Kitchen Garden Workshop – Sustainable Low Interventon Beekeeping

Join us for a workshop on low intervention beekeeping here at Asthall Manor Kitchen Garden.

Complete beginners through to keen amateurs all welcome.In this all-day workshop you will learn the basics of keeping healthy bees in a low intervention, chemical free manner with a bit of helpful theory. We will look at different approaches ranging from hands off bee hosting through to low interference honey harvesting.

Conventional beekeeping emphasises beekeeper inputs and beekeeper control. We will be looking at bee-centred approaches that give control back to the bees, allowing them to be healthy in their own manner.

Places are limited to 10 people in order to maintain a quality experience for those attending the workshop. There will be a mix of show and tell. There are several occupied hives in the garden and some empty ones will be available for you to look at too.

The course will be delivered by Gareth John an internationally known natural beekeeper with over 50 years of experience. In recent decades he has been at the forefront of developing low intervention, chemical-free methods of allowing bees to be happy and healthy.

Tea, coffee, snacks and a hearty lunch of soup, bread and kitchen garden salad will be provided.

Please dress appropriately for the weather on the day with sturdy shoes or boots that don’t mind getting muddy.

Please do consider using public transport or bicycle to get here and if you’re coming by car, please park in the tree-lined avenue nearby. For more travel information click here.

Asthall Manor Kitchen Garden is now working under the umbrella of the non-profit Asthall Wild Community Interest Company (Asthall Wild CIC) with the aim of helping to create a healthier, happier food system for all. We grow wildlife-friendly and people-friendly food using Organic methods and Permaculture principles. We grow for a small, local box scheme, for the occasional Potting Shed Café, for chefs and for the Manor kitchen. We do this while providing a mixture of wild habitats such as ponds, log piles, flowering weeds, seed heads and uncut margins for beneficial creatures to feed, hunt, sleep, bask, breed and hibernate in.

The funds raised from this workshop will go towards delivering the aims of Asthall Wild CIC. For more information, click here.

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