Tag: Horticulture

IPM in Action: From Research to Practice in Horticultural Crops

Join this free Soil Association and OGA webinar to hear the latest IPM research and how it can be put into practice on the ground.

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Rotations for Field Vegetables – a new Technical Guide from Agricology

New Agricology Technical Guide and Hub support growers to strengthen field vegetable rotations and improve soil health

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Horticulture – Organic Conversion

This Farming Connect webinar is aimed at growers in Wales who are considering organic conversion or who want a clearer understanding of organic certification and on-farm practice.

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Blocking media – is there a peat-free solution?

CAWR hybrid seminar with Francis Rayns, Judith Conroy, Leonardo Faedo, Ulrich Schmutz, Margi Lennartsson

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Monitoring and managing soil moisture in horticultural systems

Free Soil Association webinar exploring how soil moisture probes and on-farm weather stations can help you fine-tune irrigation and day-to-day crop management decisions.

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OGA on the farm: Delflands Nursery

Join the OGA for a farm tour and Q&A on plant raising at Delfland Nurseries in Cambridgeshire.

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Biodegradable plastic film mulches for horticulture and other alternatives

Join Francis Rayns, Judith Conroy and Martin Samphire for this OGA webinar to discuss their research on alternatives to plastic film mulches

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OGA Webinar: To scale up or not to scale up? That is the question

Join Adam Beer (Pitney Farm Market Garden) and Ash Wheeler (Trill Farm Garden) to discuss the pros and cons of scaling up the market garden.

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Living Mulch Experiments on 20 farms in the Northeast US.

Join the OGA for this webinar with Lincoln Fishman from Momentum Ag in the US to talk about his research on living mulches.

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Keep it Lean: An on-farm workshop on veg boxes and caterpillar tunnels

Join the OGA at Sandy Lane Farm in Oxfordshire where the team will take us through their processes and infrastructure on the farm.

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Business skills for market gardeners

Join the OGA for this webinar with Kate Collyns of Grown Green who will talk us through setting up the business side of an organic market garden

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The Big 4: Weed management in organic horticulture

Start the New Year with this OGA webinar on practical weed management with Charles ‘Merf’ Merfield from New Zealand

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Full of beans and organic beer

Isi Mackintosh reports from the Organic Growers Gathering at the Hardwick Estate

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Nature Notes by Tim Deane

Collection of Nature Notes written by pioneer organic grower Tim Deane are published

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Strip-tillage in horticulture

Join Innovative Farmers for a farm walk and workshop at Abbey Home Farm exploring management techniques as part of a strip till system for soil health and fertility building

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Future Farming Resilience: an update on farming support payments for growers (Webinar)

Soil Association webinar for organic, low input and in-conversion farms covering new SFI and CSS funding options tailored to the horticultural sector.

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What is polyculture’s contribution to biodiversity?

Grower survey investigates if small-scale diverse horticultural systems (polycultures) can contribute to biodiversity and nature conservation in the wider landscape.

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The Organic Vegetable Grower

The Organic Vegetable Grower by Phil Sumption is a practical guide for those growing, or wishing to grow, market and sell organic vegetables for a living.

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Exploring collaboration for a resilient local food system in Cornwall

Organic at the Heart – a grower-led initiative to explore possibilities for collaboration in Cornwall

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Webinar: Converting Land to Organic Horticulture

Join the Organic Growers Alliance (OGA) for this informative webinar with Roger Hitchings, Tim Deane, and Phil Sumption as they bring in their experiences and expertise in converting land to organic horticulture. Roger will focus…
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Organic Matters 2022

Organic Matters 2022, organised by the Organic Growers Alliance (OGA) will be a day long event for experienced horticulturalists and new entrants based at the Midlands Arts Centre (MAC) in Birmingham.

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Organic Matters

Horticultural Conference hosted by the Organic Growers Alliance The OGA has announced their second Organic Matters conference. The conference will be a day long event for experienced horticulturalists and new entrants based at Stretford Public…
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