I completed the Sustainable Gardening course at CERES. This is essentially a taster course covering the basics of, you guessed it, sustainable gardening. I have some gardening experience, others had more than me, several had less - we all learned a great deal from this course. Expect to cover soil, nutrients, watering, composting, worm farming, weeds, pests, fruit, veggies, a basic overview of permaculture concepts, guild planting ... I could go on.
If you want to start a garden or fine tune your existing skills you need to do this workshop. It's brilliant. Additionally the teacher is a living gardening legend, what a resource! He is extremely knowledgeable and supportive, not to mention highly engaging an oft times entertaining.
Loved every minute of this course. My confidence, skills and knowledge have grown immensely and I'm already reaping the rewards in my garden (fact). I am growing food in places I would have otherwise put chip bark and from the course alone I'm already growing enough green leafy veg and herbs for 2 adults (in a small space) with much more to come (all my seeds have taken off and I can see a very fruitful season ahead!). Very grateful for all that I have learned.
Plus, you get to hang out with other gardening people an that's always a bonus.