A Community Growing Initiative
Shoebox Garden Competition 2023
The annual competition is now open! If you’re aged 16 years or under, get your creative mind working and get planning, growing and creating! Individual entries stand the chance of winning a £50 gardening voucher prize! Runners-up will win a £20 gardening voucher. School entries (5 or more gardens) stand the chance of winning a £100 gardening voucher for the school. The competition closes at midnight on Friday June 30th 2023. For full details click on the link.
2023 Give-Aways
It’s March 1st so here’s the full line-up of give-aways over the next month and one day! Come along and get your free seed potatoes and free seeds, and get growing! 
To find out more about this year’s seed potato varieties…. visit the seed potato section of the website.
Volunteer Newsletter. Feb/ March 2023
Spring is (almost) in the air! Find out about various upcoming volunteering opportunities with OSF in our new newsletter!
Learn to grow – courses starting April/ May!
Seed Tattie Give-away 2023
We’re excited to reveal our line-up for the 2023 give-aways! There’s 4 new varieties this year – Epicure, Orla, Java and Twinner – and we can’t wait to see how they do! Click on the link to find out more about our seed tattie giveaways.
Learn to grow!
New partnership
Seed Discount
Compost – a how-to guide
Our lovely friend and volunteer Adrian, who also happens to be a Master Composter, has written a great ‘How-to Compost’ guide. In it he chats through… why it’s good to make your own compost… how to make compost… what to compost… where to make compost… and what to do with your compost once its ready! Check it out here.
Get Growing Onions and Garlic
Even although it’s November, you can still Get Growing! Try planting some onions and garlic now, for harvesting in the springtime or early summer. Check out our onion and garlic growing guides!
