Urban Gardening Course - Growing at Home and on the Balcony

Why are my leaves turning yellow?
How do you fertilize like a professional?
How can I keep my houseplants from dying and help them grow huge leaves?
How do you turn a small Tel Aviv balcony into an edible garden where blueberries grow?
What is the difference between an annual and a perennial plant, and how does that relate to a green fence?
How do you make kokedama?
How do you make cocktails from plants?
And what exactly are heirloom seeds?

If all these questions interest you, or you simply love plants and want to turn this hobby into real knowledge—welcome to the Home Gardening Course.

A course consisting of four sessions, each two and a half hours long
Sundays, beginning October 11, 2026
Location: The Municipal Sustainability Center, Dizengoff Center
Led by Mai Levy – The Home Growing Academy

The course combines professional knowledge, hands-on experience, and plenty of inspiration, so you can return home with a practical plan, confidence, tools, and plants that will stay with you even after the course ends.

Session One: Understanding Plants and How to Grow Them Without Killing Them

What do plants see and feel?
We will learn how plants “think,” why they respond, and how to understand exactly what they need in order to grow and thrive.

The session will cover watering, lighting, and fertilization conditions, as well as pests.

Hands-on experience: Planting a personal pot and practical experience with watering, fertilizing, repotting, and pest control.

Session Two: Turning Your Home into an Urban Jungle

We will get to know the types and varieties of houseplants suited to every space, including spaces without sunlight or light.

We will learn how to grow them, about the varying needs of different species, and how to design the space.

Together, we will create kokedama—a living Japanese work of art that you will take home.

Session Three: Growing the Flavors of Home

We will focus on herbs and their importance in gardening as plants that attract pollinators and repel pests.

We will learn to grow fresh herbs that will fill the home with aromas and flavors, and together we will prepare cocktails and mocktails from herbs that we can all grow in a pot.

Session Four: From the Balcony to the Plate

We will explore the world of growing seasonal vegetables.

We will learn about sprouting, heirloom seeds, and biological pest control, and understand how to grow healthy food even in a small space such as a balcony, window, or building courtyard.

Hands-on experience: Preparing a personal sprouting kit for continued growing at home.