Go Food Gardening

More and more people around the world are using the Go Food Gardening approach to turn small spaces in their gardens and on their farms into productive food and flavour sources.

Some are motivated by passion, others by principle and still others by pragmatism. We trust that whatever your reasons are, they are good ones too.

Joining one of these learning programs your immediate rewards will be a feeling of achievement, organic herbs and vegetables that burst with flavour and overflow with health enhancing properties, shorter food miles and lower food bills.

To inspire and equip South African food gardeners Bouquet Garni Herbs and the SA Herb Academy developed a practical learning program for food gardeners who want to learn how to garden more successfully and expressively.

It is a complete easy-to-follow, practical, food gardening learning program that eliminates guesswork, shortens your learning curve, and ensures success anywhere - a city garden, a small holding, or a small farm.

My guess is you don't have time to figure out a book or attend a full weekend class. Even if you did, how would you put the information to work? Who will you call when something does not go as planned? Or when a plant turns up its toes and dies?

What you need is a veteran food gardener showing you how to quickly get started and then guiding you so you don't get stalled along the way.

"I am so happy with my progress and the fact that now (as opposed to when I just planted and hoped for the best) I can actually enjoy the fruits of my labour. Family and colleagues have been given samples and hopefully my 3rd planting will be the most successful yet.

My thanks to Di-Di - this experience has been super and I can highly recommend this course to anyone wanting to improve their "small farming" skills. - Deanne, Roodepoort.

"What fun I have had! I am now on my 3rd succession planting, with only my rocket & basil bolting with this hot weather we have had in the Cape. I have been able to share with a family in need and that has been amazing. Time to plan my winter garden!

Di-Di thank you so much for this amazing course and I hope to be able to go on more courses. Enjoy yourselves and here is to a healthy, cheaper way of eating!" - Fiona, Cape Town.

"Thanks so much for this wonderful opportunity. I would definitely recommend this course to anyone interested.

Despite hail, bugs and boisterous dogs I have still managed to produce spinach, beetroot and lettuce for four of us from my door sized patch. There are still brinjals to come and the beans are flowering. The thyme is flourishing and my solitary pepperdew plant (tree) is now about two metres high and full of fruit!! Once again many, many thanks." - Ann, Merrivale.

"I have enjoyed every moment of Go Food Gardening, and although I have been growing veggies for ages, I enjoyed the structured and compact way that this course is presented. It is excellent material, and very good to go through the whole process again from planning to harvesting, and to consolidate and revise one's knowledge about growing food.

This course shows that anybody with even the smallest available space can harvest something that is infinitely better than the stuff you buy.

So GO FOR IT! Do your own thing and spread the word - we need everybody in South Africa planting more food!" - Faan, Boksburg.

Go Food Gardening gives you all the proven strategies you need to organize and optimize your food garden for maximum returns, so you can enjoy fresh, natural, healthy home-grown food from even the tiniest outdoor area.

Being a practical do-able learning program and not an info-dump the program is suitable for food gardeners of all ages and all experience levels.

If you do the self-study program you can be anywhere in Southern Africa. There are no classes to attend at a distant venue. No time wasted in traffic and no time wasted traveling. You simply download your learning material from the website. Print it out and then do the program in the comfort of your garden.

When you complete this learning program, you'll have the productive herb and vegetable garden you've always dreamed of...

One of the strengths of the Bootcamp is the combination of pre-class homework, instruction (theory), demonstrations and practical work under the guidance of a veteran horticulturist and food gardener. By the end of the 1-Day Workshop you will have your own blueprint to start and manage a productive organic food garden and you'll have the skills to implement it in your own backyard. Plus you'll get access to the self-study prgram to complement what you've learned in the 1-day workshop. Plus you'll get access to a food gardening coach/mentor for 5 weeks.

The self-study learning program was developed by a team of experienced horticulturists, herb and vegetable growers, and instructional designers using the latest distance learning practices.

Unlike other online programs available on this subject this is not just an e-book labelled as a course.

The Food Gardening learning program is a fully fledged distance learning program complete with learning outcomes, learning activities, and assignments. These are all designed to help you acquire the necessary know-how and skills to become a successful food gardener.

Apart from your program manuals there is an abundance of supporting study material to help you develop into a confident and successful food gardener.

"A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a month's study of books." - Chinese Proverb

When you enroll you get an experienced course facilitator, a real person with a real food garden, who is only an email or phone call away should you experience any problems with the program material.

From the calls and emails we receive, we know there are thousands of people who really want to make a success of their organic food gardens, but are frustrated because they don't know how to start and how to care for their crops until it is time to harvest them.

Even though the self-study program is extremely affordable we recognize that it may not be within the financial means of everyone. If you'd like to apply for a grant visit the grant application page.

This program is specifically for food gardens in Southern Africa and may not be suitable for gardens situated in the Northern Hemisphere.

There are no fixed class starting dates for the self-study program. This means that you can start whenever you are ready to take your food gardening to the next level. Click here for prices and bookings.

We stand behind this program and we know you'll find that the superior content will meet your expectations. More importantly, you'll see results. That's the real measure of success and that's what you'll get.

However, if you are not 100% satisfied with the self-study program, just let us know within 28 days for a full refund. And keep the learning materials free, with our compliments - that way, you risk nothing.

One of the most important benefits you receive from participation in the Go Food Gardening Learning Program is the know-how to put crispy fresh high quality garden produce on your own table.

Once you've tasted organic herbs, vegetables and fruit from your own garden you'll know that you never want to go back to being totally dependent on shop bought produce again. Nothing beats knowing that you are making sure your family gets the nutritious meals they deserve whilst saving money on food bills.

So, here's the "pitch" - if you want to become a successful food gardener supplying most of your own organic herbs, vegetables and fruit, and you want a veteran horticulturist to show you exactly how to do it, join us now.