Grow Your Own

Getting the Best Results When you Grow Your Own

Whether it’s the desire of growing vegetables, the need to know precisely where your food comes from or a deep emotional want to get back to self-sufficiency and the Good Life, growing your own food is now a major part of British gardening.

More than 70% of seeds sold in 2008 were food crops and, for the first time in generations, there is a waiting list for allotments – with younger people taking them on.

With such a clear demand, grow you own with Westland and Unwins couldn’t be easier or more successful. We have put together collections covering peas and beans, tomatoes, potatoes and many more. There are even two complete herb gardens for the kitchen windowsill – one is a wooden trough and the other using attractive ceramic pots.

There are over 320 different vegetable seeds available in the Unwins 2009 range, the close links with Westland Horticulture means that virtually everything you need is available from once source. Look out for the Westland/Unwins One-Stop Vegetable Shop in your local garden centre.

Available from this single site is the full range of Unwins grow your own seeds, seed potato tubers, composts and plant foods. We also offer potato growing bags as well as a specially formulated Westland Vegetable Growing Compost, an extensive range of planter bags including the Organic Instant Tomato Planter, the Organic Instant Herb & Salad Planter, Instant Planter and a grow bag for flowers, fruit or vegetables.

You will find Westland Organic Potato & Vegetable Feed, Nutri Fruit and Vegetable Feed and Nutri Tomato Feed plus a whole range of other feeds to help ensure that your crop is the envy of your friends.

Seed potato sales have risen in 2008 for the second year running and Unwins offers a wide range of first early, second early and main crop varieties. These will be given a head start by planting them in Westland Organic Vegetable Growing Compost.

We have a full range of onion and shallot sets and garlic bulbs plus artichoke, asparagus and horseradish plants and rhubarb crowns.

To make absolutely sure that your food crops grow to perfection we have launched the Unwins Grow Your Own Vegetable Book. It is written by award winning gardening designer and horticultural expert, Andrew McIndoe and he steers the reader through the intricacies of vegetable growing. He covers all aspects of grow your own advice and there is even an excellent cooking and recipe section.