"Jane Ransom" wrote in message
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We are in the process of bringing our local 'Horticultural Society' into
the twenty first century and are looking for ideas for activities that
might attract the younger inhabitants of our village.

Without being rude, please, does anyone have any brilliant brain waves
that might help us out?
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Jane Ransom in Lancaster.
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A thought prompted by my search (in other threads) for vegetable plants :-)

How about a scheme to loan/rent shelf space in a greenhouse for
non-greenhouse people to grow their seeds/seedlings in spring?

This would help the young and partially commited who would like to do some
gardening but are not likely to splash out on a greenhouse until they have
some idea of how useful it can be.

Also good for people without the space/money for a greenhouse.

This allows people to grow more exotic and unusual plants and vegetables for
maturing outside.

This could combine with a swap system for plants and seeds.

You could sign up to produce plants (veg. or bedding) and swap or sell - Joe
could produce some yellow cherry tomato seedlings, Mary could produce some
peppers and so on; each participant could share from the total plant stocks.

I presume gardening clubs already do much of this - the main idea is the
loan of greenhouse space to encourage people to grow their own seedlings.

(Ramble, ramble, ramble)

Cheers
Dave R