Springfield Farm Retreat: Learn how to grow your own edible garden.
Springfield Farm is hosting Home Grown retreats where guests can learn from their experts all about growing their own edible garden at home. Located in the Southern Highlands, just 1.5 hours drive from Sydney, Springfield offers space to pause, rest, and restore in their fresh country air.
Ever wanted to learn how to grow your own edible garden? Now you can at The Home Grown retreat. It is an invitation to participate in a positive and empowering response to chaos and uncertainty – permaculture. In its simplest form permaculture is a highly efficient way of growing your own food in harmony with nature – good for you and good for the planet.
Springfield Farm Retreat Home Grown: 28 – 30 August
Their latest retreat, Home Grown: An Introduction to Permaculture, will allow attendees to explore a more sustainable and regenerative way of life. The retreat offers a delicious weekend in the country for those that want a taste of permaculture through hands-on learning in the garden, learning the skills they need to easily begin growing your own edible garden at home.
Home Grown is a hands-on, practical skills-based weekend designed to teach guests how to grow their own food. Guests will be part of a small group, with their hands in the dirt during the day, whilst enjoying luxury accommodation and food direct from the garden prepared by Springfield’s incredible Chef Eilish.
The workshops include an informative introduction to permaculture, with focus its practical implementation in the context of home gardens. Most of the time will be spent in the garden learning about seed raising, composting, and caring for a garden. Permaculture applies a systems thinking approach to sustainability based on indigenous and natural systems, and Home Grown makes it easy for you to begin this exciting journey.
Attendees will learn about the basic concepts of permaculture as they benefit from Farmer Pete’s 30 years experience as both an inspirational leader and a passionate hobby farmer. Home Grown is co-facilitated by the extraordinary Moss Vale Community Garden Guru, Jill Cockram.
What’s included?
All workshops and materials for lectures and learning
Farm-to-table organic dining prepared by Michelin-trained Chef Eilish
Luxury Accommodation ranging from shared rooms to exclusive super-king suites
For stays from Friday 28 – Sunday 30 August from $775 for 2 nights twin share
The next retreat already pencilled in for Friday 20 – Sunday 22 November.
