Together We Grow | at home
🌱 Step by Step Success in Your Veggie Garden 🌱
🥔 Calling all: Budding Veggie Growers 🥕
Designed to show you how to turn any plot of land into a thriving vegetable garden, offering expert insights and community support along the way - with fresh information month by month to reduce the overwhelm, allowing you to grow with confidence whilst nourishing your family.
Everyone can learn to grow veggies! 🥦
Join us for a Monthly Journey in Sustainable Vegetable Gardening.
➡️ Embark on a transformative experience that guides you through every season, where you'll learn the skills necessary to cultivate a bountiful veggie garden.
➡️ Learn how and when to plant, transplant & harvest crops in your garden all year round.
➡️ If you've been thinking about starting to grow your own veggies but don't know where to start, or you're looking for expert guidance and support to overcome your current gardening challenges, this is the solution!
MEET YOUR EXPERT
Sam Williams
@sams_growingfood
I’ve been growing food for 18 years and taught myself about growing food all year round when I had an allotment for 7 years.
I currently work as an outdoor learning instructor running 2 big allotment style gardens with young adults with special needs.
We supply our little farm shop with food.
I also run a community garden at the weekend and in my spare time 😂 I help other people grow food too!
I will never get bored of planting that tiny seed, watching it grow, harvesting and cooking it into a plate full of delicious homegrown food!
I’m a level 3 Forest School leader and I love bushcraft and foraging.
I love to share my passion with others and inspire them to grow their own chemical free, nutrient dense food too.
Want me to teach you too?
Let's GROW together!
Every month you will gain access to new information on how to grow and harvest from your own backgarden.
This monthly membership offers a comprehensive learning experience that empowers you to grow your own food with confidence and success.
It equips you with the knowledge, skills, and motivation to cultivate a thriving garden that nourishes both your body and soul.
Why Grow Your Own?
1️⃣ Growing your own food empowers you to take control of the quality of your food supply and become more self-sufficient.
2️⃣ Nothing compares to the flavour and freshness of homegrown produce.
3️⃣ Growing your own fruit and vegetables can significantly reduce your food shop bills.
We're here to guide you through the growing seasons, so what's included? ⬇️
1️⃣ A monthly online workshop with a Q&A session
Learn everything from what to plant, how to plant it, how to keep pests at bay and what to harvest every month - with expert guidance from Sam (growing expert) & Vikki (nutritional therapist). You'll also have access to recordings of all live meetings for every month you're a member.
2️⃣ Step by step downloadable guides + video demonstrations
Use our guides to plan your growing space out, learn a variety of planting techniques and so much more!
3️⃣ Member's only community
Gain access to a likeminded community, learning and growing together. Perfect for support and motivation.
You'll gain direct access to expert insight
Join our growing expert Sam and a like-minded community in this monthly membership focused on the joys of homegrown food!
Discover the power of growing your own food
- Receive expert guidance from our gardening expert Sam and a nutritional therapist, Vikki.
- Learn practical tips and techniques to make your vegetable growing endeavours easier and more successful.
- Ask questions about a wide range of growing topics whether you're a novice gardener or have years of experience!
What are people saying about Together We Grow | at home? 💬
"I have been a member of the Together we grow group for a few months. I am a reasonably experienced grower having had a vegetable garden for many years. Now I have an allotment as well as my garden. I've already found the group helpful for hints and tips to expand my knowledge and be more effective, especially with my time. Sam is very knowledgeable and with Vikki, they make a friendly and approachable team. Thanks"
"I just wanted to say I’m so grateful to have found Sam on Instagram last year and starting to grow my own produce this year has changed my life. Getting out in the fresh air and having Sam to guide us everyday has made me stick with it and apart from the physical benefits the mental relief from everyday life has done me wonders! I can wait to join you in the zoom’s next year and I’m spreading the word about you to all my friends and neighbours. Thanks again for all you and Sam do to help the industry and communities- our son is a Dairy Farmer so we have an insight to the daily struggles they face especially at the moment financially."
"As a new grower I didn’t quite know where to start. Sam and Vikki’s expertise gave me the confidence to just start. I felt encouraged as I could take questions to them each month and I was sure of a practical suggestion that I could use. I’m growing in confidence but I’m glad to still have contact with them each month. Sam always has words of wisdom for us each month."
Together We Grow at Home | Member 🧅
"I recognised the problem of food security and wanted to have the confidence and knowledge to grow my own food - having never done it. I've actually rented an allotment and already have various vegetables in the ground. I've found the PFFA sessions and short videos really accessible and helpful. I was starting from absolute scratch - I feel more confident and intend to grow food in my garden in the future. It's an important practical skill reducing dependence on supermarket food. I listen to the sessions offered by Together we Grow and then try and put this into practice. Growing food is something that can fit around your lifestyle and I'm proud that I took the decision to rent an allotment and get going."
What would you say to someone else who is thinking about joining Together We Grow?
"What's stopping you? It's a low entry barrier and you will be inspired!"
Before Together We Grow, I felt…
"I was such a novice that it would take me a long time to be confident in growing my own food."
Now I feel…
"I am able to learn how to grow food you can actually eat!"
"I had rather haphazardly grown food for many years but found consistency of success was a problem. I also wanted to know more about nourishing my soil. After a year of the programme I've made some great compost and I love the timely and brilliant monthly growing prompts which keep me on track. The replays and membership portal materials are extremely valuable too. I'm doing a second year as Sam's support and the shared Q and A's of the community help hugely with navigating impact of weather challenges as they arise as well as boosting confidence.
It's reassuring to know that you can grow your own healthy food and Nature is a bit magical too! Not everything survives but every failed plant (together with advice from Sam) certainly teaches me something!
I love growing fennel - so easy, tasty foliage, pretty when in flower and I save the seeds for herbal remedies. I don't even bother about digging up and eating the bulbs! They return each year without any fuss too. I'm also trying using a copper trowel this year and hoping for some surprisingly positive results! The copper wire on poles I added to my garden over the past 2 years already seems to have been adding to my productivity. It's all about 'having a go'."
What would you say to someone else who is thinking about joining Together We Grow?
"Like food growing - just give it a try!"
"I’m learning as I go along. And feel held. I’m willing to try growing new veg and trust that it will thrive. The webinars and FB group answer my questions and keep me on track. I love growing something new.
I believe the seeds and plants respond to my growing confidence and connection to them. Veg and plants that didn’t do well for me the year before repay me by growing well and being abundant.
I get a kick out of serving salads out of my veg patch and showing them off to family and friends."
What would you say to someone else who is thinking about joining Together We Grow?
"If you’ve always wanted to grow your own and don’t know how - this is the place for you. Small steps to an abundant plot. Mine is relatively small but it’s amazing how many things I can grow in that space. And best of all it’s a space that brings us together in a divided society."
Before Together We Grow, I felt…
"Keen but not sure how to start."
Now I feel…
"Excited for what I’m planning to grow this year."
Together We Grow at Home | Member 🧅
" Before I joined I felt quite overwhelmed, without a clear direction and confused by the huge amount of contradictory information on the internet. Sam has many years of successful growing experience that she shares with us - straightforward, practical and clear advice on so many things. I've learnt so much from her. She's also very entertaining and charismatic, leaving you feeling positive and enthusiastic.
I've learnt how to plan my growing areas, not just in terms of space but also in time through the season.
Succession sowing has opened up new levels of productivity to me!
I love the feeling of being supported by a group of really lovely people who are all passionate about growing things. They are an inspiration.
It's friendly, informal, funny and very informative - you won't regret joining!
We'd love to feature your story here one day, so if you're keen to start your food growing journey and be welcomed into a community of budding growers, we'd be very happy to have you! 💚
Why join this monthly transformation?
Every month you're a member you'll receive:
- Expert guidance from Sam (growing expert) & Vikki (nutritional therapist)
- Step by step downloadable guides
- A monthly educational workshop with Q&A to help you cultivate your green fingers
- Access to a likeminded growing community, full of support and experience.
Choose Your Monthly Price
You can choose from three different monthly donation amounts to support Sam and our work at PFFA. Regardless of the amount you choose to donate, you will receive the same benefits and access.
We love to help as many people as possible to grow their own food so we offer up to 25% discount on memberships to students, Job Seekers, UC holders, Disability/PIP payment holders and pensioners. If any of those apply, please email a form of verification to info@the-pffa.org for approval and we can arrange a discount code for you to join our membership.
Join Together We Grow at Home
In addition to learning how to grow your own at home, you also have the opportunity to support our work here at PFFA so that we can continue to drive positive change!
We're on a mission to encourage everyone to grow their own food, through practical guidance, community support and education. By joining our membership you will not only be learning how to successfully grow your own veggies, you will be enabling us to continue to operate and reach more people and more communities across the UK.
