Please note, this event is not held in-store at the bookshop, but rather in the The Apple House eco-barn at The Serge Hill Project.

To visit the Serge Hill Project website and to book your place onto the event, please click here.

About the event -

Join us for an inspirational evening in The Apple House with Charles Dowding, the leading proponent of no dig gardening, as he shares his advice from more than 40 years of vegetable growing and no dig experiments, to allow everyone to grow more food for less effort.

He will also introduce key insights from his new book Compost: Transform Waste Into New Life, exploring how to reduce waste, nourish your soil, and enhance your plants with homemade compost.

Since starting his vegetable-growing journey in 1981, Charles has gardened in four different locations and grown hundreds of thousands of crops. His decades of experience have led to the development of the highly effective no dig system, which focuses on supporting the web of organisms in the soil to promote healthy, weed-free crops.

In this session, Charles will offer practical tips and advice on all aspects of no dig vegetable growing, with a focus on compost including:

• What to compost and how to do it

• How to achieve the ideal balance of compost materials

• A seasonal timeline for successful composting

• Debunking common composting myths, such as:
  How to add weeds to your compost
  Why heat in your compost bin is not essential
  Why worms are not vital to the composting process
  Why no dig gardening doesn’t require more compost than traditional methods

Whether you’re a seasoned gardener or just starting out, this evening will provide invaluable insights to help you grow vegetables and transform your compost with ease and efficiency.