Courses and Events

“Wouldn’t the world be a better place with more of this connection?”
— Midlands Permaculture Festival 2024 participant.

“There hasn’t ever been a talk that I haven’t enjoyed, or got something from BUT I have to say today’s talk from Ryan was one of the best I’ve been to in my 3 year membership.” – Talk attendee, 2025.

“Have really enjoyed the sessions, and have learnt a lot about the various ways of making compost, sowing seeds in different mediums and plant feeds, enabling me to choose which methods I can implement at home using available materials in my garden or locally.

“Quite simply our flowers, vegetables and plants would not survive without the role of worms and their successful breakdown of vegetation in our soil. On the compost workshop Ryan explained how you too can create a healthy composting system and all about the worms cycle in that process. What a fascinating day! Great to get your hands dirty and learn such valuable information, which I will incorporate into my own garden. Who needs fertilisers and harmful chemicals when we have our own heroes – worms!”
— Julie Marshall, Holbrook Green Team.

Ryan, Carol and Cristina are also great ambassadors for the natural environment and their small but productive allotment plot is very inspiring and shows what can be achieved from a gentle approach to growing using natural techniques . They are clearly very knowledgeable on all the scientific aspects but also experienced gardeners and growers. 

I would recommend this course to both young and old as I believe the Earthed Up! project is innovative and also challenges long held conventions that compost comes from the supermarket and our food waste goes to landfill.”

— Jane Walker, about the Soil Health Club