Field to Sales Market Gardening Practice

A grounded, production-focused workshop on core market gardening systems in a subtropical context.

Hosted at Neighbourhood Farm, this session follows the full pathway from propagation through to harvest and sales, focusing on practical systems that keep a farm efficient, productive, and resilient.

This is a deep dive into the everyday practice of running a small-scale market garden.

What you'll learn:

• Small-scale market garden systems from propagation to sales

• Composting and biological soil building

• Efficient wash-pack and workflow design

• Crop planning for consistent production

• Tools, infrastructure and labour efficiency

• Farm-to-plate relationships with chefs and restaurants

• Diversified production (vegetables + flowers + systems integration)

Who This Is For:

• Market gardeners and small-scale farmers

• Trainees and farm staff

• Growers refining systems and efficiency

• People building commercial micro-farms

• Chefs and farm-to-plate operators wanting deeper understanding of production systems

In a nutshell:

• 2-day intensives at each farm working commercial market garden, 9am to 5pm

• Practical, in-field learning

• Limited numbers per site, first-in first-served basis

• Designed for working growers and serious trainees

• Lunches included, catered from the farm + locale.