Workshops of the National Association of Garden Creators | Check the program!

Join us for two days of workshops, which will be held during the 31st GREEN IS LIFE Fair! On September 6 you will learn how to arrange a garden in a pot, and on Saturday (September 7) you will enrich your knowledge with the secrets of permaculture. Still wondering if the fair is the event for you? If you love plants and want to grow them in harmony with nature, book these dates on your calendar!

Gardening in containers – opportunities and challenges

September 6 (Friday)

• 11:00 Pots in any configuration – Ruslan Kositsyn – company Wagnerplants
• 12:00 “It can’t be ordinary soil” – substrates and soil dedicated to filling pots – Pawel Kożuchowski – company Green Roofs Laboratory
• 13:00 Power in pots – the most durable plants for potting – Marzena Bakowska – company Arboretum Trojanów
• 14:00 Prairie gardens in a pot – Novalis Tomasz Zbroja
• 15:00 How do you look after your plants while on holiday? – Pot watering kit – Dariusz Kaproń – Gardena brand

Permaculture in pots

September 7 (Saturday)

• 11:00 Construction of concrete pots for vegetables – various forms, shapes and combinations. Paweł Barszczak, Betmar
• 12:00 What is permaculture – or substrate in the vegetable garden. Bogdan Kacperski , Angel Gardens
• 13:00 Edible gardens – ornamental plants that can go on your plate. Marzena Bąkowska, Trojanów Arboretum
• 14:00 The best tools for caring for plants in pots. Dariusz Kaproń, Gardena brand
• 15:00 From the garden to the frying pan – a demonstration of organic cooking. Marcin Jablonski

Our Speakers

Paweł Barszczak

Company: Betmar

Paweł Barszczak will present unusual concrete vegetable pots. These structures are nothing more than modular plant pots. High-strength concrete – C50/60 – is used for their production, while the structure of your choice – wood, travertine, stone or brick – can be achieved during the production phase. Plant pots come in many shapes and sizes, so they can be tailored to individual needs and preferences. They are not only durable but also weatherproof, which means they are more cost-effective to install than vegetable gardens made of wood or plastic. This is a great solution to start growing your vegetables or herbs. Paweł Barszczak will demonstrate how to assemble vegetable gardens, the different module arrangements and how to create interesting arrangements in the garden.

Bogdan Kasperski

Company: Ekologiczne edukacyjne gospodarstwo rolne “Anielskie Ogrody”

Bogdan Kasperski creates and improves ecological garden techniques. He is particularly concerned with: raised beds and hills, cultivation in spherical domes, different types of mulches, manures and composts. He is passionate about permaculture, modern technologies and solutions based on natural patterns. He teaches how to establish and grow an organic edible garden on poor soil that is a kitchen, larder, pharmacy, drugstore, florist and leisure area.

Dariusz Kaproń

Company: Gardena

Dariusz Kaproń is a representative of the Gardena brand and will present ready-made sets for watering plants in pots. These will be devices that we can use on our balcony or terrace even if we do not have a tap. In the second lecture, Mr Kapron will introduce us to tools dedicated to working with plants in pots, harvesting fruit, herbs and working in the kitchen.

Marzena Bąkowska

Company: Arboretum Trojanów

Marzena Bakowska, together with her husband, is the owner of the ‘Arboretum Trojanów’ – is a private botanical collection on an area of about 11 hectares. It is home to over 400 varieties of ornamental grasses, 3,000 different perennials and many, many other plants. Ms Marzena Bakowska has been studying various species of perennials and grasses in her Arboretum for years. She looks for those that can cope with equal habitat conditions, including extremely dry ones. In the first part of the workshop, she will talk about her experiences in this area. In the second part of the workshop, Ms Marzena will share her passion for finding ornamental plants that can be used in the kitchen.

Marcin Jabłoński

Company: Naturel Restaurant

Marcin Jablonski is the chef and owner of the Naturel restaurant. He grew up in the countryside and has great respect for the land and its produce. He owns a fully certified organic farm in Rozalin!He has cooked for many famous people, including Presidents Aleksander Kwasniewski, Bronisław Komorowski, Nicolas Sarkozy and members of the European Parliament in Brussels. A chef with extensive experience and unlimited culinary imagination. He learned from the best, now he teaches others to learn new tastes, aromas and techniques so that they can become the best. Marcin Jabłoński invites everyone to an organic cuisine demonstration!

Ruslan Kostisyn

Company: WAGNER PLANTERS Sp. z O.O.

Ruslan Kostisyn is a representative of the film offering exclusive modular plant pots made of steel. Each pot is equipped with a shelf limiting the planting space, which can be adjusted, and, above all, with warming, which protects the plants from both freezing and overheating. Ruslan will demonstrate the folding modules and the possibility of installing irrigation systems.

Paweł Kożuchowski

Paweł Kozuchowski has been involved in the subject of roof gardens for more than 25 years. He runs a company dealing with the preparation of elements and substrates for roof greenery. In his presentation, he will talk about: why it is worth using specially prepared soil substrates in terrace pots, how plant roots breathe and what processes take place under the soil surface. Why the use of excavated soil, so-called humus, and shoddily produced mixtures of natural soil and aggregate (so-called garden soil) risks costly repairs and exploitation, but often leads to the death of plants.

Tomasz Zbroja

Company: Novalis

Tomasz Zbroja is a gardener, garden designer and contractor, and a plant lover. He runs a service company in Dojazdów near Kraków. He became known to a wider audience thanks to his unusual perennial compositions. His gift for arranging flowerbeds has allowed him to appear on programmes such as ‘Maja w Ogrodzie’, and photographs from his realisations have won first place in gardening competitions. Mr Tomasz Zbroja will demonstrate how to prepare a prairie-style bed in a pot.