Next Level Veg Patch

In this course, Adam embraces his love for rare and flavourful varieties, intelligent and low-maintenance growing techniques and thoughtful organic practices to guide you through growing ingredients that with not only enrich your cooking but will also inject beauty and joy into your garden space (no matter how large or small).

Adam will take you step-by-step through building and planting up your own raised bed. You’ll learn what you need to construct it, what soil you need to fill it, a time frame for when you should aim to build your raised bed. He’ll also give you endless inspiration for things you can grow throughout the year. You’ll also learn about companion planting and crop rotation.

Salad is a four-season staple at River Cottage and Adam will show you how he keeps us in leaves and exciting salad ingredients throughout the year, even in the depths of winter. Adam will also show you how to harvest salad leaves to maximise the return and guide you through a Four Season Salad Planting Plan.

Adam will also show you different herb varieties you can grow at home - looking at the pros and cons of different herbs, giving insight into the needs of different herbs in relation to sunlight, soil and water. He’ll also look at how to plant so you ensure you have a different herbs throughout the year and how to look after and pick your herbs in a way that ensures a healthy and abundant supply.

The final lesson touches on perennial vegetables, which are making a comeback. Not only are they very low maintenance (these are vegetables that you plant once but can harvest continuously for years thereafter), they’re also hugely sustainable and arguably, more nutritious than annual vegetables.

Once established, perennial vegetables can tap into water sources and soil nutrients annual crops, with shallower tap roots, can’t access. Perennial vegetables are also hugely beneficial for long-term soil health. Adam will look at options for putting perennials in the new raised bed and show you how you can grow perennial veg at home.

You'll learn:

how to make raised beds

growing salads through the seasons

growing perennial vegetables

harvesting herbs and vegetables form your kitchen garden

The course includes:

4 on-demand video lessons - presented by Adam Crofts and River Cottage

lifetime access to the videos, notes and interactive class

flexible classes - join and learn when and where you like

downloadable lesson notes

practical gardening assignments (with tutor feedback available)

access on your mobile, PC, Mac or laptop

small interactive online classroom - chat online to students from around the world and share your creative ideas

Independent Cookery Schools Association approved

This course has been approved by the Independent Cookery Schools Association (ICSA), recognising the highest standards of training.

Time to complete the River Cottage veg garden course:

Every student is different but in general we think the whole course will take around 14 hours 40 minutes to complete including:

Video lessons: 2 hours 40 minutes in total

Course notes: 30 minutes per lesson

Your gut health recipe assignments: at least 2 hours per lesson

Interactive classroom time: 15 minutes per lesson

Tutor feedback review (Expert level): 15 minutes per lesson

You'll need:

The notes include details of materials and plants included in the course.

Ready to get started?

Just add the course to your basket above - choose the 'Expert' option for personal feedback from Adam on your gardening assignments.

If you know someone who'd love this course then give it as a gift - just tick "This is a gift" at the checkout.

Any questions? Contact us by clicking on the orange speech symbol - we'd love to hear from you.