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Staying at home and COVID-19

Seed Pantry

Updated 30/03/2020

Hi, We have put together an update from us about your gardens, coronavirus, staying at home and deliveries running as normal.

We are going to make sure everyone has their garden spaces looking great!

With the recent developments around the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), we will be working through this period to make sure you can still enjoy your outdoor spaces and have Seed Pantry activity kits and subscriptions to make your garden spaces great!

We have our small team carefully in place and physically distancing, at home and in the warehouse and we will work hard to make sure you have everything you need.

Government advice on staying at home

At Seed Pantry we love to champion the benefits of being in your garden spaces for general health and wellbeing. The Government advice is this: If you feel well enough you can take part in light exercise within your home or garden. See full government update on staying at home here. So now you can indulge in making your garden the best space this summer.

Royal Mail deliveries – running as normal

Royal Mail, our main delivery service, is operating as normal and lots of our packages fit through the letter box too. We also don’t send signed for parcels generally, so no need to answer the door.

Public Health England (PHE) has advised that people receiving parcels are not at risk of contracting the coronavirus. See full Royal Mail update here. If a parcel won’t fit through your letterbox, Royal Mail will place your item at your door and knock on your door, they will then step aside to a safe distance while you retrieve your item securely. If you are unable to get to the door a card will be left advising other ways to get your parcel, for example asking friends or family to collect it on your behalf.

If there is anything else we can help you with, please let us know! 

…and with any further developments, we will keep you updated.

So get out in your garden spaces and enjoy them.

Ready, steady, grow!

We love you and stay safe.

The Seed Pantry team

Contact us: support@seedpantry.co.uk

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Gifts for Mother’s Day!

March heralds the start of Spring but it also brings Mother’s Day! The time of year where we show our appreciation for the mothers and mums in our lives, so let us make sure we spoil them!

At Seed Pantry we want to offer you a more sustainable choice with the Gift of growing, instead of the standard bunch of flowers that wilts after a week. These flowers will last all summer and autumn and grow again next year! So why not ditch the bouquet and go for the wonderful, nature-inspired, Seed Pantry experience instead!

Seed Pantry Mother’s Day Gift Mixes

Mother’s Day – With Love Mix

Flowers for Mother’s day?…absolutely, but this year help her grow her own! We have created 2 extra special bumper boxes with a range of amazing flowers for a special Mother’s Day treat!

Mother’s Day – Love You Mix

These Seed Pantry curated boxes are filled with Dahlias, Gladioli, Begonias  and more! Beautifully put together to create the most amazing garden displays. Each one has a different range of flowers available. Cut flowers can last only a few days so why not get amazing displays that last all summer and autumn! We can even add a personalised gift note to your box. See more here:

Mother’s Day – With Love Mix: £18

Mother’s Day – Love You Mix: £30

Seed Pantry Monthly Gift Subscription

If your mum loves growing food and flowers the perfect gift alternative would also be our Grow Club Gift Subscription for £39 for 3 months. Monthly personalised discovery boxes delivered at the right time to grow each month.

Gift recipients will always be on top of what to do in their garden along with gaining knowledge and expertise as they go. Instead of just one gift for Mother’s Day, you can give one every month of the year!

Price: 3 months £39, 6 months for £78 and 12 months for £156

 

Enjoy giving!

Lots of love

The Seed Pantry team

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Our New Partnership with Thrive 💚

We recently visited Thrive, an amazing charity that provides social and therapeutic horticulture (STH). With the use of trained horticultural therapists, they work with plants and people to improve an individual’s physical and psychological health, communication and thinking skills. 🌱

Seed Pantry was founded with the mission of helping others enjoy the rewards of nature, so we fully support their cause. All of us here have seen first hand the benefits of spending time in nature and the positive impact it can have on a person’s life.

Please go check them out and support them, they do such great work and we are so happy to be working with them – we are sending further details in our boxes this month 💚

Link: https://www.thrive.org.uk/ 

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Growing The Team

A big welcome to Nick who joins the Seed Pantry team as our newest recruit.  He’ll be posting on social media, working with like minded brands and will be on hand to help answer all your customer queries.

Here’s a little introduction from Nick:

‘I am a Marketing graduate who has recently moved back to my home town of Maidenhead. After finishing my studies in Bristol I am grateful to be working here at Seed Pantry and learning about the different areas of the business. Over the coming months, I will be updating and posting on social media, developing new partnerships and helping to keep our customers happy.

I have always loved flowers, growing up I have created a large portfolio of plant images that have crossed my path during my life. I am eager to now take the next step and start growing my own and sharing my experiences with you as a novice plant grower.’

Nick

The Rookie Gardener 

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National Gardening Week 2018

This week (30th April to 6th May 2018) is National Gardening Week – the country’s biggest celebration of gardening, organised by the Royal Horticultural Society.

It’s a great opportunity to get out in the garden, embrace nature and start sowing and planting seeds, bulbs, flowers, trees, plants, herbs, vegetables and fruits. Thousands of people, public gardens, charities, shops and heritage organisations are getting involved and have plenty of events and activities taking place up and down the country. There are beginner’s workshops, walking guides, garden parties, planting groups and grow your own sessions – so there’s something for everyone.

With some lovely sunshine predicted to be with us for at least a week!, now is a great time to start growing your own.

To find out more about monthly just in time gardening boxes from Seed Pantry see the grow club, visit: Seed Pantry

For more information about National Gardening Week visit: National Gardening Week 

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Seed Pantry’s new Grow Club Discovery Subscription Box

Delivered at the right time to grow, we’ve launched Seed Pantry’s brand new monthly subscription service – the Grow Club Discovery Box, perfect for anyone keen to grow fresh food and flowers at home in any spaces.

Delivered just in time to your door and keeping you up to date with everything to do in the garden, this is really convenient and is mapped out for the year in tune with the seasons.

Designed to inspire growers with beautifully curated monthly boxes and easy to follow grow guides – it’s great value and each month you can make six choices, from 10, of expertly selected food and flower plants to grow.  Discover new to market varieties, heirloom and new, best in show cut flowers, and the best food flavours for super healthy fresh food.

Our new Grow Club Discovery Box keeps you bang up to date with the latest gardening trends, so you get to discover new plants as they become available.

Gifting options are available for 3, 6 and 12 month subscriptions and the Grow Club Discovery Box is priced at just £12.99 per month with FREE delivery.

To find out more visit Seed Pantry

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Join Seed Pantry at The Big Feastival!

BFlogo-landscape-dates-venuePreparations are underway for our first time at The Big Feastival – a fantastic weekend of music, food and fun for all the family!

Over the August Bank Holiday, TV chef Jaime Oliver and Blur bassist Alex James will welcome families from all over the UK to enjoy food, music and activities including food and drink stands, cookery classes, arts and craft workshops, a vintage fun fair and live music tents.

Taking place in the idyllic Cotswolds, this year is the event’s fifth anniversary but it’s our first time attending!

We’ll have a stand in the Lifestyle Village where you can come and meet the Seed Pantry team on stand LS03 and find out about growing your own food at home. We’ll be launching some exciting new products and will also be demonstrating our grow pod as well as seed starter kits, all available with special Big Feastival discounts.

We’ll be running seed sowing activities for families each day at 11.30, 1.30 and 3.30 and offering you the chance to win exciting grow your own food kits in our prize draw!

With live music from Mark Ronson, Kaiser Chiefs and Tinie Tempah, cookery demos from Jaime Oliver himself, as well as Raymond Blanc and Gizzi Erskine, the three-day event promises to be a feel good festival for the whole family.

Weekend tickets are already sold out but day passes are still available so book soon to secure your places! Children under 12 go free and there are discounted rates for teens.

The Big Feastival takes place from 26th to 28th August on Alex James’ farm in The Cotswolds. To find out more about and to book tickets, visit http://thebigfeastival.com

Make sure you come to Lifestyle Village and visit the Seed Pantry stand (number LS03) for our seed sowing sessions and to enjoy some home grown veggies and greens!

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Our Food Future

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In February, the UK Food Standards Agency brought together over 200 leading industry experts to discuss how best to secure the future of our food.

The summit was broadcast live and thousands of people got involved on Twitter using the hash tag #ourfoodfuture, and we did too!

Topics included how we will grow food in the future, whether we will be eating insects, food waste including wonky veg, food safety and pricing, obesity, and what the nation wants from food in the future.

Comments by Seed Pantry and Neil about the event, the social value of food and childhood obesity were featured in the discussion – see link:

https://storify.com/foodgov/our-food-future

The debate also turned to how we have lost our connection with food with the increase in online grocery shopping and processed foods. And how sharing meals with family or friends is becoming a thing of the past.

Growing your own vegetables, leafy greens, herbs and salads at home is a great way to re-connect with food, understand where it comes from and to get the whole family involved with planting, sowing, nurturing and harvesting. It helps to reduce waste and allows you to eat wholesome, fresh, organic foods.

As Spring is just around the corner, now is a great time to start thinking about setting up a vegetable patch in the garden, or if you don’t have the space, our new smart grow pod lets you grow your own food in the kitchen, with no mess, no fuss, just fresh, organic greens, vegetables, herbs and salads in no time!

So this season, take time to think about the future of our food and how you can make some simple changes to ensure a healthy, sustainable and safe food supply for future generations!

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Seed Pantry bring seeds kits and grow pods to Urban Outfitters

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We’re excited to announce that Urban Outfitters are now stocking our new Seed Pantry grow pod and four seed kits, helping their shoppers to grow their own tasty, fresh and organic foods at home or at work.

We have worked with the team at Urban Outfitters and have launched easy grow kits for superfood greens, kitchen herbs, hot chilli peppers and edible flowers. Each one includes two varieties of seeds and compost in a super handy pouch that can be used as the pot by adding water to the compost and adding the seeds.

Easygrowkits4 sThe new co-branded products are now available in all Urban Outfitter stores in the UK and Europe, as well as online. They are perfect for urbanites looking to grow healthy food and their own herbs, leafy greens, chillies and edible flowers.

Seed Pantry grow pod sElizabeth Bailey buyer at  Urban Outfitters says: “We’re really excited to be working  on this project with Seed Pantry as part of our new ‘grow’ range. Our customers are fashion forward with healthy attitudes to food. ‘Grow your own’ is a huge trend for 2016 –  It’s been my focus for the last few months to incorporate this into our lifestyle  brand.  The elegant new kits from Seed Pantry show our customers how easy it is to, grow, harvest  and eat fresh, organic food themselves.

UO sVisit an Urban Outfitters near you to get exclusive Seed Pantry products!

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WIN Organix Goodies worth £50!

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During May we are running a fantastic giveaway with our friends over at Organix, with the chance to win £50 worth of tasty treats for your little ones!

Simply send us a photo of you cooking with the kids and their favourite fresh vegetables to be entered into the draw.

You can post them on twitter @SeedPantry , facebook , instagram or email your pics to info@seedpantry.co.uk and we’ll be announcing the winner in May.

Maybe Chloe likes carrots, or Peter likes peas – whatever their preference, let us know to win a bundle of yummy Organix Goodies!

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