Following two successful courses and then two years off, it is back, the Seven Day Introduction to Biodynamics - read about it here and then book a place!
A farm based, comprehensive course for beginners to Biodynamics covering all the basics with lectures in the morning and practical work in the afternoon. We hope by the end of the course you will be able to apply Biodynamics in your situation.
Spencer Christy, Biodynamic farmer and gardener with fourteen years experience, hosts the course with help from farm co-workers and volunteers. Guest lecturers include the Seed Co-Operative and Patrick Dixon, actor and Anthroposophical researcher.
Running on seven Saturdays spaced three to four weeks apart from January to June 2017 we will move from mid winter through Spring and the lambing season into mid-Summer.
Total cost for the seven days is £300 with individual days available at £50 each. We have ample parking and can arrange lifts to and from Witham station which is forty five minutes from Liverpool Street station in London.
2017 Course Content
Saturdays, 10am to 5pm, bring and share lunches
7th Jan. Welcome! Orientation day. Farm individuality
Farm walk, soil testing and Goethean observation
28th Jan. The Planting Calendar
Learning to read and understand the calendar
25th Feb. Seeds (Seed Co-Operative)
Making potting mix, planting seeds
24th March Horn Manure and Horn Silica Preparations
The cow, stirring and spraying horn manure
22nd April Farm Animals (lambing season)
Health and welfare, handling sheep and lambs
20th May The Compost Preparations
Esoteric chemistry and building a heap
17th June Honey Bees (Patrick Dixon)
The honey bee crisis and the opportunity for humanity, pollen walk with bee wonder
A farm based, comprehensive course for beginners to Biodynamics covering all the basics with lectures in the morning and practical work in the afternoon. We hope by the end of the course you will be able to apply Biodynamics in your situation.
Spencer Christy, Biodynamic farmer and gardener with fourteen years experience, hosts the course with help from farm co-workers and volunteers. Guest lecturers include the Seed Co-Operative and Patrick Dixon, actor and Anthroposophical researcher.
Running on seven Saturdays spaced three to four weeks apart from January to June 2017 we will move from mid winter through Spring and the lambing season into mid-Summer.
Total cost for the seven days is £300 with individual days available at £50 each. We have ample parking and can arrange lifts to and from Witham station which is forty five minutes from Liverpool Street station in London.
2017 Course Content
Saturdays, 10am to 5pm, bring and share lunches
7th Jan. Welcome! Orientation day. Farm individuality
Farm walk, soil testing and Goethean observation
28th Jan. The Planting Calendar
Learning to read and understand the calendar
25th Feb. Seeds (Seed Co-Operative)
Making potting mix, planting seeds
24th March Horn Manure and Horn Silica Preparations
The cow, stirring and spraying horn manure
22nd April Farm Animals (lambing season)
Health and welfare, handling sheep and lambs
20th May The Compost Preparations
Esoteric chemistry and building a heap
17th June Honey Bees (Patrick Dixon)
The honey bee crisis and the opportunity for humanity, pollen walk with bee wonder