Market Garden Autumn Course

Market Garden Autumn Course
10am-3.30pm Friday 19 September 2025

Autumn Growing, Cover Crops and Harvest

As the growing season winds down, it’s time to turn our attention to harvests, soil health, and biodiversity. Join us for a day of practical learning, seasonal inspiration, and delicious local food, all set in the heart of the Knepp Estate.

Our focus: cover cropping and green manures.

What We’ll Cover

In-depth tour of Knepp’s highly productive, regenerative market garden: See the plentiful harvests of autumn produce, the ways we’re encouraging birds and critters into the garden and how we are thinking ahead for winter growing.

Hands-on cover cropping: Discover how to protect and enrich your soil over autumn and winter using a wide variety of cover crops. We’ll explore what to sow, when to sow it, and how these green manures can boost biodiversity and long-term fertility.

Visit the stunning rewilded kitchen garden: Get a first-hand look at how this biodiverse garden integrates fruit and veg in a thriving polyculture system – perfect for those wanting to grow more at home while working with nature.

Delicious local food

Enjoy fresh brownies with your morning coffee or tea, and graze on a seasonal lunchtime platter prepared by Wilding Kitchen – showcasing the incredible overlap of summer and autumn produce from the market garden.

There may be a little walking involved around both garden sites, so do bring appropriate footwear and dress for the weather. This safari requires a 6-minute drive from the Market Garden to get to the Rewilded Walled Garden. We don’t provide transport but if you’re stuck, please let us know ahead of the safari.