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Is creating a thriving, all year-round veggie garden on your wish list after the past few years? Growing vegetables is good for your wallet, your physical and mental health, and being prepared for future challenges.
In this series of four, half-day workshops you’ll learn how to establish a successful self-sustaining vegetable garden with good planning, the right type of planting for you, some backyard inspiration and plenty of problem solving.
Attend all four workshops to short cut your growing journey and avoid costly and time-consuming mistakes.
Backyard Veggie Gardening is perfect for both beginners and those who have a garden but want to learn more efficient practices and useful skills to make their garden thrive.
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Workshop 1: PLANNING - Planning is everything! (COMPLETED)
Saturday 6 September 2025SAGE Garden, Moruya, 9am - 1pm
At the end of this session, you’ll have a plan of your garden and know what to grow. Your plan will be specific for your backyard, and will consider:
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Workshop 2: PLANTING – It’s all in the detail!
Saturday 27 September 2025 Alison’s Garden, Deua Valley, 8.30am start meeting at SAGE Garden.
Using Alison’s property as an example, examine both a kitchen garden for everyday produce and a larger garden for more substantial plants. Expect to learn:
Workshop 3: BACKYARD GARDEN TOUR - Inspiration Road trip!
Saturday 22 November 2025, around Eurobodalla - From Moruya to Narooma
9am - 3pm.
Visit successful backyard gardens to understand how other backyarders plan, grow and manage their veggie gardens.
Workshop 4: PROBLEM SOLVING - Things you need to know!
Date: End of February 2026, SAGE Garden, Moruya,9am start.
Work through solutions to some of the common problems backyard growers experience and learn about:
Your workshop educator
Alison Walsh is an experienced and passionate grower with a lifelong love of growing food and feeding people.
Her wealth of knowledge is seen in the quality of the food she grows. Using natural growing techniques, and a plan, Alison has a constant supply of food that feeds three neighbouring families regularly, with an abundance for the frequent visitors and preserving.
Alison has been involved with SAGE from the start and currently works as a volunteer to support the SAGE Steeping Stone Farm Education Facility.
Alison is also a successful Herbalist at Moruya Natural Therapies.
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Book individual sessions
- Members can also purchase and attend individual workshops at $75 each.
- Non-members can purchase and attend individual workshops at $90 each.
Book Workshop 2 - Planting
Book Workshop 3 - Garden Tour
Book Workshop 4 - Problem Solving
Become a member, or log in to check if your membership is current.
All workshops include morning tea and a lunch prepared with local produce after the workshop.
If booking an individual workshop, select the workshop you wish to attend above and then chose SAGE Member or Non SAGE Member on the purchase page.
The Annual General Meeting of SAGE NSW incorporated is to be held at the SAGE Garden at 110 Queen St Moruya NSW 2537 on Saturday 13 September 2025 at 11am.
