Pop up Plant Swap
Saturday 12th June 2021
10am to 12 noon
An outdoor event
Newsome Scout Hall, Newsome Road South, Huddersfield HD4 6JJ
Looking for some plants?
One of the best things about growing your own food is having something to share and enjoy with others. We are really missing having our usual events, where we can all get together to swap our plants, seeds and experiences. So although we haven’t been able to hold our annual Big Plant Swap this year, we’re pleased to say that we’ve come up with an alternative event.
Come along to our outdoor Pop up Plant Swap to take your pick from our wide selection of edible plants, and a few other things. Our plants will include:
Vegetables
Salads
Herbs
Fruit
Wildlife-friendly flowers
Got some seedlings or plants to share?
You’re very welcome to bring along plants, seedlings, cuttings or seeds to swap – but you don’t need to bring something to be able to take something (you can make a donation to Growing Newsome in exchange for your plants).
Some things that other growers have told us they are particularly looking for are:
Summer Squash
Cucumbers
Courgettes
Runner Beans
Red Cabbages
Dwarf Tomatoes
Sweet Peas
Strawberries
Greenhouse veg is always popular, and people also like to pick up some flowering plants along with the edible plants. If you have a request to add, please email growingnewsome@gmail.com
Top tips for plant swapping
1. Please label your plants – it will really help our other growers. Or let us know what you’ve brought so that we can label your plants for you.
2. Bring along a trug, box or basket – anything handy to carry your plants home in.
3. See what appears – you’ll be amazed how many plants get shuffled on the day.
How you can visit safely and keep others safe
It’s safer for us to meet outdoors – so our Plant Swap will be outside the entrance to Newsome Scout Hall.
Please sanitise your hands when you arrive (we’re providing some hand sanitiser). We also recommend doing this before you leave.
If other people are already at the stall, please give each other room and wait for a safe space.
If you’d like to avoid handling cash, we will be accepting contactless card payments, Apple Pay, Google Pay and payments from other contactless smartphones and watches (but you can still pay with cash if you’d like).
Please be reassured that we’re following public health guidelines and keeping in touch with our ward councillors.
How you can help
We know it’s short notice for our Pop up event. We really hope you can make it on the day – and if you can help to let other people In the local area know it’s happening, we really appreciate it. You might want to offer to pick something up for others who are isolating. We also welcome donations of plants ahead of the day. If you’d like to buy something but can’t get here on the day, please let us know and between us we’ll do our best to help.
It’s Volunteers Week
A huge thank you to our organising group and to all our volunteers and friends, who make our events and activities happen. Want to join our friendly community of food growers? We’re looking for more volunteers to help look after our Community Allotment and to help organise our community events.
Please come along to our Pop up Plant Swap to meet other volunteers and find out how you can get involved.
What usually happens at our Plant Swap?
Here’s a short film about Growing Newsome’s Plant Swap, made by Alistair I Macdonald at Curlew Films for Plant it Grow it Eat it. Things are a bit different this year, but the plant swapping is still the same – and we all love it.
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