Urban Gardening and Sustainability Planning Class

Want to grow your own food but don’t know where to start? Sara will show you how at this London gardening class!



5.5 hours

Class size 1 to 6 (public classes), 4 to 10
  £110

Join this sustainable gardening class in London and discover how to harvest abundance from your own doorstep. Drawing from two decades of experience and her work with Gardeners' World Magazine, Sara Ward welcomes you to Hen Corner with fresh coffee and homemade bakes. After a warm introduction, you'll stroll through the garden to meet the chickens and bees, seeing first-hand how to embrace a more eco-friendly lifestyle.
If you've been wanting to grow your own food but feel unsure where to start, this interactive day is designed for you. You'll learn how to assess your specific space, resources, and time, planning for homegrown crops that can be harvested in just a few weeks. The session provides a supportive environment where all your questions are answered, helping you feel confident about your green thumb.
Your time together will include:
  • Planning your plot – from window boxes to allotments
  • Plan your space – what needs to be positioned where
  • Plan your year – sowing, planting, protecting, and pruning
  • Plan your harvest – gathering, storing, and preserving
During the day, you'll enjoy a simple homemade lunch featuring homegrown ingredients to fuel your afternoon activities.
You'll finish the day feeling empowered and ready to cultivate your own patch of paradise, heading home with the practical knowledge to turn your garden into a thriving source of fresh food.

Upcoming dates for Urban Gardening and Sustainability Planning Class

Times are London time. Dates and prices as of 6 Oct 2026, 6:50pm; availability and price are confirmed live when booking on this page.

1 upcoming date between 23 Feb 2027 and 23 Feb 2027.

  • Tue 23 Feb 2027, 10am-3:30pm
What you'll get
  • Expert guidance on how to plan your garden.
  • We will also enjoy a simple homemade lunch, with homegrown food, to fuel us for the tasks of the afternoon.
Knowledge required
Beginner-friendly
What to bring
Footwear suitable for the garden.
Suitable for

This class is great for individuals and couples as well as for a date idea, team building activity, Christmas party, birthday or hen do.

This experience would also be a fun gift for her, gift for mum, Xmas gift or gift for couples.

Location

Hen Corner, Lateward Rd, Brentford

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  • 5/5 from Clare Sutton, attended Feb 2026: I received the class as a birthday gift and it was a lovely experience. Sara is welcoming, enthusiastic and has lots of knowledge and ideas to share. We began with a welcome coffee and home made bakes and an introduction to why and how with just a little thought and inspiration sustainability and growing food can be incorporated into anyone’s life whether you have a garden, greenhouse and allotment or just a small balcony (as I have). We spent time looking around the garden where it was fascinating to see the variety of different fruits and vegetables that Sara is able to grow or is just having fun trying. We planted up seeds of everything from sunflowers and beetroots to cucumbers and squash. We planted seeds into small propagation trays directly from a baby shop bought tomato and separated fruit cuttings into individual pots. Sara showed how she uses home made compost. In between the friendly chats and activities there was a delicious home-made lunch. A lovely way to spend a day and came away with homemade preserves and potted plants to grow on at home.
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Hen Corner
Hen Corner

5.0 (6)

Whether it’s welcoming guests to our courses or working with schools, Hen Corner is bringing together the country and the city, helping you turn your urban corner green.
Over recent years Sara Ward and her family have transformed their Victorian terrace house into an urban smallholding allowing them to have the best of both worlds. Nestled in West London, they are living the good life complete with 20 hens, three colonies of honey bees and a fruitful kitchen garden.
Whilst Sara and the family continue to expand their hands-on skills, they train and encourage others through their schools programme, writing, and series of courses that are run from Hen Corner throughout the year. Be it preserving, cheese making, bee keeping or bread baking, there’s always something new that we can learn.

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