What to do in December

  • Plant fruit trees
  • Harvest remaining root crops
  • Plant garlic cloves

More things to do this month:
>> Gardeners World
>> Royal Horticultural Society

Upcoming Events

Mon 06 JanTalk: Wildlife Wanderings
Tue 14 JanTalk: Gardening in the Future
Tue 21 JanTalk: First Responders

More events >>

Reading Town Meal

Keep an eye out for the next date for the biggest lunch in Reading. Read more >>

Still some sowing to do?

We're planning one more real-world seed swap, and you can still get seeds from our postal swap service . Read more >>

What is RFGN?

Reading Food Growing Network aims to:

  • Promote locally grown food in Reading
  • Enable sharing of resources and purchasing capacity between food growers in Reading e.g. seed & manure purchase or plant swaps
  • Facilitate the exchange of information and ideas
  • Provide advice and support to new and existing growers
  • Promote the expansion of sustainable local food production
  • Celebrate local food together at the Reading Town Meal and other events

Join RFGN today

Members get discounts at Suttons Seeds. RFGN is also a group member of Garden Organic with a range of member benefits including discounts on seeds.

See the Directory of Suppliers for details of our discount schemes.

We also run a seed swap, which can be booked for events. See the Seed Swap page for more info.