The countdown to the sixth London Charity Potato Fair and Seedy Sunday has begun and the event is expected to be bigger than ever.
The event gives consumers the opportunity to buy individual tubers and exchange seeds, so that they can be more adventurous with what they grow.
Some 750 people came to choose from the 100-plus varieties of potato, swap seeds and ideas and pick up tips on how to grow the perfect crop last year. This time, organiser Lindsay Wright expects more than 1000 visitors in response to the increasing interest in growing your own.
He said: “We have a real cross section, from people who cannot tell a potato from a cabbage to those who have been growing veg since they could walk. And they travel from far and wide - Northern Ireland is the furthest anyone has come from in person, but I have also sent pots to Finland.”
The event will take place on January 25 at Harris Girls Academy, Homestall Road, London.
Unusual and heritage seeds, including older varieties of fruit and vegetables, mushroom spawn and plants will be on sale from specialist suppliers Thomas Etty, Pennard Plants, Alleyn Park Garden Centre, Dulwich Pot & Plant Centre and the Rustic Mushroom Company.
Volunteers from local gardening clubs and organisations including Shogg, Lambeth Horticultural Society and Roots & Shoots will be on hand to give advice and answer questions.
All profits from the fair will go to the Hope and Homes for Children charity, which works in 13 countries in Eastern Europe and Africa. The work varies from country to country, from closing orphanages in Romania to supporting AIDS orphans in Africa.
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