Grow Your Own Herbs Day Course
with Melissa Harvey
Date: Sunday 24 th May 2026
Time: 10-4pm
Join us this Spring for a one day course in learning how to grow your own herbs.
About your facilitators
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Melissa is a grower, teacher, composter, community herbalist and trainee medical herbalist. She has been based at the School Farm CSA site for over 10 years, and set up Wyse Worts plant nursery, growing and selling medicinal and culinary herb plants, in 2020. The aims of the nursery include encouraging more people to grow and incorporate herbs into their everyday lives, as well as to facilitate better connections between people and the more unusual medicinal plants they might take. Alongside this, she teaches plant and soil ecology on the regenerative land-based systems at the Apricot Centre, and works with Sustainable South Hams on community composting.
About the course:
Course Outline:
This one-day course aims to give you a comprehensive overview of spring-time propagating herbs through seeds, division, stem and root cuttings as well as aftercare for new plants. We will explore some of the methods specific to propagating herbs, including looking at the different conditions that herb seeds need to germinate, some of the different composts, pots and modules you can use, and top tips on keeping your plants healthy. There will be opportunities to get some practical propagation experience and you will leave the session with a new collection of herbs for you to nurture and grow on.
Topics include:
Plant life cycles and growth forms
The wheel of the year in the herb garden
How to wake up seeds
Seed saving and storage
Vegetative propagation
How to take care of your newly propagated plants
The course will take place outdoors at the Community Herb Garden at School Farm CSA. We have outdoor sheltered spaces to keep us dry, including an outdoor kitchen/workshop space and a sheltered fire area.
Materials and refreshments, with plenty of fresh herbal tea will be provided. You will need to bring your own packed lunch.
What People Are Saying
“Loved being in a working herb nursery surrounded by wonderful plants. I gained knowledge, inspiration and confidence to develop my own herb garden.”
“Thank you for the plants we could take home!”
“Mel held a lovely gentle informative space and was so generous with all her cuttings and seeds.”
It was a wonderful day- beautiful venue with excellent teachers who were patient, kind and so informative”
“Beautiful atmosphere, very patient and knowledgeable teacher.”
“Such a magical day filled with learning and laughter”
Cost and Booking:
Ticket price includes all materials, including plants and seeds to take home. All profits go back into supporting our community herb garden.
We would like to acknowledge that similar full-day herb growing courses with this level of expertise are usually valued at £100–£150. We’ve chosen to offer ours at a lower price to keep it accessible to our community, while still fairly covering our costs.
Please choose the ticket price that feels right for you:
Standard ticket: £75
This is the regular price and helps us fairly pay our facilitators, cover admin, and run the workshop.
Supporter ticket: £90
If you are able to contribute a little extra you’ll be directly helping to fund concession places for people on low incomes, making sure our workshop is open to all.
Concessionary places: We have a very limited number of concessionary places available for folks on low incomes and who cannot afford the full course costs, please get in touch if you are interested: hello@radicalplantfolk.com
However you choose to book, thank you — your support helps the garden grow, and we can’t wait to welcome you.
