This year we offered a plant plug scheme from our award winning farm. We selected and put together the perfect combination and succession of vegetable, herb and salad plants for you to grow and enjoy all year round.

You can no longer join the scheme for this year however we will be running the scheme again in 2010, if you would like to express an interest in the scheme email boxscheme@warbornefarm.co.uk or call 01590 688488.

• We deliver plants at the optimum time for planting out

• This reduces any uncertainty of growing plants from seed, increases the chance of the crop surviving, and reduces the time to harvest

• Varieties chosen for their flavour and reliability of cropping – over 10 years experience.

• More than 180 varieties of vegetable, salad, herbs, flowers and fruit throughout the year.

• Organic seed and compost, certified to the highest standards by the Soil Association

 

• Raised on our specially designed heated benches with overhead automatic mist irrigation system

• Planting from plugs make growing more tangible, alluring and impressive for children

• Parents shape children’s eating habits for a lifetime. Garden produce creates a “positive food environment”, and it’s a winning low cost strategy to improve nutrition of children at a time of rising food costs and when paediatric obesity is an epidemic problem.

• Having the opportunity to help grow and prepare vegetables is the biggest factor that increases the likelihood of children eating them, and studies show they are 7 times more likely to eat vegetables than children not involved with growing

 

 

• Enjoy growing, which further to being healthy in itself, integrates nutrition, education and food provision. Experiences in the garden and in the kitchen foster a better understanding of how the natural world is sustained and where food comes from.

• Children in particular feel a sense of ownership; planting, nurturing and harvesting the crop as well as cooking and enjoying the food.

• Harvest straight from your garden for unrivalled freshness and nutrient content; plot to pot in minutes. As soon as you pick a vegetable it starts to decompose, as the sugars turn to starch. .

• Choice of indoor or outdoor exotics. If you don’t have a greenhouse or polytunnel you can still have outdoor varieties of tomato, aubergine, melon etc


• Information on growing always included but also available on website. We will support you through each season – how to grow and when to harvest.

What can you expect to receive ?

We will offer two schemes you can choose either to have plants for a Summer Garden, or an All Year Round Garden. You can also choose to have plants for a small garden approx (75sq ft) a regular garden approx ( 150sq ft) or a large garden (300sq ft). You will also have the choice within these categories to have exotic plants (cucumbers, tomatoes, aubergines, melons) suitable for growing in a greenhouse or outdoors. We can where possible offer the option to swap some varieties ie. no herbs more brassicas.

To find out what plants you would receive for each garden click here.

How much will it cost? (these prices are the 2009 prices this may alter in 2010)

Prices are as follows:

                      Summer Garden          All Year Round

Small Garden      £65.00                    £130.00

Regular Garden   £115.50                  £200.20

Large Garden     £175.50                   £304.20

Ordering and Delivery:

For local customers who fall within the boxscheme area delivery is free. The scheme will work similar to the boxscheme, in that we shall deliver a box of plants each month for you to plant out in the garden. You can choose which week of the month you want to have plants delivered and they will be delivered the same day as the veg boxes would.

For UK customers outside of our delivery round we shall deliver a box of plants each month for you to plant out in the garden. You can choose which week of the month you want to have plants delivered. The cost is £5 per delivery.

Anyone signing up is welcome to collect from the farm, which of course is free !