04/03/2026
Last year, much of what we grew in the Grange Project market garden started life somewhere else, arriving with us as ‘baby’ plug plants. This year, we’re doing something different.
It’s often easiest to buy plug plants online. It’s convenient - but that convenience can come at a cost (literally and figuratively!)
Growing from seed (when you know how) offers some very practical advantages:
Lower cost - a single packet of seed can produce dozens, sometimes hundreds, of plants compared with buying individual plugs.
Greater choice - many of the most flavourful, resilient or unusual varieties are only available as seed.
Stronger plants - seedlings raised in your own conditions adapt from the start to your soil, weather and care.
Timing control - you decide when to sow, rather than working around what’s available to buy.
Perhaps most importantly, growing from seed changes your relationship with growing itself. Instead of starting halfway through the process, you become part of the whole cycle; observing how plants respond to light, temperature and local conditions in real time.
Because this is something many people want to do but aren’t quite sure how to begin, this spring we’re running a hands-on Growing From & Saving Seed course at the Grange Project with experienced grower Peni Ediker.
The day focuses on practical skills you can immediately apply at home: building confidence with sowing, germination and seed saving in a supportive, small-group setting.
If you’d like to feel more confident starting plants from seed, you can find full details here:
https://grangeproject.co.uk/events/growing-from-seed-with-peni-ediker
