Workshops & Contact



Homeschool groups – message me for a special large group price on workshops that can be held in the garden.

All workshops are kept to small groups. They are super fun and very informative.

You will leave with all your questions answered, confident in your newly learned knowledge & skills. And you get tea/coffee, & a sweet treat.

Start Peppers (and Eggplants, if you want) From Seed
  • $20 – all supplies included.
  • Date: Wednesday , February 25th
  • Time: 6 pm (till 7:30)
  • Step by step how-to for starting peppers (and eggplants) from seed.
  • Learn how to go from seed to harvest. How to water, fertilise, and care for them all summer.
  • Choose your peppers from the organic seeds I have here for you, many varieties to choose from.
  • Sow the seeds here, take them home with you.

Go home with a tray full of peppers of your own choosing.

Everything is included – seeds, soil, fertiliser, seed tray, humidity dome…

Start Peppers (and Eggplants, if you want) From Seed
  • $20 – All supplies included.
  • Date: Saturday , February 28th
  • Time: 1 pm (till 2:30)
  • Step by step how-to for starting peppers (and eggplants) from seed.
  • Learn how to go from seed to harvest. How to water, fertilise, and care for them all summer.
  • Choose your peppers from the organic seeds I have here for you, many varieties to choose from.
  • Sow the seeds here, take them home with you.

Go home with a tray full of peppers of your own choosing.

Everything is included – seeds, soil, fertiliser, seed tray, humidity dome…

Start Flowers From Seeds & Cuttings
  • $25 – all supplies included.
  • Date: Wednesday, March 4th
  • Time: 6 pm (till 7:30)
  • Step by step how-to for starting flowers from seeds and how to take cuttings, too.
  • Learn how to grow, water, fertilise, and care for them all summer long.
  • Choose from several types of annual flowers, plus take cuttings from trailing plants/flowers, too.
  • Sow the seeds and take the cuttings here. Bring them home with you.

Go home with 2 trays – a tray of flowers and a tray of flower/trailing plant cuttings.

Everything is included – seeds, cuttings, potting soil, organic fertiliser, rooting hormone, seed starting trays.

Start Flowers From Seeds & Cuttings
  • $25 – All supplies included.
  • Date: Saturday , March 7th
  • Time: 1 pm (till 2:30)
  • Step by step how-to for starting flowers from seeds and how to take cuttings, too.
  • Learn how to grow, water, fertilise, and care for them all summer long.
  • Choose from several types of annual flowers, plus take cuttings from trailing plants/flowers, too.
  • Sow the seeds and take the cuttings here. Bring them home with you.

Go home with 2 trays – a tray of flowers and a tray of flower/trailing plant cuttings.

Everything is included – seeds, cuttings, potting soil, organic fertiliser, rooting hormone, seed starting trays.

Start Tomatoes From Seed
  • $20 – all supplies included.
  • Date: Wednesday , March 11th
  • Time: 6 pm (till 7:30)
  • Step by step how-to for starting tomatoes from seeds.
  • Learn how to from seed to harvest. How to sow, grow, water, fertilise, and care for them all summer long.
  • Choose your tomatoes from the wide array of organic tomato seeds that I have for you.
  • Sow the seeds and take the cuttings here. Bring them home with you.

Go home with a tray full of tomatoes of your own choosing.

Everything is included – seeds, potting soil, organic fertiliser, rooting hormone, seed starting trays.

Start Tomatoes From Seed
  • $20 – All supplies included.
  • Date: Saturday , March 14th
  • Time: 1 pm (till 2:30)
  • Step by step how-to for starting tomatoes from seeds.
  • Learn how to from seed to harvest. How to sow, grow, water, fertilise, and care for them all summer long.
  • Choose your tomatoes from the wide array of organic tomato seeds that I have for you.
  • Sow the seeds and take the cuttings here. Bring them home with you.

Go home with a tray full of tomatoes of your own choosing.

Everything is included – seeds, potting soil, organic fertiliser, rooting hormone, seed starting trays.

Grow Your Own Groceries
  • $20
  • Date: Wednesday , April 15th
  • Time: 6 pm (till 8 pm)
  • Soil preparation, organic gardens and amendments.
  • Planning your garden.
  • When and how to start from seeds and plants.
  • Succession growing.
  • Seasonal care to go from spring till fall with healthy, abundant crops.

A practical how-to for growing food in our zone 3 gardens. You will leave feeling excited, inspired, and confident to grow your own groceries.

Grow Your Own Groceries
  • $20
  • Date: Saturday , April 18th
  • Time: 1 pm (till 3 pm)
  • Soil preparation, organic gardens and amendments.
  • Planning your garden.
  • When and how to start from seeds and plants.
  • Succession growing.
  • Seasonal care to go from spring till fall with healthy, abundant crops.

A practical how-to for growing food in our zone 3 gardens. You will leave feeling excited, inspired, and confident to grow your own groceries.

EMAIL
marigoldpotager.com

Payments for the workshops will be by e-transfer or cash can be dropped off at the shop.

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*Please note that all workshops must be prepaid to confirm your spot.

Coming Soon…

How To successfully Grow Warm Weather Crops

Tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, eggplants, squash, pumpkins.


  • How to plant or sow/grow from seed
  • Which ones to direct sow in the garden from seeds.
  • How to water, fertilise, and care for your warm weather crops all summer long for the best results.
  • How to prevent BER (blossom end rot) on your tomatoes and diseases on the leaves of your vegetables (and flowers).
  • How to prevent bitter cucumbers.
  • Get more peppers.

The Organic Gardener


Learn ALL the things you need to know about going organic in your yard & veggie garden.

  • Feeding the soil food web. What it is and why it matters.
  • No dig gardening and how to aerate the soil without it.
  • Mulching and watering.
  • Attracting pollinators.
  • All about composting.
  • We are going to tackle it all in a mere 2 hours. If you want to keep chatting after that, we will!
  • Organic fertiliser recipes.
    Organic pest control methods.
    Keeping your trees, shrubs, and flowers (groundcovers) thriving organically.

I’m Tanja

Growing food and flowers cottage garden style (potager style) for healthier, happier gardens.

Feeding pollinators, attracting pollinators, for bigger, better food crops.

Follow for practical, easy to do gardening tips to improve your garden harvests while also saving our birds, bees, and environment… and growing lots of pretty flowers, too.

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