Managing Green Manures - Workshop 1
How to Manage Green Manures to Benefit your Soil.
The first of two workshops aimed at Farmers and Growers wishing to improve the efficiency and sustainability of nutrient use on their farms.
With increasing fertilizer costs and tougher legislation over nitrate pollution, green manures are set to play an important role in the future of soil fertility on both organic and conventional farms.
Garden Organic (formerly HDRA) has conducted over 15 years of research on green manures and cover crops. At this workshop we have speakers from Garden Organic, IBERS (Aberystwyth) and Natural England.
Workshop 1 -
How to Manage Green Manures to Benefit your Soil
Wednesday 16th June, 10am - 4pm,
Pound Farm, Holme Lacy, Herefordshire, HR2 6LL (off the B4339)
Also in Warwickshire (Mon 14th June), Shropshire (Tues 15th June)
Topics include:-
- Benefits of using green manure cover crops
- Selection of green manures species for different situations
- Selection of green manure varieties
- Managing green manures
- New options for green manures & cover crops in environmental stewardship schemes
There will be the opportunity to view and discuss the farm demonstration plots which will have a wide range of green manure species growing.
Cost per workshop (per person) £20 including lunch.
Advance booking is essential as numbers are limited.
To book, please contact:- Anton Rosenfeld
02476 217738 arosenfeld@gardenorganic.org.uk
This series of workshops is funded by Lantra.
