Big shed opening day
A very big day and congratulations to our friends at Community Roots CIC CSA.
The grand opening of the big shed.
There will be plants sale and networking, things to do and lota to see, get down there. Mount Pleasant Eco Park, Chapel Hill, Porthtowan, Cornwall, TR4 8HL, TR4 8HL Truro, UK
We will be there swapping seeds and chatting about growing, next to wild botanical flower farm. Come say hi, get some beans or whatever.
update
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.
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
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.
Seedy Saturday webinar - Climate Emergency Centre Network
Climate Emergency Centre Network Wednesday Webinar and Discussion
Jan 15th 7-8pm
Matt Reynolds (REN)
communityRiseUP
seed saver swaps
Seedy Saturday
https://www.facebook.com/seedsaverswap/
https://seedsaverswap.blogspot.com/
https://www.instagram.com/seedsaverswap/
Seedy Saturday seed swaps are great networking events for all growers, allotments, gardens, with land or just starting out with pots and window boxes.
I co-organised the first SeedySaturday in the UK, held in Kemptown, Brighton in 2002.
This has gone on to inspire hundreds of similar Seedy Saturday/Sunday events in the UK.
We've always aimed to promote our events around beginning of Feb, Imbolc, the Celtic festival marking the beginning of Spring Feb 1-4th.
Seed saving as an action promotes the concept of seed sovereignty, the right of the grower to save, use, exchange their own seed.
SEEDY SATURDAY/ SUNDAYS champion the grower and seed saver, they help to build networks, local, national and international
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89849682415?pwd=THdyeW44U0RJOG1sYUM4VE1GQ3BSZz09
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https://climateemergencycentre.co.uk
Network share self organise in your community for a sustainable and climate resilient future.
https://c-riseup.blogspot.com/
Seedy Saturday 1st FEB 2025
It's that time of year again (Imbolc) heralding the start of Spring and our minds turn to thoughts of what we might do, grow and become in this year 2025.
With that said Community Rise UP are happy to be working with local CIC and CSA's Grassroots garden, Community Roots and Resilient Orchards to bring you a selection of seeds , scions and ideas to assist your growth this year.
With locally adapted seed from Gwel Lowena forest garden and HDRA Heritage Seed Library come and swap seeds with those seed saving enthusiasts in our community. Various meetings planned in the morning from 11am with Incredible edible, Cornwall seed hub and The Natural Farming group.
Seed swap start from 12 til 3 .. ish...
The Vegan cafe is open with snacks and drinks, and we look forward to seeing you there.
Seedy Saturday Feb 1st
It's that time of year again (Imbolc) heralding the start of Spring and our minds turn to thoughts of what we might do, grow and become in this year 2025.
With that said Community Rise UP are happy to be working with local CIC and CSA's Grassroots garden and Community Roots and Resilient Orchards to bring you a selection of seeds , scions and ideas to assist your growth this year.
Once again hosted with the support from the EcoPark Porthtowan.
We will be in the Atrium and the Green Room for the seedswap.
2025 --- 1st feb -SEEDY SATURDAY -our 6th annual seed saver swap in Porthtowan, Cornwall
SEEDY SATURDAY ANYONE?
SAVE THE DATE
Seedy Saturday anyone ?
Seeds!
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Seedy Saturday
We’re hosting our annual community seed swap on
Saturday 3rd Feb
starting from 11am-3pm
in the barn at
Mount Pleasant Eco Park Porthtowan
Chapel Hill, Porthtowan TR4 8AS
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Everyone is welcome
- We have a selection of seeds from various local growers and donations from the Heritage Seed Library.
Bring seeds to swap if you have them - but most importantly come and choose some to grow. There’ll be experts on hand to answer questions, share wisdom and info on growing and everything seedy.
This year the Gaia Foundation are joining us to talk about the unique seed sovereignty movement in West Cornwall, and how together we can shape the future as a network.
We’re also going to be joined by Wild Botanic Flower Farm https://www.facebook.com/
There’ll be a kids area with activities for our future growers -
it’s never to early to start planting seeds.
Cake and refreshments in the Barn and the cafe is open selling delicious plant based food.
Free entry - see you there!
SEEDSWAP2024 feb3rd
Save the date , we are happy to announce our date for this years community seedswap.
There will be locally adapted resilient healthy nutritious seeds available for all.
A range of heritage, heirloom , landrace and open pollinated seeds.
Come along and find out more about seed saving and sharing and why it is so important.
All are welcome.
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