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Welcome to the courses at Featherfield Farm.
Featherfield Farm has a classroom, complete with toilets, kitchen, shop and parking. A demonstration garden was built in 2019, incorporating a small pond, polytunnel, raised beds, composting area, hugel bed, and fruit cages. The bee keeping courses needed hives, so new colonies were establishes and there are now six permanent active hives in the beekeepers garden. For the poultry courses, a purpose built poultry shed was established. The outdoor chicken run mixes with the bee keepers garden as the chickens keep down the mite population which may threaten the bee hives. All classes start at 10am but we ask students to arrive at 9:30am for a meet and greet with tea and coffee, the actual courses starting at 10am sharp. We break for mid morning coffee and again at 1pm for lunch. Most courses end at 4:30pm, although the question and answer session may go on longer. The classroom is modern, bright and comfortably warm. We do hope you enjoy our courses. If there are any other courses you would like to see offered or other educators you would like to see featured, please drop us an email here. |
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Poultry Keeping, Breeding, Eggs & Health (Saturday 23rd May)
An in depth one day course on poultry keeping for beginners led by Julian Pawlowski. The course will cover housing requirements of various breeds; health and diet; breeding, breed selection; practical demonstrations. How to avoid pests and diseases will be covered as will how to properly handle a hen including how to wash a hen for poultry shows. Cost €95 Schedule: Saturday 23rd May: 9:30am tea/coffee 10am course start 11:30am tea/coffee 1:30pm light lunch of soups & breads Finish at 4:30pm with tea/coffee Facilities include parking, toilets, heated classroom & farm shop as well as the opportunity to see one of Ireland's national farming for nature ambassador farms for 2019. To book over the phone or for more information: call Julian on 087 624 0811 or email julian@featherfieldfarm.ie |
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Grow Your Own Organic Food (Saturday 25th July)
This course, led by Klaus Laitenberger will outline the basics of soil fertility management, propagation, crop planning and variety selection as well as how to prevent pests, diseases and weeds organically.There will be some practical demonstrations on seed sowing and soil evaluation, powerpoint presentations, Q&A session. Cost €95 Schedule: Saturday 25th July: 9:30am tea/coffee 10am course start 11:30am tea/coffee 1:30pm light lunch of soups & breads Finish at 4:30pm with tea/coffee Facilities include parking, toilets, heated classroom & farm shop as well as the opportunity to see one of Ireland's national farming for nature ambassador farms for 2019. To book over the phone or for more information: call Julian on 087 624 0811 or email julian@featherfieldfarm.ie Poultry Keeping, Breeding, Eggs & Health (Saturday 23rd May) An in depth one day course on poultry keeping for beginners led by Julian Pawlowski. The course will cover housing requirements of various breeds; health and diet; breeding, breed selection; practical demonstrations. How to avoid pests and diseases will be covered as will how to properly handle a hen including how to wash a hen for poultry shows. Cost €95 Schedule: Saturday 23rd May: 9:30am tea/coffee 10am course start 11:30am tea/coffee 1:30pm light lunch of soups & breads Finish at 4:30pm with tea/coffee Facilities include parking, toilets, heated classroom & farm shop as well as the opportunity to see one of Ireland's national farming for nature ambassador farms for 2019. To book over the phone or for more information: call Julian on 087 624 0811 or email julian@featherfieldfarm.ie |
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Honey Harvesting Course (Saturday 29th August)
This course, led by Liam McGarry, is designed for Beekeepers with some experience and have bees. It will be mainly hands on practical active hive beekeeping, honey and wax recovery. Content will cover apiary management, using extractors, storage, settling, filtering and bottling. Bee keepers may bring their own supers for honey extraction. Cost €95 Schedule: Saturday 23rd May: 9:30am tea/coffee 10am course start 11:30am tea/coffee 1:30pm light lunch of soups & breads Finish at 4:30pm with tea/coffee Facilities include parking, toilets, heated classroom & farm shop as well as the opportunity to see one of Ireland's national farming for nature ambassador farms for 2019. To book over the phone or for more information: call Julian on 087 624 0811 or email julian@featherfieldfarm.ie |
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The Autumn Vegetable Garden (Saturday 12th September)
There are still many gardening jobs that can be done in September. A number of crops can still be sown or planted outdoors (garlic and autumn onions, broad beans) or green manures sown. If you have a polytunnel or greenhouse – now is the best time to sow a wide range of delicious winter salads. We also start bedding down the vegetable garden for the winter months to give it’s deserved rest. The course includes practical sessions on storing vegetables, compost making and bed preparation, seed sowing and weed control as well as a classroom session on how to prevent pests and diseases. Course fee: €95 Schedule: 9:30am tea/coffee 10am course start 11:30am tea/coffee 1:30pm light lunch of soups & breads Finish at 4:30pm with tea/coffee Facilities include parking, toilets, heated classroom & farm shop as well as the opportunity to see one of Ireland's national farming for nature ambassador farms for 2019. To book over the phone or for more information: call Julian on 087 624 0811 or email julian@featherfieldfarm.ie |
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Growing for Cut-Flower Arranging (Saturday 26th September)
Learn how to create your very own cut-flower patch, with Fionnuala Fallon using a range of time-efficient, planet-friendly, practical techniques so that you can harvest armfuls of sweetly-scented, seasonal, sustainably grown blooms throughout the Irish growing year. This hands-on course includes an illustrated talk on growing seasonal cut-flowers sustainably in Ireland, tips on sourcing the very best varieties to grow plus practical hands-on demos on how to sow seed, prick out seedlings, take cuttings and divide perennials. Course fee: €95 Schedule: 9:30am tea/coffee 10am course start 11:30am tea/coffee 1:30pm light lunch of soups & breads Finish at 4:30pm with tea/coffee Facilities include parking, toilets, heated classroom & farm shop as well as the opportunity to see one of Ireland's national farming for nature ambassador farms for 2019. To book over the phone or for more information: call Julian on 087 624 0811 or email julian@featherfieldfarm.ie |
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