Welcome to Plant Swap

Plant Swap
June 2011
Save money, enhance biodiversity
Welcome to Plant Swap Plant Swap is a ‘virtual’ give & take scheme for the collegiate University. You don’t have to actually swap. You can take items even if you have nothing to donate. Items can include plants, seeds, gardening tools, wellingtons and any other gardening equipment. Plant Swap is managed by the University’s Sustainability Team: [email protected] How do I advertise on Plant Swap? First you need to be on the Plant Swap mailing list. To do this, email: [email protected] Then all you need to do is send a description of the item you want to advertise, with your full contact details to: [email protected] When someone has taken your item, email [email protected] so that it can be taken off Swap Shop (don’t forget to tell Kate which dept took your item). How does Plant Swap benefit you? •
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Saves you money – no need to buy new items Biodiversity – encourages gardening which in turn creates habitat for wildlife Saves time – Plant Swap puts you in direct contact with the donor Reduces waste – reusing items is better than sending them to landfill where they generate methane emissions (a greenhouse gas 23 times more potent than carbon dioxide) IMPORTANT NOTE • Departments and colleges must arrange their own delivery/collection arrangements • In the spirit of protecting biodiversity and reducing pollution, Plant Swap does not accept harmful chemicals or peat products (eg: pesticides or sacks of peat compost) Scroll down to see lovely items available…! ITEMS AVAILABLE (most recent item at the top) Plants Annuals 2x trays of Heliotrope Marine 2x trays of Rudbeckia Autumn Colours 3x trays of Ageratum Hawaii Blue Perennials 1x tray Geum Mrs Bradshaw 1x tray Jasione perennis Blue Light 1x tray Tunica saxifraga 1x tray = 9 small plugs Contact: Claire Shepherd [email protected] Pig‐keeping collective Members sought for new pig‐keeping collective in Sutton Courtney, Drayton, Abingdon area. Aim: to set up a co‐op to produce beautiful rare breed pork & bacon (meat which has been produced with loving care). The cooperative would share set up costs, care of animals and benefit from the meat produced and profits of selling on young stock – it’s also a good way for people to meet, without becoming pig farmers! The driving force behind this idea is Paula, who is on top of the legal side of things and has attended smallholder training at Berkshire College of Agriculture. As we're not up and running yet there's plenty of scope to find out more without obligation, and to help shape the direction the cooperative takes! Contact: [email protected] or [email protected] Plants 9x young tomato plants available 1x young zucchini plant 2x young mixed peppers plant Contact: Anna Colgan [email protected] Mini saplings Various mini‐saplings available: Hazel Horse chestnut Self‐sown buddleia Self‐grown field maple Contact: Gerry Black [email protected] 2
Plant pots Various plastic pots available Colour: brown & black Shape: round & square Size: mostly quite small Contact: Kevin Rodd [email protected] 3
ITEMS WANTED (most recent item at the top) Herbs Worcester College Edible Garden is looking for the following: Chives Thyme Rosemary Mint Sage Contact: Alex Barnard [email protected] Herbs Magdalen College is looking for herb plants: Rosemary, thyme, bay, sage, mint, chives Contact: Claire Shepherd [email protected] Wheelbarrow Wanted: wheelbarrow, for use transporting to and from an allotment Contact: Lucy Cridland‐Smith: lucy.cridland‐[email protected] Wheelbarrow Wanted: one folding wheelbarrow (or light‐weight, non‐folding) Willing to collect Contact: Judith Secker [email protected] Tools & gardening equipment Gardening equipment urgently needed Equipment wanted for the newly‐formed ‘OxGrow’ University and community allotment scheme Garden tools, wheelbarrows, wellingtons, etc – anything considered Contact: Doireann & Annabelle [email protected] 4