Saturdays 10 April - 1 May at Wortley Hall Walled Garden just outside Sheffield. Four half day workshops, as part of the Soil Association’s nationwide Organic Farm School. Covers the essential knowledge and skills required to successfully grow your own produce using organic methods. Each session costs £15 each. Soil Association members get discount: £12 per session. www.organickitchengarden.co.uk

Get inspired to Grow your Own with the RHS. With the appetite for local, seasonal produce on the rise, the RHS kicks off its 2010 Grow Your Own Campaign on 6th March with a weekend of special events across its four gardens (Wisley in Surrey, Harlow Carr near Harrogate, Hyde Hall near Chelmsford and Rosemoor in Devon). The events have been designed to inspire everyone to have a go at ‘grow your own’ and to celebrate the start of the growing year, there is a special reduced entry fee of just £1 (RHS Members free) to all RHS gardens on Saturday 6th March.

The open day gives everyone a chance to get one-to-one advice from RHS experts, as well as talks, planting demonstrations, garden walks, fruit and vegetable displays and advice from the National Vegetable Society. There are also plenty of activities such as seed-sowing for the children, making it a day out for all the family.