10:00am, Saturday August 16th, 2025

The Polytunnel at Vine Road Recreation Ground, SW13 0NE

Workshop: The wonderful world of herbs

Workshop: The wonderful world of herbs

10:00am, Saturday August 16th, 2025

The Polytunnel at Vine Road Recreation Ground, SW13 0NE

We’ll have a look at how to grow different garden herbs, and sample some herbal teas brewed with plants growing at the project.

Herbs are fantastic plants to grow in your garden. You can grow them in any space, and they have multiple culinary and medicinal uses. In this workshop, we’ll have a look at how to grow some of the most common garden herbs – and some more unusual ones! We’ll discuss their culinary uses, medicinal qualities and folklore. You’ll also have a chance to sample some herbal teas brewed with plants growing at the project.

All workshops will run on the 3rd Saturday of the month unless otherwise stated. The workshops will run from 10am to 11am, and you are welcome to stay afterwards to chat, look around the growing area and ask the workshop leader any questions. If you attend the training, you will also receive an emailed resource sheet afterwards with links to websites, videos and books you might want to use.

This workshop will take place in the polytunnel in our growing area at Vine Road Rec. Hot drinks can be purchased from the Vine Road Community Café in the Pavilion with a 50% discount for attendees.

Please note, dogs will not be admitted at this event except guide dogs. All our events are dog free unless specifically mentioned in the event listing.

Your ticket includes a 50% discount on a drink (hot or cold) at the Vine Road Community Cafe at the Pavilion.

We will be taking photos and/or recording video at this event. These photos and videos will likely to be used on our website, social media platforms as well as marketing materials and press releases. Please contact us directly (by emailing or in person at the event) if you do not wish to be in the photographs/videos.

This is a non smoking event. Smoking and vaping is not allowed at this event. If you smoke or vape outdoors, please dispose of your cigarette butts and used vapes responsibly as they constitute a fire hazard and pollute the environment.

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Concession tickets: All proceeds from ticket sales will support our conservation work and future learning events and we would encourage you, if you can, to pay full price. We do not want cost to be a barrier to our activities, as such we have a limited number of discount concession tickets available, please email [email protected] for details.

Refund policy:

Unfortunately we are unable to issue refunds on cancellations made within 2 weeks of the event. In some circumstances, we may be able to offer a rebooking for a similar event.

Please contact [email protected] with any questions.