Get your growing year off to a great start with our bumper early Spring event…
Seed Swap and Potato Day
Saturday 2nd March 2024
10am to 1pm
Venue: Newsome Scout Hall, Newsome Road South, Huddersfield HD4 6JJ
Huddersfield Potato Day
Choose from 26 different types of seed potato, including popular easy-to-grow varieties and some more unusual types. All seed potatoes are £2 per dozen (pick and mix) or 20p each. Our varieties are:
First earlies
Caledonian Pearl, Casablanca, Colleen (Organic), Foremost, Jazzy, Maris Bard, Red Duke of York, Rocket, Winston
Second earlies
Bambino (Organic), Charlotte (Organic), Kestrel, Maris Peer (Organic), Ratte, Sarpo Una (Organic)
Mains
Belle de Fontenay, Cara (Organic), Carolous (Organic), Desiree, Gatsby (Organic), Heidi Red (Organic), Picasso, Pink Fir Apple, Sarpo Axona (Organic), Sarpo Blue Danube, Sarpo Mira (Organic)
More info about our varieties:
Potato picker list 2024 (PDF)
Popular potato picks 2024
Seed Swap
Seeds galore – We’ll have lots of vegetables, salads and other seeds. You can either bring something in to swap, or pick up some seeds in exchange for a small donation. Try our seed starter packs – ideal for growing in small spaces. Onion sets and shallots are also available to buy on the day.
Activities – Enjoy seed planting activities with our Growing Newsome volunteers.
Local food on sale – Jam and other preserves made from fruit and veg grown in Newsome..
Plant protection materials – protect your homegrown crops.
Books – Book stall with all sorts of books.
Refreshments – Tea, coffee and home made cakes available.
Help with growing – Please ask for advice.
Plant pot & jam jar amnesty – Bring along your spare small plant pots or small jam jars. Please note that we can only use 1Ib jam jars or smaller, which will fit a standard 63mm screw top lid.
Meet local organisations
Huddersfield Raw Honey – local honey and beekeeping info from Ryad Alsous.
Poppy’s Flowers / Roebuck Home and Garden – enter our competition on the day for a chance to win a beautiful flower arrangement, hand-crafted by our local florist.
Newsome Centre team – find out what’s happening with plans for our new community centre and how you can get involved.
Take part – If you’d like to come along promote your group or run an activity, or add your leaflets to our local information table, please get in touch soon.
Email: growingnewsome@gmail.com
Join us for lunch
served 12 noon to 1pm
Enjoy a warming, two-course cooked lunch, featuring some local ingredients.
Free admission. All welcome. And please tell all your friends!
Want to help?
Volunteer
We’re looking for volunteers to help out with our events and activities. Contact us at growingnewsome@gmail.com to find out more, or ask on the day.
Print our poster
Help us to promote the event:
Huddersfield Potato Day 2024 (PDF)
Stalls
If your local group or organisation are interested in having a stall at one of our events, please get in touch: growingnewsome@gmail.com
Organised by Growing Newsome
With our special thanks to the
West Yorkshire Organic Group
for supporting our Potato Day.
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