News from The Organic Centre

The course "Working with Horses" in Co.Clare with Jim Cronin, scheduled for Saturday 31st July had to be cancelled. New date is Saturday 9th of September and there are still a few places available.

Ferramol Slug pellets are now available at €7. They are evironmentally friendly and don't harm wildlife.As part of our summer sale all seeds are now 20% off.

Participants on this highly recommended course will build a dry stone wall from foundation level to the finioshed capping stage. The course also includes traditional dry stone methods of building garden features such as seats or raised beds. Suitable for both the beginner and the more experienced person, men and women, allowing you to go away and apply these techniques at home.

11.30 Guided tours, staff and students on growing vegetables, herbs, pest and diseases, weed control, composting. Special Feature on Growing in Polytunnels

14.00 Cooking Demonstration with Neven Maguire

15.15 How to grow vegetables successfully with Joy Larkcom

Plus: Spot the seed game, Donkey Santuary, Kids acitivites: Making a scarecrow and mini landscapes,

12.00 -16.00: Organic Food in the Grass Roof Cafe

Fresh Vegetables for sale

We are delighted to announce renowned organic gardener and author of the famous book "Grow your own vegetables", Joy Larkcom as guest speaker at our garden party. Joy will talk about successful vegetable growing, where, what and how..

Weeds can be a serious problem in any garden. They compete for plant nutrients and water in the soil and space and light above the ground. Knowing your weeds from your seedlings is an aquired skill and best learned from someone who knows. What better place then to come to The Organic Centre and find out about annual and perenniel weeds, what is a weed and how to deal with it, can you eat it, is it a noxius weed, is it toxic....All will be revealed on the 10th. You are most welcome to bring any species along for identification.

Fee for the day is €90 including food.

The Organic Centre in conjunction with the Sligo Education Centre invites teachers to the summer course: "How to create an organic garden in your school" with sessions on designing and planning the garden, growing vegetables, herbs and fruit, flowers for attracting beneficial insects, dealing with problems like pest and weeds, a native hedgerow and tree walk and ending the week with a hands-on-cooking session. This very practical and mostly outdoor course will be held in the grounds of The Organic Centre and will also include a visit to a local school garden.

The lecturer Ciara Barrett has worked with schools and established many gardens in the North West since 2004. She will be supported by other lecturers and staff of The Organic Centre. 

Bookings through the SLigo Education Centre at 071-9138700

Mike will cover all aspects of vegan cooking and demonstrate and cook breakfast, dinner and delicious cholesterol free vegan desserts for participants to sample and taste. €90.

As part of new developments at The Organic Centre we now offer for the first time organic transplants at the centre's Eco-Shop, at Sligo Farmers Market and also at Connacht Gold in Sligo. Visitors at our Potato Day could see first hand the first "crop" of transplants in our new polytunnel. Julia and Mary with help from students and volunteers have worked very hard to offer our customers a wide range of vegetable transplants. At present we have trays of 6 and 9 modules with spinach, scallions, mangetout/peas, broad beans, leeks and cabbage, also the tomatoes and a surprise mix of lettuces, especially selected to produce your own mixed leaf salad bag. Trays cost €3.50, except tomatoes.

The Organic Centre will be featured on Neven Maguire’s new Home Cooking programme on Thursday 14th January at 8.30 pm on RTE 1.

Also, there is a new gardening programme on TG4 every Sunday at 7.30pm where The Organic Centre and some of our lecturers are featured.