I would love to help. I have loads of plants needing division, and have already agreed to send some to a forum member who will arrange courier collection at a cost of around £10 per 15 kg parcel. (the max weight for 1 parcel). I will rinse most of the soil off and send bare-rooted, as that way I can pack more in.
This got me to wondering whether a courier company may be persuaded to help, as Artjak said Tesco did. Especially for those of us in Scotland,and far away, and others without easy access to motorways, or without transport. I wouldn't mind sending a couple of parcels, but couldn't afford to send many.
I will also have far too many veg plants (hopefully), and I usually give them to the school, friends and to charities to sell, so it would be no prob to spare them for this cause.
People will need an escape from the huge job of cleaning and sorting thier houses, and I'm sure that this forum has proved that a garden can cheer us up in the worst of times. I would be devastated to lose mine, and would be really cheered by reading this thread and knowing that people empathise to the point of being willing to give their time and effort to help restore it. Any help would be welcome, so mine is here, waiting for the 'Good to Go' signal. Plants will be waiting.
A lovely thought, and thread. What a great forum full of caring people this is. It is inspiring, and pushes me to be a better person. All of you have helped me and others through bad times, so if this is a way for me to say thank you, and to help in my turn, count me in.
Brilliant, gardenjeanie, thank you! I'm going to try to entice some national carriers to help us out. Also I know that the Cadbury Garden Centre in Bristol is already helping as a distribution depot for (general) donations, so they might be able to be the heart of a nationwide network of drop-off centres.... (well if you don't ask you don't get). I'll come back to this message board as soon as we know more. In the meantime thanks everyone for keeping this bumped up!
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Cheers Artjak!
I know that work is going on at the Somerset end to get a system set up - I'll keep bumping this too, and keep everyone informed.
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I would love to help. I have loads of plants needing division, and have already agreed to send some to a forum member who will arrange courier collection at a cost of around £10 per 15 kg parcel. (the max weight for 1 parcel). I will rinse most of the soil off and send bare-rooted, as that way I can pack more in.
This got me to wondering whether a courier company may be persuaded to help, as Artjak said Tesco did. Especially for those of us in Scotland,and far away, and others without easy access to motorways, or without transport. I wouldn't mind sending a couple of parcels, but couldn't afford to send many.
I will also have far too many veg plants (hopefully), and I usually give them to the school, friends and to charities to sell, so it would be no prob to spare them for this cause.
People will need an escape from the huge job of cleaning and sorting thier houses, and I'm sure that this forum has proved that a garden can cheer us up in the worst of times. I would be devastated to lose mine, and would be really cheered by reading this thread and knowing that people empathise to the point of being willing to give their time and effort to help restore it. Any help would be welcome, so mine is here, waiting for the 'Good to Go' signal. Plants will be waiting.
A lovely thought, and thread. What a great forum full of caring people this is. It is inspiring, and pushes me to be a better person. All of you have helped me and others through bad times, so if this is a way for me to say thank you, and to help in my turn, count me in.
Brilliant, gardenjeanie, thank you! I'm going to try to entice some national carriers to help us out. Also I know that the Cadbury Garden Centre in Bristol is already helping as a distribution depot for (general) donations, so they might be able to be the heart of a nationwide network of drop-off centres.... (well if you don't ask you don't get). I'll come back to this message board as soon as we know more. In the meantime thanks everyone for keeping this bumped up!
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bump...thanks everyone for being patient with us bumping this thread, it feels important to let every one see it...
Verdun - what about a just giving page for people to donate too? I know just giving pages have been set up for other flood type woes.
Hi Verdun - yes, there is already a site set up for donations - let me just have a look and I'll come back with the address....