Join in this series of informal growing workshops, designed to give you confidence to grow your own fruit and veg, with your available time and energy.
Tuesday evenings from 6.30pm to 8.30pm:
5th July Growing mediums and composting
12th July Growing winter salads and undercover growing
19th July Pests, diseases and organic methods of prevention
26th July Perennial fruit, herbs and vegetables
Combining theory with practical hands-on growing, we will look at the best use of growing space, soil management and tool use in every session. We encourage participants to ask questions and let us know your interests.
Gardening clothes, gloves and boots required (there is some steep and uneven ground). Notebook useful. Tea provided – please bring a mug!
Book your free place
These activities are funded by Growing Newsome. Places are limited and booking is essential.
To help us plan our future activities, please tell us about any activities or events you’d like to take part in (and any other ways we can help you to grow your own food) here:
Come and take your pick from hundreds of plants and seedlings at our popular annual plant swap – great for food growers and friends. You can choose from: Vegetables, Salads, Herbs, Fruit and Wildlife-friendly flowers.
You’re very welcome to bring along plants, seedlings, cuttings or seeds to swap.
Our top tips for plant swappers
It’s really helpful to other growers if you can label your plants.
You might like to bring along a trug, basket or tray to carry your plants home in.
We advise hanging around to see what else appears during the morning.
Don’t worry if you don’t have anything to swap – 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.
We also accept donations of plants ahead of the event – just email us if you have something to share: growingnewsome@gmail.com
Lots more to enjoy…
Seed Swap – vegetables and other seeds to swap or buy.
Huddersfield Raw Honey – with local honey available to buy
Growing Works – with an activity or two for you to try
Join us for lunch
Served 12 noon to 1pm
Enjoy a healthy lunch at Newsome Scout Hall – with recipes for you to take home. We’ll be serving a selection of tasty salads from our Spring salad bar with pasta and roasted vegetables, plus a fruit pudding.
We ask for a small donation to cover the costs of making your lunch.
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.
If your local group or organisation are interested in having a stall at one of our events or you’d like to bring some local information to share on the day, please get in touch: growingnewsome@gmail.com
What happens at the 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.
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:
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.
Although we aren’t able to get together for our usual Big Plant Swap this year, we are still here for each other. And we still want to help people grow their own food. So with a little help from our friends, we have turned our annual plant swap into a Plant Drop.
We’ve decided that if our growers can’t come to us, we’ll bring some plants to your doorstep. We hope you will join in. Please let us know what plants you’d like and we’ll do our best to get them to you.
See our plant list
We have over 90 different varieties of edible plants, including:
Please let us know if you’d like some plants delivering to your doorstep. Your plants will be brought by one of the other growers from our network who have kindly volunteered to help. We’ll do this in a safe way.
If we get a lot of requests at the same time, we may pause our order form for a while to give us chance to pack the deliveries that we already have. We can deliver anywhere in the Newsome ward and will also aim to deliver to other places in Huddersfield,
Ways to say thank you for your plants
Rebecca has shared this photo of veg happily growing in her garden during lockdown, including some Growing Newsome potatoes
In the usual spirit of our Plant Swap, you are welcome to share something with us in exchange for your plants, if you can. We’d love to receive a note, card or email from you saying why growing your own food matters to you, especially right now. You might like to send us a photo of something that you’re growing via email: GrowingNewsome@gmail.com or via twitter: @GrowingNewsome
Making a donation
If you’d like to make a financial donation for your plants, we’ll let you know how to do this safely. Or come along to a future Growing Newsome event and put something in one of our donation boxes.
Supported by our volunteers
We want to say a huge thank you to all the members of the Growing Newsome network who have kindly volunteered to help with the deliveries and preparations.
Many of our elves are currently unable to do the things they love to do to help others, because they are self-isolating or shielding. It’s hard for all of us. So our Plant Drop would not be possible without the kind hearts of our community. Thank you.
Supported by our councillors
Our Plant Drop is funded by the Newsome councillors, from their community response Ward Project Budgets. This is extra funding available from Kirklees Council to help all kinds of organisations who are supporting people in our local places during Covid-19.
We’d like to say thank you to our councillors, and especially to Cllr Andrew Cooper for his encouragement and personal support.
Take your pick from hundreds of plants – great for growers, super for sharers.
You can choose from:
Vegetables Salads
Herbs
Fruit
Wildlife-friendly flowers
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).
Enjoy a healthy lunch at Newsome Scout Hall – with recipes for you to take home. We’ll be serving a selection of tasty salads (including warm salads) from our Spring salad bar, plus a fruit pudding.
We ask for a small donation to cover the costs of making your lunch.
Print our poster for your venue – or share with a friend:
Want to join our friendly community of food growers? We’re looking for volunteers to help look after our Community Allotment and to help organise our community events. Please come along to our Plant Swap to meet other volunteers, find out how you can get involved, and celebrate 10 years of Growing Newsome.
What happens at the 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.
Take your pick from hundreds of plants – great for growers, super for sharers.
You can choose from:
Vegetables Salads
Herbs
Fruit
Wildlife-friendly flowers
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).
Lots more to enjoy…
Seed Swap – lots of vegetable seeds to swap or buy.
Children’s craft activities.
Local produce on sale.
Plant some seeds to grow on your windowsill.
Reading Circle book stall with all sorts of books.
Tea, coffee and home made cakes.
Information about growing and sharing food in Newsome.
Find out about other local projects and events.
Growing democracy:
White for purity, Purple for determination, Green for hope
To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the beginning of Votes for Women, you can pick up a special Vote 100 badge at our Big Plant Swap. We’d love it if you can bring along something white, purple or green (the suffragette colours) to swap!
Local food lunch: served 12 noon to 1pm
Enjoy a healthy lunch at Newsome Scout Hall – with recipes for you to take home. We’ll be serving a selection of tasty salads (including warm salads) from our Spring salad bar, plus a fruit pudding.
We ask for a small donation to cover the costs of making your lunch.
Print our poster for your venue – or share with a friend:
What happens at the 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.
Take your pick from hundreds of plants – great for growers, super for sharers.
You can choose from:
Vegetables Salads
Herbs
Fruit
Wildlife-friendly flowers
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).
Lots more to enjoy…
Seed Swap – lots of vegetable seeds to swap or buy.
Children’s craft activities.
Local produce on sale.
Plant some seeds to grow on your windowsill.
Reading Circle book stall with all sorts of books.
Tea, coffee and home made cakes.
Information about growing and sharing food in Newsome.
Find out about other local projects and events.
Local food lunch: served 12 noon to 1pm
Enjoy a healthy lunch at Newsome Scout Hall – with recipes for you to take home. We’ll be serving a selection of tasty salads (including warm salads) from our Spring salad bar, plus a fruit pudding.
We ask for a small donation to cover the costs of making your lunch.
Print our poster for your venue – or share with a friend:
What happens at the 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.
Take your pick from hundreds of plants – great for growers, super for sharers.
You can choose from:
Vegetables Salads
Herbs
Fruit
Wildlife-friendly flowers
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).
Lots more to enjoy…
Seed Swap – lots of vegetable seeds to swap or buy.
Children’s activities – crafts and seed planting.
Compost Special – come and find out all about home composting.
Local produce on sale.
Plant some seeds to grow on your windowsill.
Reading Circle book stall with all sorts of books.
Good quality enviromesh on sale to protect your plants.
Tea, coffee and home made cakes.
Tool amnesty– share any unwanted garden tools that you have.
Information about growing and sharing food in Newsome.
Local food lunch: served 12 noon to 1pm
Enjoy a healthy lunch at Newsome Scout Hall – with recipes for you to take home. We’ll be serving a selection of tasty salads (including warm salads) from our Spring salad bar, plus a fruit pudding.
We ask for a small donation to cover the costs of making your lunch.
Print our poster for your venue – or share with a friend:
What happens at the 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.
Kim Warren from Stirley Community Farm demonstrates how to make a salad wrap –
a lovely summer treat, especially if you use some of your home grown salads.
Video made at Berry Brow Carnival 2012.