Caravan holidaymakers taking a break to the Lake District this summer can learn a new skill, as a local visitors’ centre is running a vegetable garden training course. In the Edwardian Kitchen Gardens of Brockhole, at the Lake District Visitor Centre, green-fingered Brits can learn all they need to know about organic vegetable growing and horticulture.
Courses are run on a weekly basis, every Tuesday from May to October, by local social enterprise group Growing Well, but booking in advance is recommended as places are limited.
Hazel Sharples, training co-ordinator at Growing Well, said: “It will be great to be involved in the development of this historic kitchen garden and bring it to life for Brockhole’s thousands of visitors.”
The site includes 30 acres of historic gardens on the shores of Windermere, with several nearby caravan sites available to stay at including Braithwaite Fold and Park Coppice.
