Stephanie Hafferty

Garden Press Event
2023-02-21 09:00 - 17:00 (Europe/London)
I’m attending the Garden Press Event at the Business Design Centre, London on February 21st 2023. Looking forward to catching up with other members of the garden media, and chatting with brands and other exhibitors there, finding out about new products. It’s always such a brilliant day.
Find out more here.
(This event is for writers, journalists, editorial press etc and isn’t open to the general public)

Apple Day Festival - at Watson & Pratt's, Lampeter
2022-10-29 10:00 - 15:00 | Watson and Pratt’s, Lampeter Industrial Estate, Tregaron Road, Lampeter, SA48 8LT, United Kingdom
My last event of a very busy and enjoyable year, hosting talks nationally and internationally, is in my local town of Lampeter. I’ll then be taking a break from travelling about giving talks and workshops until next spring, working on my next book.
The Apple Day Festival, hosted by Watson & Pratt’s, features a host of activities, local food producers, and delicious local food to eat.
I’ll be there all day from 10 – 3pm, signing books, chatting about growing (and sampling lots of food!) and at 12 noon will be giving a talk about growing your own.
The Apple Day Festival is free to attend.

Festival of Flavours - RHS Bridgewater
2022-09-30 00:00 - 2022-10-01 23:59 | RHS Bridgewater, Occupation Road, Off Leigh Road, Worsley, Salford, Greater Manchester, M28 2LJ, United Kingdom
On Friday 30th September and Saturday 1st October, I will be speaking about growing your own food and no dig gardening at the Festival of Flavours at RHS Bridgewater, Salford.
There will also be gardening Q&A sessions with Dr Sylvia Travers, who was the head gardener at RHS Bridgewater for the extensive kitchen and forest gardens, and myself.
For more details and to book, visit the RHS Bridgewater website.

Harrogate Autumn Flower Show
2022-09-16 00:00 - 2022-09-18 23:59
Join me on the pop-up “Dig it?” allotment at Newby Hall, Harrogate for the Harrogate Flower Show.
I’ll be there every day at 11 am, 1pm and 3pm, sharing top tips on practical growing, no dig and how to grow with the planet and wildlife in mind.
The show runs from Friday 16th to Sunday 18th, at beautiful Newby Hall and Gardens.
More information and to book tickets here.
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Wales Permaculture Convergence
2022-09-10 00:00 - 23:59
Speaking about no dig gardening

RHS Wisley
2022-09-07 00:00 - 2022-09-08 23:59
Speaking at Wisley Show 7th and 8th September – more details to follow

No Dig Gardening Talk - Haverfordwest
2022-08-30 18:30
An evening no dig talk for the gardening club at Haverfordwest. More info to follow as I have just noticed I don’t have the time!
Crundale Community Centre
Tangiers
Crundale
Haverfordwest
SA62 4DF

Between the Trees Festival 28th August
2022-08-28 00:00 - 23:59
I am delighted to be speaking about no dig gardening at this beautiful festival, set in a Welsh woodland close beside the sea.
I’ll be there all day on Sunday 28th August and will be speaking from 2:30-3:30, in the pagoda.
For more information and to book day and camping tickets visit their website.
The festival was featured in the Guardian’s Ten Nature Based Festivals 2022

No dig and seasonal food talks - Carlow Festival July 27th 2022
2022-07-27 00:00 - 23:59 | Shankill Castle, Paulstown, Kilkenny, Ireland
I am delighted to be hosting an afternoon of talks and a supper club at Shankill Castle in Kilkenny, Ireland on Wednesday 27th July. This is part of the Carlow Garden Trail, which runs from July 22nd to 1st August.
For more information and to book, visit here.
There’s more information about the event and some of the speakers – including myself – in the Irish Times.
I visited Shankill Castle a few years ago. It is a gorgeous location, with a family run organic farm and extensive grounds.
The afternoon of talks will have plenty of time for questions and discussions, and I will been signing books should you wish to buy a copy.
3 p.m. No Dig Gardening €10
How to set up a no dig garden in home gardens, allotments and smaller market gardens, looking at different methods and techniques. Explores best mulches, keeping the plot weed-free, sowing methods, composting, plant foods, harvesting and more.
5 p.m. The Creative Kitchen – seasonal plant-based recipes for everyone €10
A practical talk on how to use seasonal produce from the garden in the kitchen. Covers cooking, recipes, tips for preserving and using gluts, and much more.
6.30 p.m. Garden Supper Club €40
A three-course farm-to-fork seasonal supper club hosted by Stephanie Hafferty in an al-fresco setting (or under cover if necessary!). The menu is inspired by Hafferty’s Creative Kitchen recipes, using produce from Shankill Castle’s Organic Farm and Walled Garden, and local suppliers. Accommodates both plant-based and omnivore diets.
All three events at Shankill €55

Wildlife Gardening & No Dig Gardening Talks in Swansea
2022-07-14 10:00 - 15:00
I am hosting two talks at the Environment Centre in Swansea on Thursday July 14th.
11am – Wildlife Gardening
1pm – No Dig Gardening
Find out how to grow your own food year round, organically, affordably using planet friendly methods, and easy ways to make your garden a haven for wildlife.
For more information contact Rhian or visit their website.

No Dig Gardening and Wildlife Gardening workshops
2022-07-14 08:00 - 17:00
In Swansea – more details to come

No Dig Gardening Zoom Presentation
2022-07-11 18:00 - 19:30
Part of the Vegan Permaculture Design Course hosted by Graham Burnett at Spiralseed.
This is an inclusive PDC and you don’t need to be vegan (I’m not)

Talks At RHS Hampton Court Garden Festival
2022-07-05 00:00
Looking forward to returning to RHS Hampton Court Garden Festival where I designed and created the No Dig Allotment Demonstration Garden in 2021 (co-designed with Charles)
I’ll be at the Market Theatre at 3pm and 5pm on Tuesday 5th July – more info soon

RHS Bridgewater
2022-06-26 08:00 - 17:00
7-9th October – more details to follow

No Dig Talks at BBC Gardeners' World Live
2022-06-17 00:00
Happy to be returning to BBC Gardeners’ World Live at the NEC in Birmingham to talk about no dig gardening on Friday 17th June 2022.
I’ll be on the Let’s Grow Your Own Stage at 1pm and 4pm, talking about no dig gardening.
If you’re at the event do come and say hello.
More information about the talks, venue and how to buy tickets here:
https://www.bbcgardenersworldlive.com/whatson/lets-grow-your-own-stage/

RHS Chelsea Flower Show
2022-05-27 00:00 - 2022-05-28 23:59 | Chelsea Flower Show
I am delighted to have been invited by award winning designer Juliet Sargeant to speak on the Blue Peter Garden at Chelsea Flower Show 2022. The theme of the garden is Discover Soil. An aim of this interactive garden is to demonstrate to children and adults the crucial role of soil, and explain how remarkable and full of life soil is.
Award winning designer Juliet SargeantPhoto credit: Juliet Sargeant Landscapes
‘Down-trodden and neglected, soil is the “forgotten climate solution” beneath our feet,’: Juliet Sargeant.

Soil sequesters more carbon than anything else on the planet – which is why no dig gardening is so climate friendly, because digging releases carbon into the atmosphere.
I’ll be there on Friday 27th and Saturday 28th, hosting Q&A sessions about soil on the Blue Peter Garden (times below, subject to weather!) I am also attending Press Day Chelsea Flower Show on Monday 23rd May – contact me here to arrange an appointment on the 23rd.
Friday 27th May: 10am, 12pm, 2pm, 4pm, 6pm
Saturday 28th May: 10am, 12pm, 2pm, 4pm
I am so looking forward to seeing Juliet’s garden and sharing the joy of soil with you all. What a treat!
After the show, this Blue Peter garden will be permanently situated at RHS Bridgewater in Manchester.
In 2021 I designed the RHS No Dig Allotment Demonstration Garden at RHS Hampton Court Garden Festival (with Charles) and project managed this for over 18 months. This is the first time I have been invited to speak at Chelsea.

Wildlife Gardening Course at National Botanic Garden of Wales
2022-05-19 11:00 - 15:00 | National Botanic Garden Wales, Middleton Hall, Llanarthne, Camarthenshire, SA32 8HN, United Kingdom
Wildlife Gardening

on Thursday May 19th 2022.
Places are funded and cost £20 which includes admission to the amazing botanical gardens. Places are limited for each course and must be booked via the Botanic Gardens website
Learn how to create and maintain a productive wildlife and planet-friendly garden, whatever size plot you have, to increase biodiversity and add colour and nature to your life. The workshop includes planting schemes, practical crafts for making wildlife habitats and the many benefits of rewilding part of where you live.
The Wildlife Gardening course for everyone includes practical demonstrations, slides and plenty of time for all of your questions
Refreshments

Bring your own refreshments and lunch, or buy from the fantastic Caffi Botanica in the gardens which offers a varied range of meals, snacks and beverages (including vegan and gluten free) made from as locally produced ingredients as possible, including some from the gardens.
My books

No Dig Organic Home and Garden and The Creative Kitchen will be for sale in the Garden Shop and I can sign/dedicate them for you.
Getting there

The botanic gardens are located near Camarthen in Camarthenshire, Wales – just off the M4 and the A48. The nearest station is in Camarthen 8 miles away – there is a limited bus service from the station, and usually plenty of taxis (their numbers are here). There is also a train station 10 miles away at Llandeilo.
For cyclists, the gardens are on the Camarthen-Llanelli loop on the National Cycle Network Route 47 (also known as the Celtic Trail).
Find out how to get there here.
These courses are funded

These courses are delivered as part of Growing The Future and are funded through the Welsh Government Rural Communities – Rural Development Programme 2014-2020, which is funded by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the Welsh Government., hence the bargain price of only £20.

Wildlife Gardening Course at the National Botanic Garden of Wales
2022-05-12 11:00 - 15:00, 2022-03-31 11:00 - 15:00 | National Botanic Garden Wales, Middleton Hall, Llanarthne, Camarthenshire, SA32 8HN, United Kingdom
I am teaching two no dig gardening and two wildlife gardening courses at the fantastic National Botanic Garden of Wales in March and April 2022.Places are funded and cost £20 which includes admission to the amazing botanical gardens. Places are limited for each course and must be booked via the Botanic Gardens website – I have linked to each course on the dates below.
Easy No Dig Gardening

on Friday March 11th 2022 and Saturday April 2nd 2022
Learn how to set up and maintain a productive, organic no dig garden for vegetables, fruit, trees, herbs and flowers whatever size plot; composting; extending the growing season, wildlife gardening, natural wildlife-friendly ways of managing pests, growing year round, reducing weeds and mulches.
The workshop includes practical demonstrations, slides and plenty of time for all of your questions.
Wildlife Gardening

on Thursday March 31st 2022 and Thursday May 12th 2022
Learn how to create and maintain a productive wildlife and planet-friendly garden, whatever size plot you have, to increase biodiversity and add colour and nature to your life. The workshop includes planting schemes, practical crafts for making wildlife habitats and the many benefits of rewilding part of where you live.
The Wildlife Gardening course for everyone includes practical demonstrations, slides and plenty of time for all of your questions
Refreshments

Bring your own refreshments and lunch, or buy from the fantastic Caffi Botanica in the gardens which offers a varied range of meals, snacks and beverages (including vegan and gluten free) made from as locally produced ingredients as possible, including some from the gardens.
My books

No Dig Organic Home and Garden and The Creative Kitchen will be for sale in the Garden Shop and I can sign/dedicate them for you.
Getting there

The botanic gardens are located near Camarthen in Camarthenshire, Wales – just off the M4 and the A48. The nearest station is in Camarthen 8 miles away – there is a limited bus service from the station, and usually plenty of taxis (their numbers are here). There is also a train station 10 miles away at Llandeilo.
For cyclists, the gardens are on the Camarthen-Llanelli loop on the National Cycle Network Route 47 (also known as the Celtic Trail).
Find out how to get there here.
These courses are funded

These courses are delivered as part of Growing The Future and are funded through the Welsh Government Rural Communities – Rural Development Programme 2014-2020, which is funded by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the Welsh Government., hence the bargain price of only £20.

RHS Bridgewater 6-8th May
2022-05-05 - 2022-05-08 | RHS Bridgewater, Occupation Road, Off Leigh Road, Worsley, Salford, Greater Manchester, M28 2LJ, United Kingdom
I am speaking about no dig gardening at RHS Bridgewater in Greater Manchester as part of their National Gardening Week event. Becky Searle (@SowMuchMore on social media) will be there too, explaining the science behind why no dig works.
And we’ll both be hosting Gardeners’ Question Time on Friday and Saturday.
Hope to see you there!
Becky wowed the audiences at RHS Hampton Court when she talked about soil science on the No Dig Allotment Demonstration Garden there, which I designed (with Charles) and hosted.
More information about the event at RHS Bridgewater here, including ticket prices and how to get there. The talks are free as part of the general admission.
The schedule is:
Friday 6th May
11am Steph Hafferty – No Dig Gardening
2:30pm Becky Searle – Why No Dig Gardening Works: The Science of No Dig Gardening
3:30pm – Gardeners Question Time with Steph and Becky

Saturday 7th May
11am Becky Searle – Why No Dig Gardening Works: The Science of No Dig Gardening
2:30pm – Gardeners Question Time with Steph and Becky
3:30pm Steph Hafferty – No Dig Gardening Steph Hafferty – No Dig Gardening

Sunday 8th May
11am Steph Hafferty – No Dig Gardening
Becky speaking at RHS Hampton Court Garden Festival

No Dig Gardening Course at the National Botanic Garden of Wales
2022-04-02 11:00 - 15:00 | National Botanic Garden Wales, Middleton Hall, Llanarthne, Camarthenshire, SA32 8HN, United Kingdom
I am teaching two no dig gardening and two wildlife gardening courses at the fantastic National Botanic Garden of Wales in March and April 2022.
Places are funded and cost £20 which includes admission to the amazing botanical gardens. Places are limited for each course and must be booked via the Botanic Gardens website – I have linked to each course on the dates below.
Easy No Dig Gardening

on Friday March 11th 2022 and Saturday April 2nd 2022
Learn how to set up and maintain a productive, organic no dig garden for vegetables, fruit, trees, herbs and flowers whatever size plot; composting; extending the growing season, wildlife gardening, natural wildlife-friendly ways of managing pests, growing year round, reducing weeds and mulches.
The workshop includes practical demonstrations, slides and plenty of time for all of your questions.
Wildlife Gardening

on Thursday March 31st 2022 and Thursday May 12th 2022
Learn how to create and maintain a productive wildlife and planet-friendly garden, whatever size plot you have, to increase biodiversity and add colour and nature to your life. The workshop includes planting schemes, practical crafts for making wildlife habitats and the many benefits of rewilding part of where you live.
The Wildlife Gardening course for everyone includes practical demonstrations, slides and plenty of time for all of your questions
Refreshments

Bring your own refreshments and lunch, or buy from the fantastic Caffi Botanica in the gardens which offers a varied range of meals, snacks and beverages (including vegan and gluten free) made from as locally produced ingredients as possible, including some from the gardens.
My books

No Dig Organic Home and Garden and The Creative Kitchen will be for sale in the Garden Shop and I can sign/dedicate them for you.
Getting there

The botanic gardens are located near Camarthen in Camarthenshire, Wales – just off the M4 and the A48. The nearest station is in Camarthen 8 miles away – there is a limited bus service from the station, and usually plenty of taxis (their numbers are here). There is also a train station 10 miles away at Llandeilo.
For cyclists, the gardens are on the Camarthen-Llanelli loop on the National Cycle Network Route 47 (also known as the Celtic Trail).
Find out how to get there here.
These courses are funded

These courses are delivered as part of Growing The Future and are funded through the Welsh Government Rural Communities – Rural Development Programme 2014-2020, which is funded by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the Welsh Government., hence the bargain price of only £20.

Kew Gardens: KMIS Lecture - No Dig Gardening
2022-03-14 18:00 - 19:00 | Lady Lisa Sainsbury Lecture Theatre, Kew Gardens, Richmond, London, TW9 3AE, United Kingdom
I am delighted to be starting my speaking engagements in 2022 with this talk at the world renowned Royal Botanic Gardens Kew.

Join our talk on no dig gardening with Stephanie Hafferty.
Stephanie is a no-dig homesteader, and garden and food writer. She is a leading expert on no dig gardening and author of three books on the subject.
Stephanie is now dedicating her time to setting up a new no-dig homestead in West Wales.
In this lecture, Stephanie will talk about how to grow crops year-round through no dig gardening, from allotments to market gardens, using natural organic methods which benefit wildlife and the planet.
This event will be live and also online, and also on demand. Book tickets here.
Find out more about the Lecture Series here.

No Dig Gardening Course at Botanic Gardens Wales
2022-03-11 11:00 - 15:00 | National Botanic Garden Wales, Middleton Hall, Llanarthne, Camarthenshire, SA32 8HN, United Kingdom

No Dig Gardening and Homesteading
2021-11-04 19:00 - 20:30 | Online
As our first speaker of our series of winter talks, Stephanie Hafferty, author of The Creative Kitchen, will talk abotu her no dig journey and why no dig is so important not just for the soil but for nature and our climate. Recently having moved to mid Wales, Stephanie’s new garden is a work in progress, and she is working on experimental mulches as well as constantly coming up with new plant based recipes with the food she grows. Stephanie is also a herb grower, and uses herbs in her home not just for cooking but for a multitude of other uses which we hope she will tell us all about!!

Podcast with Mike Palmer
2021-11-02 19:00 - 20:00
Michael Palmer – “Mike the Gardener” – is recording a podcast with me this evening via Instagram Live: to listen to it as it is recorded, follow Mike on Instagram here.
Afterwards, the podcast will be available to listen to via his website and on most of the usual podcast channels – look for Mic the Gardener.
Mike is a professional gardener, podcaster and broadcaster, and recently was appointed co-chair of the Garden Media Guild.
