Seed Event Sat 3 March

Sat 3 March, Seed Event, Martineau Gardens, 1pm – 4pm.

 Grow something new this year! Join us for an afternoon in the company of Garden Organic, the organic growing charity, to find out more about non-traditional crops like shark fin melon, chickpeas, haloon, mustard and many more.  Experts from Garden Organic will be running a growing workshop and a talk on seed saving  - telling you everything  need to know to try out these crops. There’s even a seed giveaway laid on, so you can get free seeds and information to take home.

It will be a chance to refresh your plans for the gardening year ahead, all in the  surroundings of a beautiful organic community garden. Tea and cake available, picnics welcome.

Dudi Fruit

Jamaican Pumpkin

sharkfin melon

Kodu Seeds

Photo credit: Garden Organic – for more photographs and information about these non-traditional crops, visit Flickr and for mouthwatering recipe ideas, Garden Organic has lots of ideas.

Seed Event : 1pm – 4pm       Free entry.  Martineau Gardens, 27 Priory Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham B5 7UG

0121 440 7430 www.martineau-gardens.org.uk

This event is part of the Sowing New Seeds project, funded by the Big Lottery Fund Local Food Scheme  and ensures that the skills for growing non-traditional crops is preserved for the future.To find out more about the people that have been involved visit www.sowingnewseeds.org.uk.