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If you are a bit behind on sowing, this month don't panic, it's not too late to start lots of things.

In early May, the soil has generally warmed up, daylight hours are increasing, providing perfect conditions for rapid growth and the threat of frost has passed! So now is a good time to start your...

Sunflowers: start in pots and run a competition or sow direct in the ground

Courgettes start in pots

Pumpkin/Squash start in pots

We had a great time running workshops with residents in flats showing them what can be grown on them as well as running a growing workshop for children living there. Do you grow on your balcony? We would love to know?

This year we have included some fabulous beetroot seeds in our packs. If you've not grown beetroot before, give it a go, they are fabulous to grow and so rewarding to harvest! Annabel has recorded a video with some top tips - take a look!

Our Strawberries were looking a bit neglected, so we got together on the plot at Human Roots, weeded, split and planted new plants! Who can resist a British strawberry!!

We have been so pleased to hear that the seed bundles for 2026 have been arriving safely and generating excitement to get growing amongst your children and communities. We really hope you are pleased with the mix of seeds available and we can't wait to see your growing pictures, and hear how gardening and growing is benefiting you & your growing groups.

For those who are new here, it would be great if you could introduce yourselves (or re-introduce if you want to 😊) and explain a little about your project or growing plans.

We are about to film some more 'growing videos' for the new seeds in this years pack, (beetroot etc) we will post here to let you know when they are available.

If you have any questions for our horticulturalists - Annabel and Frankie please post them, we will do our best to answer your questions as…

Well what a great start to this half term, the seeds have arrived, Thank you, our children are so excited to get growing, being lucky at our school we garden within our forest school lessons as well a couple of one to one children growing in their own raised beds.

So Thank you again. From Ashton Keynes primary school

Hi just to say a big thanks to CC, we received seeds, can't wait to start growing on the Human Roots allotment, stay tuned for our updates on growing!!