Seed Starting: Creating A Home Cutting Garden

Join Melanie in our heated greenhouse as she guide you through the basics of seed starting and creating your very own small scale home cutting garden. We will look at the garden beds here at the farm, discuss garden placement, talk about our favourite flowers to grow, share resources on our favourite places to shop for seeds, discuss flower garden maintenance and how best to cut your flowers, AND we'll be sending you home with a selection of our very favourite seeds to start, as well as a few Dahlia tubers!

Class Topics Include:

Garden Prep and Soil Fertility

Garden Placement 

Choosing The Right Flowers For Cutting

Garden Planning For Blooms All Season

Seed Starting

Proper Post Harvest Treatment

Materials that will be provided for participants to take home:

A Selection Of Our Favourite Flower Seeds

3 Dahlia Tubers Of Your Choice

A Seed Tray (72 cell tray)

Seed Starting Soil

*This class is not a flower farming course. It’s intended for home gardener’s interested in creating a home cutting garden

This workshop will be held in the heated greenhouse at our farm, at 1226 Stockdale Rd, Trenton.

Note: Each participant will require a ticket. Unfortunately we are not able to accommodate splitting one ticket over multiple participants. 

Washrooms are not available onsite. The nearest washroom is located 1KM away, at 513 Murray Harrington Rd, Trenton.

Please bring your own gardening gloves if you require gloves. 

All sales are final. Tickets are non-refundable, non-transferable, non-exchangeable. However, if you find that you are unable to attend the class, please by all means, give your spot to a friend.

We can’t wait to talk gardening with you!