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Welcome to the Transition Worcester Potato Bash 2016.
This is your chance to take part in a fun potato growing competition, see just how many spuds you can grow for yourself, and you might even win one of two cash prizes!

PICK UP YOUR POTATO AT THE OLD NORTH STABLES OR THE LANDSDOWNE ALLOTMENT SHOP FOR JUST £1

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The rules:

• Entry is £1
• £10 cash prize for the heaviest total yield from a single seed potato (supplied by Transition Worcester)
• £5 cash prize for the heaviest single grown potato (seed potato supplied by Transition Worcester)

What should I do?

1. Pay £1 to enter the competition.
2. Pick your potato from the authorised Transition Worcester Potato Bash potato supplier
3. Take your potato home and ‘chit’ it.
4. When you want to, get a pot and compost, and plant your potato.
5. Note that you MUST grow your potato plant in a pot or container (no bigger than 30 litres*) and not in the open ground. The growing medium you use is up to you.
6. Look after your potato plant.
7. Bring your potato plant, in its pot, to the Transition Worcester stall at the Worcester Flower Show, Gheluvelt Park on Sunday 14th August, by 1pm at the latest.

*As a guide: 30 Litres = 31cm x 31cm x 31cm (approx) or a cylinder 30cm diameter and 42cm depth.

The Transition Worcester Plant Swap will be taking place on Saturday 7th May from 11am to 3pm.

Join us at the Old North Stables for veg seedlings, advice and to chat with like minded people. Have a tour of the site, where you’ll see the initial progress on the Forest Garden project, as well as the floating beehives…. that’s right beehives that can float! Also, while you’re there why not pick up your official Potato Bash competition spud!

We’ll have the usual range of veg seedlings (tomatoes, peppers, beans etc), and fruit bushes available, and of course the things that we don’t know about that other people will bring on the day.

Just like last year, we’ve decided to hold the Seed Swap 2016 at the Old North Stable Teaching and Display Garden.

In addition to the seed swap, our Energy group will be promoting low energy LED light bulbs, secondary glazing and wall insulation. We are also holding biochar making demonstrations.

If you’ve not visited the Old North Stables before, we will be able to take the opportunity to briefly show you around the site. Directions are shown on the map. The nearest car park is opposite the Pump House Environment Centre in Waterworks Road. Whatever means of transport you use, just follow the eastern edge of Pitchcroft until you find the open gates… you really can’t miss us!

The event takes place on Saturday 5^th March, 10am-3pm. As well as the seed swap, we’ll be launching our 2016 Potato Bash, and will have experienced gardeners on hand to provide tips on how to Grow Your Own. As always, we like to start the event with a good “kitty” of seeds, so if you have seeds that you want to donate before the event, these can be dropped off at the Pump House Environment Centre. Alternatively, please email us if you have seeds to swap but can’t make the day.

Also if you have any unwanted hand tools, which you might want to donate, we welcome these very much.

This is a great event to volunteer at, so if you can spare a little time, please do come along and help us out!