lunch by a hunt for
and healthy plants. She will demonstrate mushrooms in a nearby forest. Participants
the best harvesting techniques. You will are asked to bring rainproof gear, a small
be introduced to successive sowings and sharp knife and a basket for collecting
sowings for winter harvesting. The best mushrooms (no plastic bags).
follow-up to the “Organic gardening for
beginners” course.
Opening Times: Monday - Sunday 10.00am - 5.00pm
Last entry to Gardens, 4.00pm.
19Summer Courses
SUSTAINABLE LIVING ON BUSHCRAFT FOR ALL THE
€6,000 PER YEAR FAMILY
WITH BRIGIT & RON BEEMSTER WITH BORRIS ACHENBACH
SATURDAY 8 AUGUST 2020 SUNDAY 16 AUGUST 2020
10.00AM - 4.00PM 10.00AM - 4.00PM
HTL3 €70.00 BFF €70.00
Brigit and Ron, who live on €6000 a year, Bushcraft is the art of using the resources
will help you find creative and practical provided by our natural environment to
solutions that enable you to have a healthy, survive and thrive in the great outdoors. It
stress-free lifestyle for very little money, combines the knowledge of how to best use
while causing as little pollution as possible. the plants and animals at your disposal with
The course will consist of 2 parts: an some basic bushcraft tools to make outdoor
interactive presentation in the morning living easier and more efficient. In learning
followed by a visit to their house (45min bushcraft skills we benefit in many ways.
drive) in the afternoon to see the concepts Boris will be demonstrating some basic
in practice. It will cover everything from bushcraft skills. These skills will include,
the way they built their eco-house, to food, Fire, Shelter, Make Save Water, Campcraft
water supply, fuel, waste & recycling. and the foraging of some wild edibles/
medicinal herbs.
SUMMER GROWING WORKSHOP CELEBRATE NATIONAL
WITH STEPHEN CAMPBELL HERITAGE WEEK AT THE OC
SUNDAY 9 AUGUST 2020 WEDNESDAY 19 - SUNDAY 23 AUGUST 2020
10.00AM - 4.00PM
Family events and workshops. See website
SGW €70.00 for more details. With Natural eARTh
Knowing how to grow plants from a range of workshops with artist Sarah Lundy on
different methods is a great way to increase Thursday 20 & Saturday 22 August 2020.
the number of plants in your garden cheaply.
Organic Centre gardener Stephen Campbell
will teach you the practical techniques of
THE ORGANIC CENTRE SUPPER
cuttings, division, layering and more. As well CLUB
as the correct watering technique and the THURSDAY 27 AUGUST 2020
different growing media to use. 7.00PM - 10.00PM
The best of Nature...Organic Centre supper
FAMILY FUN club with chef Yuji Shimobayashi
WITH RABBIT’S RIOT
GARDEN CONSTRUCTION
SATURDAY 15 AUGUST 2020
SATURDAY 29 AUGUST 2020
10.00AM - 4.00PM
10.00AM - 4.00PM
FF €20.00
GC2 €70.00
Family Fun with Rabbit Riot Theatre
Join the Organic Centre Team to learn about
Company, eat, drink and be merry.
constructing raised beds, fences, wooden
Family rates available.
planters, bug hotels, benches, arbors etc.
Feel free to bring items for recycling.
Part of our Reuse, Recycle, Repair series of
workshops.
20Autumn/Winter Courses
WILD MUSHROOM FORAGING PLAN YOUR GARDEN NOW
WITH TINA POMMER WITH INGRID FOLEY
SUNDAY 30 AUGUST 2020 SUNDAY 6 SEPTEMBER 2020
10.00AM - 4.00PM 10.00AM - 4.00PM
WMF2 €70.00 PGN €70.00
Wild mushrooms are a treasure hidden in This time of year we are often asked about
our woods and forests, so why not pick a how to grow organic vegetables, where to
few for your dinner table. In the morning start, how to prepare the ground, how to
there will be an introduction to mushrooms. fertilize, what to do about weeds, where to
Learn how they grow, identification source seeds, what equipment to buy etc.
techniques and the things to watch when There will be plenty of opportunity to answer
gathering mushrooms. This will be followed all those questions and you will learn all
after lunch by a hunt for mushrooms in a the basic organic principles in a hands-on
nearby forest. Participants are asked to course.. Prepare now in time and reap the
bring rainproof gear, a small sharp knife benefits next year.
and a basket for collecting mushrooms (no
plastic bags).
JAPANESE COOKING CLASS
WITH YUJI SHIMOBAYASHI
WINE & CIDER MAKING WEDNESDAY 9 SEPTEMBER 2020
WORKSHOP 10.00AM - 2.00PM
WITH PHIL WHEAL JCC1 €40.00
SATURDAY 5 SEPTEMBER 2020 During this hands on course you will learn
about the Shojin Ryori method which brings
10.00AM - 4.00PM zen into the kitchen, connecting the cook and
WCM €70.00 their food, stimulating self-awareness and
Home wine making is simple and inexpensive encouraging a healthy appetite and diet. Lots
and you can easily find the ingredients in your of hands on practical experice, tasty food and
garden or in the wild. Phil will demonstrate a fantastic opportunity to learn more about
and show all the steps involved in producing Japanese cooking.
good quality wines. Learn how to make
your own country wines and how to keep
an interesting wine cellar on the go all COMPASSIONATE CAMPAIGNING
year round. All equipment needed will be WITH AOIFE VALLEY
shown and you will be tasting a selection of
homemade wines. The day includes a short SATURDAY 12 SEPTEMBER 2020
session on how to make your own cider. 10.00AM - 4.00PM
CC €70.00
How do we find a balance between self-
care and care for the world? Is it possible to
engage in protest and activism that is positive
and solutions-based? This day will include
elements of Non-Violent Communication,
Regenerative Culture building and
Compassionate Inquiry, providing activists
and potential activists with time to reflect and
restore.
21Autumn/Winter Courses
SEED SAVER WORKSHOP WILD MUSHROOM FORAGING
WITH WAYNE FRANKHAM WITH TINA POMMER
SUNDAY 13 SEPTEMBER 2020 SUNDAY 20 SEPTEMBER 2020
10.00AM - 4.00PM 10.00AM - 4.00PM
SSW €70.00 WMF3 €70.00
While many gardeners are happy to save Wild mushrooms are a treasure hidden
seeds from both common and unusual in our woods and forests, so why not
ornamental flowers, the confidence to save pick a few for your dinner table. In the
vegetable seeds has drastically faded as a morning there will be an introduction
common and traditional practice. Drawing to mushrooms. Learn how they grow,
on experience from organic growing and identification techniques and the things
community seed groups, Wayne will present to watch when gathering mushrooms.
the essential background of seed saving This will be followed after lunch by a
along with hands on demonstrations of hunt for mushrooms in a nearby forest.
selecting, harvesting, processing, drying and Participants are asked to bring rainproof
storing your favourite crops. Seed saving has gear, a small sharp knife and a basket for
many benefits: It saves money, builds our collecting mushrooms (no plastic bags).
knowledge and appreciation of the beautiful
full life cycles of our plants, helps biodiversity
and living conservation, and provides
JAPANESE COOKING CLASS
abundant resilience for ourselves and our WITH YUJI SHIMOBAYASHI
communities. Seed saving is a powerful skill WEDNESDAY 23 SEPTEMBER 2020
that every gardener should have! Participants
will take home samples of saved seeds. 10.00AM - 2.00PM
JCC2 €40.00
SUSTAINABLE LIVING ON During this hands on course you will learn
about the Shojin Ryori method which
€6,000 PER YEAR brings zen into the kitchen, connect-
WITH BRIGIT & RON BEEMSTER ing the cook and their food, stimulating
self-awareness and encouraging a healthy
SATURDAY 19 SEPTEMBER 2020 appetite and diet. Lots of hands on prac-
10.00AM - 4.00PM tical experice, tasty food and a fantastic
opportunity to learn more about Japanese
HTL4 €70.00 cooking.
Brigit and Ron, who live on €6000 a year, will
help you find creative and practical solutions
that enable you to have a healthy, stress- THE ORGANIC CENTRE
free lifestyle for very little money, while SUPPER CLUB
causing as little pollution as possible. The
course will consist of 2 parts: an interactive THURSDAY 24 SEPTEMBER 2020
presentation in the morning followed by 7.00PM - 10.00PM
a visit to their house (45min drive) in the The best of Nature...Organic Centre supper
afternoon to see the concepts in practice. It club with chef Yuji Shimobayashi
will cover everything from the way they built
their eco-house, to food, water supply, fuel,
waste & recycling.
22Autumn/Winter Courses
POLYTUNNEL GROWING GROWING TREES FROM SEED
AUTUMN WORKSHOP WITH STEVEN MEYEN
WITH KLAUS LAITENBERGER SATURDAY 3 OCTOBER 2020
SATURDAY 26 SEPTEMBER 2020 10.00AM - 4.00PM
10.00AM - 4.00PM GTFS €30.00
PGAW €70.00 Steven is back by popular demand for
this great outdoors course, showing
Get your tunnel ready for Autumn and participants how to find and collect seeds
Winter, learn about winter production, from different tree species and prepare
salad and herb plants that thrive during the them for germination. You will also learn
winter. Plan your rotation, revise your layout which trees can be grown from cuttings.
and get loads of ideas to get you through This course is run in association with
the winter months. Practical hands on Teagasc.
sessions.
FREE EVENT WILD MUSHROOM FORAGING
APPLE DAY FESTIVAL WITH TINA POMMER
SUNDAY 27 SEPTEMBER 2020 SUNDAY 4 OCTOBER 2020
12.00PM - 4.00PM 10.00AM - 4.00PM
An informative and fun day to find out how WMF4 €70.00
to keep your garden going throughout the The Final course of the season of
Autumn and Winter plus all the workshops Mushroom picking. Wild mushrooms are a
from Apple Day (Grafting, pruning, planting treasure hidden in our woods and forests,
and making apple juice). We will join forces so why not pick a few for your dinner table.
with Taste Leitrim again for a programme In the morning there will be an introduction
full of local food offerings. More to mushrooms. Learn how they grow,
information online www.theorganiccentre.ie identification techniques and the things to
watch when gathering mushrooms. This
will be followed after lunch by a hunt for
WILLOW BASKET WEAVING mushrooms in a nearby forest. Participants
MASTERCLASS are asked to bring rainproof gear, a small
sharp knife and a basket for collecting
WITH TOM O’BRIEN mushrooms (no plastic bags).
SATURDAY 3 & SUNDAY 4 OCTOBER 2020
10.00AM - 4.00PM
WBW2 €140.00
You will make your own basket to take
home! Tom will teach you how to master
the technique and weave your first basket
for breads, shopping or general use, with
or without handle. Participants will also
receive an instructional DVD!
23Autumn/Winter Courses
CHEESE MAKING WORKSHOP HOMEOPATHIC PLANTS
WITH SILKE CROPP WITH DR JAN MELIA
SATURDAY 10 OCTOBER 2020 SATURDAY 17 OCTOBER 2020
10.00AM - 4.00PM 10.00AM - 4.00PM
CMW3 €120.00 HFA €70.00
Make your own cheese with Silke Cropp. A focus on plant remedies to support
Spend the day learning the art of cheese pysical and emotional wellbeing. This
making from Silke who has been making workshop will provide you with everything
goat, cow and sheep milk cheeses for yonks. you need to use homeopathy for yourself/
From the 10 litres of Raw Milk under Silke’s family.
instruction everybody will make 1kg of Hard
Cows’ milk cheese along with a soft cheese.
Most of all take home the experience! WILD ABOUT HERBS
WITH MARGARET PALMER
PLAN A YEAR’S HARVEST SUNDAY 18 OCTOBER 2020
WITH INGRID FOLEY 10.00AM - 4.00PM
SUNDAY 11 OCTOBER 2020
WAH2 €80.00
10.00AM - 4.00PM Wild about herbs Autumn workshop:
PYHS €70.00 Prepare for winter with an elderberry
This time of year we are often asked about syrup; a soothing chest rub balm; and learn
how to grow organic vegetables, where to the art and craft of making winter herbal
start, how to prepare the ground, how to tea blends and immune soups. Make a
fertilize, what to do about weeds, where to jar of fire cider to chase any winter snif-
source seeds, what equipment to buy etc. fles away and hopefully, depending on the
There will be plenty of opportunity to answer weather, we may even manage a wild herb
all those questions and you will learn all walk and talk.
the basic organic principles in a hands-on
course.. Prepare now in time and reap the
benefits next year. THE ORGANIC CENTRE
SUPPER CLUB
JAPANESE COOKING CLASS THURSDAY 22 OCTOBER 2020
7.00PM - 10.00PM
WITH YUJI SHIMOBAYASHI
The best of Nature...Organic Centre supper
WEDNESDAY 14 OCTOBER 2020
club with chef Yuji Shimobayashi
10.00AM - 2.00PM
JCC3 €40.00
During this hands on course you will learn
about the Shojin Ryori method which brings
zen into the kitchen, connecting the cook
and their food, stimulating self-awareness
and encouraging a healthy appetite and diet.
Lots of hands on practical experice, tasty
food and a fantastic opportunity to learn
more about Japanese cooking.
24Autumn/Winter Courses
REUSE, RECYCLE, REPAIR JAPANESE COOKING CLASS
WITH SONYA SWARTE WITH YUJI SHIMOBAYASHI
SATURDAY 24 OCTOBER 2020 WEDNESDAY 28 OCTOBER 2020
10.00AM - 4.00PM 10.00AM - 2.00PM
RRR €30.00 JCC4 €40.00
Recyle your old clothes workshop, bring The Shojin Ryori method which brings zen
items that you want to repurpose. Work into the kitchen, connecting the cook and
with artist Sonya to create unique upcycled their food, stimulating self-awareness and
outfits. encouraging a healthy appetite and diet.
Lots of hands on practical experice, tasty
food and a fantastic opportunity to learn
ASTRONOMY FOR BEGINNERS more about Japanese cooking.
WITH SARA GARCIA
SUNDAY 25 OCTOBER 2020 THE ART OF PALM READING
3.00PM - 9.00PM WITH TINA POMMER
AFB €70.00 SUNDAY 1 NOVEMBER 2020
Find out about the night sky and many 10.00AM - 4.00PM
amazing sights such as the Milky Way.
Learn about constellations, planets and all APR €70.00
things space. Sara will also show you how Your future in your hands? Basics of Palm
to get that perfect picture of the stars and reading, hand reading, hand analysis,
moon you’ve always wanted to be able to difference between right and left hand,
capture in this cosmological course. nails, fingers and lines.
FREE EVENT HALLOWEEN WINTER FRUIT & PRUNING
CRAFTS WITH PHIL WHEAL
Pumpkin carving & Halloween crafts. SATURDAY 7 NOVEMBER 2020
Bring Your Own Pumpkin (BYOP) 10.00AM - 4.00PM
MONDAY 26 OCTOBER 2020
12.00PM - 4.00PM WFP €70.00
Learn how to prune your fruit trees
during the Winter and propagate your
own stock. By the end of the day you will
have the skills to make informed pruning
decisions on a wide range of trees. Get
introduced to unusual fruiting plants
like Sea Buckthorn, nuts and hybrids
like loganberries. Learn how to plant a
forest garden and landscape with fruiting
plants. Our orchard & forest garden is
your classroom for the day!
25Autumn/Winter Courses
WOOL SPINNING NO SHOP CHRISTMAS
WITH MARY LUTHERS SATURDAY 28 NOVEMBER 2020
12.00PM - 5.00PM
SUNDAY 8 NOVEMBER 2020
€25.00
10.00AM - 4.00PM
WS €70.00 Sick and Tired of the expense of Christmas?
Why not come a long to our No Shop
Always wondered how to spin wool? Maybe Christmas and make some gifts!
you have your own spinning wheel and
would like to learn to use it and learn the
basics of carding and spinning? Maybe you
have your own sheep and would like to use
MONO-PRINTING XMAS CARDS
their wool.Spining is relaxing and WITH LIZ BYRNE
therapeutic once you get the knack...its SATURDAY 5 DECEMBER 2020
like learning to ride a bike.
10.00AM - 2.00PM
MPXC €70.00
SCIENCE WEEK AT THE OC Making simple wrapping papers and willow
8 - 15 NOVEMBER 2020 stars. We will mono print and block print
Details will be on the Website. designs on brown paper to make wrapping
paper for Christmas, natural, unique and
fun to do. We will then use willow rods to
SOURDOUGH DAY create star shapes that can be decorated
with winter foliage for hanging or displaying
WITH KEVIN BOHAN as a table centre.
SUNDAY 15 NOVEMBER 2020
10.00AM - 4.00PM
SMW2 €60.00
A hands-on baking day introducing you
to sourdough baking. Kevin will guide
you step-by-step from making your own
starter to successfully baking a traditional
sourdough bread. Various grains (rye, spelt,
barley) will be discussed. We will mill our
own flour. Participants will take home
breads made on the day home.
THE ORGANIC CENTRE SUPPER
CLUB
THURSDAY 26 NOVEMBER 2020
7.00PM - 10.00PM
The best of Nature...Organic Centre supper
club with chef Yuji Shimobayashi
26Illustrated by Ciaran Hussey
27Seeds Listings
ARTICHOKE, GLOBE BEANS, FRENCH DWARF
IMPERIAL STAR (10) ARIS €2.50 MARONA (60) BFMR €2.50
Improved Green Globe type which can be Very early, long-podded round hulled bean
grown as an annual or perennial. to replace Speedy. This variety will produce
Up to 8 good sized buds per plant. well even in dry seasons and is suitable for
inside and outside use.
AUBERGINE
MAXI (60) BFMX €2.50
BLACK BEAUTY (50) AUBB €2.50 Medium green, early, with round oval pods.
Traditional, open pollinated variety Vigorous and weather tolerant. Beans are
dating back to the 1800’s. Dark glossy, oval held above the leaves for easy picking.
fruits up to 12 cm in length.
HELIOS (60) BFHL €2.50
LONG PURPLE (50) AULP €2.50 Tasty yellow variety. Round yellow beans
Fine, open pollinated variety available as grow up to 18 cm long on robust plants.
Organic seed. Produces a good crop of long, High yielding.
black, pear shaped fruit.
PURPLE TEEPEE (60) BFPT €2.50
BEANS, BROAD Early-main crop purple-podded variety
with good crops of round, stringless and
tasty beans which turn green on cooking.
SUPERAQUADULCE (35) BBSA €3.00
Improved Aquadulce type for autumn sowing
to give the earliest crops. High yielding with
good sized tasty beans. Can be spring sown. BEANS, FRENCH CLIMBING
BLAUHILDE (60) BFBH €2.50
HANGDOWN GREEN (35) BBHD €3.00
Long, oval, purple pods which stay tender
This bean has become our favourite for even when quite large. Definitely one of the
performance and taste. A long-podded, best climbers. Grow indoors or outside.
main-crop green seeded bean. Sow from
early spring.
COBRA (60) BFCO €2.50
Professional quality bean with long round
WITKEIM (35) BBWK €3.00 pods which remain very straight. Long
Very early crop from a spring sowing. This is cropping period. Vigorous, stringless and
the bean to go for if you miss out on autumn resistant to BMV 1.
sowing. Excellent yield and quality.
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28HELDA (60) BFHE €2.50 BULLS BLOOD (200)
Large flat pods of superb quality. The taste BEBU €2.50
is great and they remain stringless until Grown for crimson salad leaves that are
quite large. Resistant to bean mosaic virus. sweet, tasty and strikingly attractive.
Ht.7ft. Roots can be eaten when young. Popular
as an ornamental plant in the border.
GOLDEN GATE (60) BFGG €2.50
Bright attractive flat, golden-yellow beans. DETROIT GLOBE (200)
Excellent French bean produces heavy BEDG €2.50
crops of white seed pods over a long period.
RHS Award of Garden Merit. High standard main crop variety giving
good sized roots of fine texture and flavour.
BEANS, RUNNER GOLDEN (200)
BEGD €2.50
ENORMA (30) BREN €2.50 Interesting colour variation. Flavoursome
A heavy cropper with long smooth pods variety with golden flesh which does not
and a favourite of ours and of professional bleed on cooking. Many prefer the taste of
growers. this variety.
WHITE EMERGO (30) BRWE €2.50
White seeded and white flowering variety BROCCOLI
which are said to suffer less bird damage.
Lovely traditional taste and texture. PURPLE SPROUTING EARLY (300)
BRPE €2.50
SCARLET EMPEROR (30) BRSE €2.50 The most popular variety of broccoli for
Traditional favourite with a slightly rough garden use. Succulent purple spears are
texture and an excellent flavour. produced in abundance from mid-March.
SANTEE F1 (35)
BEETROOT
BRBO €3.50
ALVRO MONO (200) Santee has been developed to give a whole
new season to purple sprouting, Sow Feb
BEAM €2.50 to May for high yields of tasty spears from
Very early mono-germ type giving round, June to Nov.
smooth roots. Can be pickled whole when
young.
BARBIETOLA DI CHIOGGIA (200)
BECH €2.50
Mild flavoured Italian beet with pink skin
and white flesh with attractive pink rings.
Very sweet taste.
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