Even though the sun kept away on Saturday, we still had a great day with lots of visitors. Thank you to Ellen Winter from Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust around Stroud for taking a few pictures of the stalls before things got busy.
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Down to Earth’s stall
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On our stall we had available 4 varieties of tomatoes, 7 varieties of hot and sweet peppers, Aqualdulce and Siberian Black broad beans available – all from our own saved seeds and some of them heirloom varieties. We also had Bunyards Exhibition broad bean plants, 4 different mints, walking onions, a range of herbs, tayberry, strawberry and gooseberry plants along with a range of ornamental recycled plants. We also had a quince tree as a raffle prize.
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Information was available on the range of plants we will have available at the end of May (if you’d like more information on them, get in touch – info@downtoearthstroud.co.uk), why we should be saving our own seeds or buying organic ones, as well as general information about what Down to Earth Stroud does.
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There was a lot of interest around the heirloom and saved seed plants, with many visitors knowledgeable about the impact Monsanto and others are having on our choice of seeds and food grown.
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Other participating stall holders included Glos. Wildlife Trust, Transition Stroud, Glos. County Council Master Composters, Willow Structures, Stroudwater Vineyard and our very own Stroud sock maker – Cymbal Knits.
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Cymbal Knits cloths
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Beautiful woven baskets
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Master Composters
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We would like to give a big thanks to our Volunteers – Jane first thing in the morning, Bryan and Maggie from late morning to the end of the event and Amanda – Thank you for all your help and for keeping that coffee rolling in.
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All in all a really good, albeit very cold, day.
