🌿 Make Your Garden Work as a Living System
A practical weekend course in the Serra de Monchique that teaches you the science and art of companion planting — so every plant in your garden supports the ones around it.
Everything You Need to Design a High-Yield Companion Planting Garden — in a weekend —
Get the knowledge and confidence to turn your garden into a thriving ecosystem that produces more, with less effort.
🌱 Why Take This Course?
Do you feel like your garden produces well — but you know it could give you so much more from the same space?
Are you curious about companion planting but not sure how to move beyond simple pairings like basil and tomatoes — and actually design your whole garden around it?
Do questions like "How do plants really help each other?" or "How do I organise my beds for maximum yield?" keep you from taking the next step?
What if you could understand exactly how your garden works as an ecosystem — and use that knowledge to grow more food, manage pests naturally, and build healthier soil season after season?
That's exactly what the Companion Planting Course is designed to do.
📚 What You’ll Learn
- What companion planting really is — and the soil science that explains why it works
- How plants support each other at the microbial level, through shading, through scent and by attracting beneficial insects
- How to help your soil microbiome thrive using compost, green manure, no-till methods and cover crops
- How plants work and benefit the soil through photosynthesis, the nitrogen cycle and the root microbiome
- The different ways to organise companion planting beds — including the Gertrud Franck method, row systems and mixed bed systems
- How to design and build your own personalised companion planting plan — you'll create one for three beds during the course itself
By the end of the weekend, you won't just know which plants go together — you'll think like a garden designer who understands the whole system.
🌟 Why Learn With Us
For Experienced Gardeners
This course is designed for people who already grow vegetables and want to go deeper — not back to basics.
Skip the YouTube Rabbit Hole
Stop collecting tips and start applying a real system — you'll leave with a complete plan for your own garden.
Experience & Support
30+ Years of Experience
We’ve been growing vegetables for decades — we’ll guide you so you feel confident from day one.
Your Questions Matter
Bring all your doubts — we make sure every question gets answered.
Designed for Learners
Teaching runs in our family. Our courses are well-structured, engaging, and participant-focused — never boring.
🥗 A Taste of Our Garden
Your course day also includes a delicious lunch made with vegetables from our own garden — so you can taste exactly what a well-designed companion planting system can produce!
📍 Location: Monchique, Algarve
📅 Next Course: 25–26 April (weekend) 2026 from 10:00 – 17:00
💸Costs: 65€
Join us for an inspiring weekend and leave with your own companion planting plan — ready to put into practice the moment you get home.
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