There is something magical about growing heirloom tomatoes - their happy pops of colour, delicious flavours and interesting shapes. The Diggers Club is very pleased to have Penny Woodward, author of the seminal work Tomato - know, grow, sow, feast return to present this special Masterclass. Join Penny to learn how to select, propagate and grow heirloom tomatoes just in time for Spring.

What you will learn:

- Know your heirloom tomatoes, when to sow and how to grow them from seed and then as seedlings.

- How many heirloom tomatoes are available.

- What makes an heirloom tomato red, pink, yellow, orange, green, purple, brown and even blue and black.

- What determines a tomato's flavour?

- What makes a tomato blush, have strips and swirls.

- What types of tomato plants to select. Indeterminate, determinate, bush or dwarf.

- The best way to prepare your soil.

- Planting. Changing climate, changing planting times.

- To prune or not?

- The best tomatoes for pots.

- Tomato fertilising, support, protection and disease.

- Harvesting your tomato seed.

- Drying and storing your seed.

This Masterclass is designed to ensure you have the knowledge and skill to grow delicious heirloom tomatoes this summer.

For further details or to book, please click 'More Information'.