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Market Garden Training Hub

edge
Lambourn, Berkshire

Posted: 23 Apr 2025

Deadline: 31 May 2025

Compensation: Funded training for new entrant growers

Unpaid Traineeship Apprenticeship Volunteer Part-time

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Job description

Regenerative Market Garden Training Hub in Berkshire - funded & part-funded training programmes for new entrant growers, farmers & landowners setting up and managing regenerative market gardens and food growing systems in a profitable way, certified by LANTRA.

Demonstration site includes:

  • Mixed silvopasture fruit & nut orchard
  • Syntropic Forest Garden
  • Perennial vegetables
  • No Dig strip beds
  • Polyculture Polytunnel
  • Integrated pest management 
  • Mushroom production
  • Compost techniques including Vermiculture, Bokashi & Compost teas
  • Charcoal & Biochar making
  • Perennial cut flowers
  • Seasonal Veg box
  • Direct & Wholesale routes to market
  • Access to land
  • Practical learning
  • Job opportunitites with our own network of Market Gardens
  • Certified by LANTRA

From half a day to 6 week programmes including ongoing support and access to land.

Who is it for? 

Landowners & Growers who wish to grow food for income.

We have already trained 40+ new growers and would like to double that in the next 12 months - there are multiple opportunities for growers as food security becomes more important.

Marginalised communities welcomed including BIPOC, Queer, Neuro-divergent learners and anyone who doesn't feel supported by the mainstream educational system.

We are non-profit - any of our earnings after fair wages are paid go back into improving our training facilities. 

Application information

Contact us to register your interest in learning with us grow@edgelandscaping.uk

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About edge

edge is a non profit design agency and educational organisation focused on regenerative food production. Within our team we have designers, landscape architects and educators, all designing spaces for food and running workshops on food growing. We also help design and set up Market Gardens, Agroforestry systems, Incredible Edible groups and Public Realm edible planting schemes, water retentive landscapes & biodiversity net gain.

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