Seedy Sunday Saturday Seedling Swap

PRESS RELEASE

Date: 4th May 2011

Seedy Sunday Saturday Seedling Swap event, 10am-1pm

Photo Opportunity: Saturday 7th May 2011, by the Harvest demonstration vegetable garden in Preston Park (behind the Rotunda Cafe), BN1 6HN, 12pm

Have you got some spare seedlings you'd like to swap for some new and different varieties? Or perhaps you had the best intentions to sow some seeds but didn't get around to it? Either way, come along to the Seedy Sunday Saturday Seedling Swap and Sale on 7 May. There will be vegetables, herbs and more for growing spaces of all sizes. Besides the swapping and selling of seedlings, there will also be cookery and composting demonstrations, seedbomb workshops, downland lambs being fed by bottle, and lots of information to take home.

Organised by Seedy Sunday and Harvest Brighton & Hove. Part of the Brighton Festival Fringe.

“Swapping seeds and seedlings is a fun way to meet other growers, try out some new plant varieties and share the fruits of your gardening labours! We want to help more people grow ‘heritage’ or ‘heirloom’ seeds as these are often better adapted to your environment and soil and can help to safeguard the future diversity of our plantlife. Come and join us for some seedling sales, swaps and other fun activities.” said Jess Crocker, Manager of the Harvest project at the Brighton & Hove Food Partnership.

Ends

For details about the photo opportunity including arranging to attend please contact the Food Partnership on: 01273 431 700.

For more information contact:

1. Jess Crocker, Harvest Manager, Brighton and Hove Food Partnership, Tel: 01237 431 700

Notes for Editors:

  1. Harvest Brighton and Hove is a three-year, Big Lottery-funded project led by the Brighton and Hove Food Partnership, in partnership with Food Matters, the University of Brighton, The Brighton and Hove Allotment Federation, the Brighton Permaculture Association, Moulsecoomb Forest Garden and the Whitehawk Community Food Project. It is supported by Brighton and Hove City Council, and Brighton and Hove Teaching Primary Care Trust. www.harvest-bh.org.uk

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  2. Brighton & Hove Food Partnership is a not for profit organisation that works for better food for the city now and in the future. By better food, we mean food that is healthy, affordable, accessible and produced within environmental limits. We believe by working in partnership Brighton & Hove can achieve a sustainable food system. Details of our work are at: www.bhfood.org.uk.

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  3. Seedy Sunday is the UK's biggest community seed swap. The event takes place every February in Brighton and Hove, in southern England. Seedy Sunday is also a campaign to protect biodiversity and protest against the increasing control of the seed supply by a handful of large companies. www.seedysunday.org

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  4. Local Food has been developed by a consortium of 15 national environmental organisations, and is managed on their behalf by the Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts (RSWT). Supported by the Big Lottery Fund's Changing Spaces programme, Local Food will distribute grants to a variety of food related projects to make locally grown food more accessible. Further information please visit www.localfoodgrants.org

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  5. RSWT: The Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts is a registered charity, incorporated by Royal Charter, to promote conservation and manage environmental programmes throughout the whole of the UK. It has established management systems for holding and distributing funds totalling more than £20 million annually to environmental projects across the UK.

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  6. Changing Spaces programme: The Big Lottery Fund’s Changing Spaces programme was launched in November 2005 to help communities enjoy and improve their local environments. The programme funds a range of activities from local food schemes and farmers markets, to education projects teaching people about the local environment.

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  7. The Big Lottery Fund: Is the largest of the National Lottery good cause distributors, has been rolling out £2 million in Lottery good cause money every 24 hours to health, education, environment and charitable causes across the UK. www.biglotteryfund.org.uk.