Enjoy a seedy weekend!
Posted:2 February 2012
Seedy Sundays now include Seedy Saturdays too and are attracting more and more people. Primarily the event is about swapping seeds but they have grown and now make for a great family day out with workshops for adults and children and the opportunity to meet people interested in gardening, local food production, climate change and sustainability.
Lewes: Saturday 4 February 10am-3pm at Lewes Town Hall. Free for children, 50p for adults. All day workshops include: making paper plant pots, willow weaving, bug trays, children’s craft and art workshop – and lots more. www.lewes.gov.uk/business/9729.asp
Lewes talks include:
- 10.30 Brighton Permaculture Trust
- 11am James Greyson, making a Biochar cooker for soil improver while brewing a cup of tea
- 11.45 Millennium Seed Bank, Kew at Wakehurst Place practical talk about seeds
- 12.30 Peter May, Sussex Apples and Good Fruit Tree Health bring photos of diseased branches to get accurate advice
Hove: Sunday 5 February 10am 4.30pm at Hove Town Hall, Norton Road BN3 4AH. Free for children, £2 for adults. Come and enjoy more than 50 stalls, lots of talks, demonstrations and childrens activities as well as the community seed-swap. Bring seeds to swap (in labelled envelopes, please) or make a 50p donation per packet. www.seedysunday.org
Hove talks include:
- 11am Crop varieties why do gardens matter? Bob Sherman, Chief Horticultural Officer, Garden Organic
- 11.40 Seeds of Activism campaigning for the seeds, agricultural biodiversity and food sovereignty of the world’s majority food providers. Patrick Mulvany, Chair, UK Food Group
- 12.15 How to dry seeds from your garden and keep them alive. Vanessa Sutcliffe, Training Specialist, Millennium Seed Bank