A new way to grow food

Food is expensive, processed and consumes a huge amount of fossil fuels to produce. There is another way... You can grow your own food at home. You can save money, be more healthy and live more sustainably. It doesn’t matter whether you rent or own your own home, whether you have a small window box in a cramped kitchen or a spacious garden. With the right knowledge, know-how and a little bit of help you can reduce your shopping bill, eat nutritious food and reduce your carbon footprint. When I first started growing my own food, I made a lot of mistakes. I planted seeds directly into the ground far too early in the growing year. The seedlings died. I started growing seeds indoors with too much artificial heat and light. The seedlings ended up long, overgrown and died as soon as I moved them outside. I bought plants from local garden centres and planted them in the wrong kind of soil at the wrong time of year. I ended up with lots of leaves and flowers. But I had nothing to eat at the end.

After years of trial and error, I can now grow enough food to feed a family of four in a space smaller than the average UK garden. I can grow tomatoes, herbs, cucumbers, courgettes, pumpkins, squash, salad leaves, cabbages and broccoli for a fraction of the cost of buying them from the shop. I have seasonal food all year, it tastes better and it's cheaper!

Grow Something Starter Sets: We created the Grow Something Starter Set so that you have everything you need to begin growing your own food. This isn't another piece of disposable trash. Each starter set can be re-used multiple times and comes with a 30 minute session where we will teach you everything you need to know to get going and keep growing. Kitchen Gardens: We also offer kitchen garden design and construction services. Many private and council allotments have waiting lists of many years. And yet almost all gardens can be transformed into productive growing spaces with some elbow grease and a little know-how. You don't even need a garden or access to an outside growing space. Many household items normally thrown into the bin can be re-purposed to grow seedlings and plants indoors under the right conditions. Get going, get growing. Grow Something!