Seedy Saturdays and beyond

 

 

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 CommunityRiseUP Seed Saver Swap Seedy Saturday Update...

We are happy as we've ever bean to announce we are now going to be running the seed swap and its various parts from the larger Barn space at the Eco Park as we had first planned to before building work. So Saturday 12 until 3 come and bring your seeds to swap , bring scion wood for grafting and bring your questions and growing stories and chat with our experienced growing community. See you there.

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Garden Organic Seed SWAP list 2025

We have been supported every year even since the very first Seedy Saturday in Brighto in 2002 by Garden Organic , formerly known as the Henry Doubleday Research Association , and the keepers of the Heritage Seed library. The work of this organisation in preserving vegetable varieties is unparallelled and they have always been a great inspiration of mine. Working predominantly with Heirloom and Heritage varieties and former commercial varieties that have fallen off the commercial growing lists and would other wise have been lost.

https://www.gardenorganic.org.uk/what-we-do/hsl/seed-swaps

CSA

what is CIC ? CSA?

Some of the seeds I have been growing at Gwel Lowena and feeding into the SeedSaverSwap Seedy Sunday event have also found root at local CSA's Community Roots in Porthtowan and Grassroots Garden at Radnor ,Loveland in Falmouth and Redruth CIC's Food Troops. All of whom at some point have grown my Gwel Lowena landrace broadbeans which will again of course be featured at the seed swap. But what is a CIC and for that matter a CSA ? A community interest company (CIC) is a type of limited company that aims to benefit the community it serves, rather than making a profit for private shareholder. Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is a great way to support local agriculture. It promotes sustainable farming practices and gives customers fresh, seasonal produce.

Those fortunate enough to have signed up for a veg box at either of the CSA mentioned above will no doubt have been wowed by the quality and taste, and pleasanty suprised at previously unknown varieties of vegetables. Some of which have found their way to your plate via our seedswap, for example. Gwel Lowena landrace broadbean, Asturian tree cabbage, Taunton dean perennial kale, Thrupps landrace parsnip. Mary Reynolds heirloom tomato. Waleys pea bean. Simms corsair runner bean.