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:
Cabbages, Broccoli and Kale
Chard, Sorrel and Mustard
Tomatoes and Peppers
Courgettes, Pumpkins and Squash
Herbs for your windowsill
and lots more…
Here’s a list of the plants that we have for you:
Plants available for our Plant Drop
Request a doorstep plant drop
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.
Growing Newsome Plant Drop – request some plants
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.
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Take your pick from hundreds of plants – great for growers, super for sharers.
