Join our campaign for more food grown by and for Eastbourne communities
GROW A ROW
Ever wanted to ‘repurpose your surplus’? Could you ‘grow a row’ to support community food projects? Eastbourne Food Partnership is launching a new campaign to get Eastbourne growing, cooking and eating local.
HOW DOES IT WORK?
- Come along to one of our growers’ events to pick up some seeds and handy growing tips, or even a growing kit!
- Plant an extra row (or pot) or more, following our handy growing guides (scroll down) and nurture your seeds or seedlings into veg heroes.
- When harvest time comes, leave your produce at your nearest drop off point, where it will contribute to increasing access to nutritious and affordable food.
Illustrations by KT Shepherd
REGISTER YOUR INTEREST HERE
Illustrations by KT Shepherd
Check out growing events in Eastbourne
Local media spread the word about Good to Grow weekend
Eastbourne Food Partnership coordinator, Nancy Wilson, featured on Mark Carter's BBC Radio Sussex show last Saturday 15th April. You can catch up with the discussion by clicking here and listening from 2hr44. We've also been published on Sussex World, in a special...
Good to Grow day comes to Eastbourne, 21st – 25th April 2023
From the 21st to 25th April, five community gardens across Eastbourne will be welcoming volunteers and visitors, new and old, to join in their local edible garden community as part of national Good to Grow Day celebrations. From live music and crafts to garden tours,...
Seedy Stall at the Towner Gallery, 18th & 19th March
Eastbourne Food Partnership are delighted to partner with Towner Eastbourne to celebrate the new season at the Towner Spring Fair. Saturday 18th & 19th March, 10am-5pm at the Towner Gallery Our "Seedy Stall" be hosting community growing projects Rooted and Gather,...
RESOURCES TO HELP YOU GET GROWING
From growing guides for first time gardeners, to advice for setting up school gardens, our friends at Cambridge Sustainable Food have put together this great list of resources to help you on your food growing journey
GROWING GUIDES
Garden Organic provide advice on how to get started with their simple grow your own cards. These will help you get the best from your organic garden, covering vegetables, fruit, herbs, edible flowers and green manures. Each card includes growing instructions, a growing calendar and key facts and figures.
Check out these BBC gardening guides for helpful advice on techniques to grow fresh produce.
National Children’s Gardening Week celebrates the fun that gardening provides kids. It is filled with entertaining activities to do from home including growing edible hanging baskets and how to grow your own salad. While it is aimed at children, you are never too old to have some growing fun! See their fun gardening activities to do at home here.
FIRST TIME GROWING
The Royal Horticultural Society website has an extensive list of tips and advice to help first time growers, with month to month and A-Z guides of growing veg and fruit.
Gardeners World has made a list of the 10 best beginner vegetables to grow along with detailed guide to help get you started.
Discover what to plant and when with The Royal Horticultural Society’s veg planner.
The Eden Project has made a series of informative video tutorials for beginners on how to grow a variety of different plants from seed, perfect for small gardening spaces.
GROWING WITH LIMITED SPACE
Country Living has lots of tips on how to grow your own produce from home whether you have enough space for a veg path or are growing on a sunny windowsill.
If you are limited in space The Royal Horticultural Society has put together a guide for growing veg in small spaces.
This Gardeners World webpage gives you details and video demonstrations on how to grow from bags and pots for tomatoes, salad, potatoes, carrots and even mushrooms!
Advice on how to grow in small areas, and the best vegetables to choose here.
An informative Guardian article covering growing food with or without a garden.
Planting vegetables in containers is a versatile method that allows you to grow even when you have hardly any space – discover the The Royal Horticultural Society best vegetables suitable for containers here. For advice on how to get the best from your pots, such as combining crops that like to grow in similar conditions, see here.
GROWING RESOURCES FOR SCHOOLS
The Royal Horticultural Society runs a Campaign for School Gardening, to inspire and support schools to provide children with gardening opportunities to enhance their skills and boost their development. Schools can register online, receiving a free welcome pack containing seeds, plant labels, stickers and a poster. They will gain access to free downloadable content including lesson plans, and receive awards and certificates to help progress through the School Gardening Awards. Explore their website for free information sheets, activities, growing tips and guides.
Check out this informative blog on how to establish a school garden and build momentum and interest, including what to grow and how to access funding here.
The Soil Association’s Food For Life programme includes detailed resources to support schools with the practicalities of growing, as well as guidance on growing activities and linking growing activities to the curriculum.
