Big Veg Challenge

Supported by Liverpool One and The Big Lunch.

Our mission: to turn fingers and spaces green. Children, adults, schools and groups nationwide are taking part in the Big Veg Challenge to sow, grow and harvest a veg plot in just six weeks.

No green space or green fingers required
A space as small as a windowsill is all you need to take part and grow some incredible edibles, and the Gardening Angels will be offering free advice to help you get the most out of your veg plot throughout the challenge.

Read more below to find out more...

Sign Up - Registration Form

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Get your free Starter Pack

To register

Email info@greenhousesensation.co.uk with your name (please include name of school/group if applicable) and we will email you a registration form.

Once you have returned your form we will send you your Starter Pack.

Alternatively for more information on the Big Veg Challenge you can call us on 0845 602 7774.

Your Free Starter Pack and Reward Pack

When you sign-up to the Big Veg Challenge we will send you or your group a starter pack. When you have completed the challenge, we will also send you a rewards pack;

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Starter Pack

Growing instructions – detailed instructions about how to sow, water and harvest

6 x Stickers/ 30 x stickers for groups – featuring our Incredible Edibles characters

Activity sheets – featuring our Incredible Edibles characters. Supplied in colour and in black and white for photo copying.

Gardening Angel contact card – as a reminder of who to call if you need some advice

Reward Pack

A certificate for you/ each person in your group to take part in the challenge.

6 x Stickers/ 30 x stickers for groups – featuring our Incredible Edibles character

Send Us Your Updates

Keep us up-to-date with your progress throughout the six weeks by sending us any photo's, videos and comments on how your veg are growing to our Facebook Page to receive your Reward Pack!

What You Need

A Planter and Compost

You will be sowing directly into a planter (rather than in seed pots and then transferring to a larger pot or planter), this is because the seeds selected prefer not to be moved.

Use a long planter no shallower than 13cm, a raised bed if you have one, or take advantage of our Challenge prices on our school holiday-proof planters.

Pots are not suitable for salad leaves because they need a longer space.

You can use any compost.

Seeds

The seed varieties for the Big Veg Challenge have been selected because they grow from seed to harvest-readiness within six weeks. You can buy the seeds from a garden centre, seed websites or they are available from us.

A Sunny spot

South East to South West is ideal and avoid north facing if possible. If you are growing on an indoor windowsill with a single glazed window, make sure that you shade with a net curtain or similar, so that the plants don't get too hot.

Add some pupils and this really is all you need to take part in the Six Week Challenge and help One Pot Pledge on the way to encouraging 30,000 people to grow their own in 2010.

The Starter Pack that you will receive when you have registered will contain everything else you need to get growing.

What You Can Grow In Just 6 Weeks

We've selected some great salad crops that will be ready to harvest within six weeks of sowing and you will love.

These salad crops are ideal for nibbling and for children to add to salads and sandwiches to make their own healthy snacks.

By growing and eating the three lettuce and two radish options children recognise that each vegetable has many varieties, encouraging them to not reject all vegetables based on them disliking just one.

You can order a pack containing all seeds below, click here

Veg / Herb	Variety	Germination (days)	Harvest (weeks)
Salad Leaf	Rocket Salad	4-10	4
Lettuce	Salad Bowl	4-10	4
Lettuce	Lollo Rossa	4-10	4
Spring Onions	White Lisbon	10-14	5
Radish	French Breakfast	5-7	5
Radish	Cherry Belle	5-7	5
Radish (White)	White Beauty	5-7	5

Get Free Gardening Angels Advice

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Once you have signed up to the 'Big Veg Challenge' you will be invited to make use of the free Greenhouse Sensations Gardening Angels service.

Whether your school is full of experienced green fingers, or you are just starting out, our friendly Gardening Angels can offer lots of advice and guidance to get you growing.

How to receive free advice
Simply email your question to info@greenhousesensation.co.uk or
Call on 0845 602 3774

Our Gardening Angels always respond within two working hours.