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by Alice Read<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Powys Co-ordinator, Tir Coed<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

There is no doubt Spring is in the air with blossom bursting and birdsong floating on the breeze.\u00a0Time to stretch our limbs and make some friends.<\/p>\n

Last April the learning and wellbeing outdoors charity Tir Coed launched its Sustainable Horticulture course at Cultivate in Newtown, North Powys. This 20 week course\u00a0covers 4 AGORED units growing a range of crops for people and nature, over a growing season. The\u00a0course covers everything you need to know from assessing a site through to harvesting practices.\u00a0<\/p>\n

<\/span>Purposeful practical learning can build confidence and lead to employment or volunteering.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tir\u00a0Coed\u2019s mantra is to connect people to the land and woods with a focus on improved wellbeing\u00a0through practical outdoor training.\u00a0Everyone engaging with Tir Coed gets outdoors,
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Tir Coed is experienced in working with some of the hardest to reach in our society and over the last twenty years has developed a comprehensive engagement model that supports people as they develop, from first step engagement through to employment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
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As the plants start producing in the developing garden participants take home the food they have grown to cook, store or\u00a0share with friends and the project mentor also opens up avenues to explore on other projects, work\u00a0or courses.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n

You may have seen some of the participants recently on the popular BBC television programme Countryfile as they take their next steps\u00a0volunteering at Ponthafren\u2019s community garden at Powis Castle. You can read about this garden in a post from June last year –\u00a0Wellbeing Wednesdays at Powis Castle<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n
The incredible tutors on this latest horticultural course will be Rhiwena Slack from Cultivate<\/a> and Emma Maxwell from Ash & Elm Horticulture<\/a> with mentoring from Tir Coed’s Powys Mentor, Matt Sheldon.<\/span><\/div>\n
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In 2024 we will be doing some trips out later in the season to visit market gardens and enterprises\u00a0to think about scaling up food production, how to save your own seed and different ways to share\u00a0produce.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n

Every week the participants have the option of getting together with the site volunteers for a\u00a0shared hot lunch thanks to Cultivate, which brings a real sense of community at the gardens.<\/span><\/p>\n

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It can be nerve racking to join a new group but what we find on our courses is that people really\u00a0support each other and forge friendships. There is a gentleness to gardening alongside people.\u00a0Through this activity people can be quiet or open up, it\u2019s up to the individual.<\/span><\/div>\n

Not sure if you want to complete the whole course? Join up for the first 5 week unit and see how it goes. In this first unit you will learn:<\/span><\/p>\n

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