Horticulture & Sustainable Food Systems
Our programmes in horticulture are designed to give young people an insight into the skills required to work in the horticulture industry or food-related production.
Course Options
Garden Education Workshops - All Primary Stages
Join our 'Wildlife Warriors' Garden Education Workshops for Primary Schools.
These workshops take place on the Dumfries House Estate.
Our Garden Education Team are delighted to bring you our “Wildlife Warriors” workshop, to suit all Primary ages and stages.
What is biodiversity and why is it crucial to the garden’s survival? Pupils will help survey and create habitats for our insect friends across the Kauffman Education Garden to learn what the ecosystem is and what wildlife we have living with us. They will discover how the health of the garden relies on many environmental factors and inhabitants.
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Garden Education Workshops - All Secondary Stages
Join our 'Wildlife Warriors' Garden Education Workshops for Secondary Schools.
These workshops take place on the Dumfries House Estate.
Our Garden Education Team are delighted to bring you two Secondary stage worskshop this Winter. Focussing on Horticulture Skills, our Earth Matters workshop looks to open up the earth beneath our feet and asks "what makes up soil and why is it essential to all of our lives?". This workshop will cover the basics of soil composition, biology and nutrient cycles and its importance for food production and beyond! Participants will build enquiry and experimental skills through fieldwork, and apply their learning in our market garden. Alternatively, our Sustainable Sourcing workshop invites students to explore the entire journey our food makes from source to consumer, the food waste associated with that, and the environmental impact. This workshop includes a visit to our rare breeds farm to learn what makes a sustainable animal product.
There is no charge for this workshop.
This full-day workshop can accommodate a maximum of 20 pupils and we work to a minimum number of 15.
Please note that many of our workshops take place outdoors and as such pupils and staff should attend ready for the weather.
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