When to sow: April – June
Spacing: 25 x 45cm
Swede tips: For an early crop direct sow in April, main crops should be sown in May to June. Sow in drills 45cm apart 1cm deep; thin to appropriate spacing after few weeks. Swedes are fast-growing, with low nutrient requirements.
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Growing Through the Seasons 2025 Wall Calendar
£16.95 Add to basketGrowing Through the Seasons 2025 Wall Calendar
This calendar is a celebration of seasonal flowers, fruit and vegetables illustrated with full page original hand carved linocut prints. This is the sixth edition and has been created to inspire, encourage and teach you to sow, grow and harvest fresh produce straight from the garden. It also promotes the importance of seasonal, and locally grown organic food and the positive benefits of connecting with nature.
With fresh new designs and tips this year we celebrate gardening that is beautiful and productive. Planting flowers alongside vegetables and fruits brings such a joyful sense of beauty and harmony to your garden. They are brilliant for insects and pollinators and encouraging a healthy ecosystem in your garden. Each month is introduced with a poetic offering that captures the essence of the time of the year.
This calendar is a perfect gift for gardeners, allotment growers, vegetable lovers and anyone keen to get started, or just wanting a bit of inspiration throughout the year. Also this will appeal to anyone with a passion for botanical illustration, artisan craft and traditional printmaking techniques.
The calendar is created by our friends Isla and Bryony Middleton. Isla is an artist and print-maker and her sister Bryony is Head Gardener at Sharpham Trust in Devon.
Each month will include
- A full page illustration of seasonal fruit, flowers or vegetables.
- Tips and knowledge for the month, including what to sow and harvest.
- A Growing Chart will feature at the back, with an overview of the sowing and harvest schedule
- Dates for the phases of the moon, bank holidays and seasonal festivals.
PRINTING DETAILS
The calendars are printed on 100% agricultural waste fibre, which is warm in tone and has lovely texture. The folded size will be 300x300mm hanging size will be 300x600mm, stapled on the fold, and hole at top for hanging.
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Scabiosa – Black Knight (Organic) ***NEW FOR 2025***
£2.45 Add to basketScabiosa – Black Knight (Organic) ***NEW FOR 2025***
Dark red almost black velvety blooms on long stems, a favourite in the flower garden.
We were absolutely taken by this elegant flower with dark crimson to burgundy colours, some really going into black with contrasting creamy white stamen. This scabious makes an amazing cut flower and keeps impressing throughout the summer months. Flower heads make way for lovely seed heads with the shape of pin cushions.
Can be used as a dye flower producing over green and blue to purple dyes depending on mordant and modifiers.
(Approximate seed count – 50)
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Cosmos – Apricotta (Organic)
£2.50 Add to basketCosmos – Apricotta (Organic)
Apricot to peachy colours with a soft pink towards the centre. This cosmos is unlike any other we have seen. The blooms appear to have a iridescent glow which is quite remarkable. They are a head-turner to say the least!
(Approximate seed count – 35)
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Ornamental carrot – Dara (Organic) ***NEW FOR 2025***
£2.20 Add to basketOrnamental carrot – Dara (Organic) ***NEW FOR 2025***
A variety of carrot bred for its white delicate umbels that turn pink once opened. Dara is a staple in any cut flower garden, producing abundant delicate stems that are often ready just as Ammi finishes. They are a fantastic variety for pollinators and attract a wide range of beetles, hover flies and bees. The seed heads are good for drying and it be autumn sown for early blooms in spring.
(Approximate seed count – 150)£2.20