Bristol Seed Swap 2010
Heritage Seed Library Seeds (HSL)
We have seeds donated from the HSL including climbing french bean Kew Blue, tomato Queen of Hearts and Pea Latvian. Heritage Seed Library aims to conserve and make available vegetable varieties that are not widely available. The HSL maintains a collection, mainly of European varieties. Over the decades many varieties have been dropped from popular seed catalogues. Our collection contains many of these but also some landraces and a large number of family heirloom varieties that have never been in a catalogue. We are not a gene bank and all our collection, once we have enough seed will become available to our members.
http://www.gardenorganic.org.uk/hsl/
Two Wild Food Walks with Andy Hamilton.
The co-author of The Selfsufficientish Bible. He writes a budget gardening column for Kitchen Garden a wild food column for flavour magazine and a outdoor column for the Bristol Magazine. He also works as a freelance features writer and has had articles published for the Guardian, the Ecologist, Home Farmer and Ethical Living. He has also appeared on BBC Breakfast, BBC inside out, BBC Politics Show, BBC Points West, BBC Inside out, ITV’s west tonight, RTE’s Baz’s Culture Clash and ARTE’s Global Magazine; radio appearances include R4’s the Today program, R4’s Farming Today, various times on Radio Bristol and other local stations.
Windmill Hill City Farm Garden Team
The Farm Garden Team and running a stall selling fruit bushes they have propogated plants that they have grown, there very effective comfrey juice fertilizer and some other things.
http://www.windmillhillcityfarm.org.uk/farm-and-gardens/community-gardens.html
Eastside Roots Plant Stall
Eeatside Roots are bringing a selection of fruit trees fruit bushes herbs and seedlings and seed potatoes for sale to help support there community garden centre. Eastside Roots is creating a community gardening hub for Easton & the wider Bristol community, by renovating derelict land next to Stapleton Road train station & transforming it into a safe, social, positive, thriving green space & community resource. The green space at Trinity Centre is also being transformed into a flourishing garden with edible & flowering plants.
http://www.eastsideroots.org.uk/
Garden Share Bristol
This is a local initiative linking up people who have an unused corner of their garden with local committed growers. The benefits for the garden owners include a share of the produce, the pleasure of seeing a lovely developing vegetable plot, and the sense of community in being part of a sharing initiative. Find out more on the day at there stall.
http://gardensharebristol.blogspot.com/
Transition BS3
The local Transition group that have 2 community smallholdings find out more about what the group is doing and how to get involved.
http://www.transitionbs3.co.uk/
Safe Land For Bees
Tree Planting in Greville Smythe
Lovely Drinks – yes please!
The latest local addition to our Food Group catalogue are the range of locally-made juices from Lovely Drinks, over in Barrow Gurney.
Victoria has just dropped off a generous number of tasting samples ready for our next meet-up, including a hot apple & ginger (well, it will be hot once we’ve warmed it up in the slow cooker) – thanks very much, Lovely Drinks, we look forward to tasting them!
Thali Cafe – what a winner!
No one who’s ever eaten at the Thali Cafe will be surprised that it has won the BBC Food & Farming Award 2009 – Best Take Away. Well done, Thali Cafe!
Visit the Thali Cafe website
Visit the BBC Food & Farming Awards website
Listen Again to the Awards programme on Radio 4
Mark’s Bread IS here :)
Despite what it says infront of Southville’s newest food relocalisation venture, Mark’s Bread IS here!
Mark has joined as a local producer in our Food Group catalogue, so we can look forward to tasting some at our next meet-up, ahead of our next order.
Here’s to our daily bread being made so locally. Cheers Mark!
The Green Room
15 The Promenade
Gloucester Road
Bishopston
BS7 8AL
(0117) 942 7575
I recently discovered The Green Room, a hairdressers on Gloucester Road Promenade in Bishopston, while researching organic hair dye options. I have visited twice now, first having a root colour treatment, and more recently a full colour & cut. I definitely recommend them, as not only do you get to avoid nasty products but you get the warmest welcome and a lovely, easy-going experience a million miles away from the intimidating hairdresser fashionistas I’ve come across elsewhere. Jo, the co-owner, was also very at ease talking to me about their reasons for going organic, and why it’s so important to them from a health perspective – book in to find out more!
We will shortly be offering the range of home dyes by the same company The Green Room uses, but until them, treat yourself!
Please mention Bristol Green Store when you call, so they can know we’re thinking of them 
