Living Streets talks the walk at Brighton’s Seedy Sunday

Great to see old friends and new faces at the Living Streets Brighton and Hove stand at Seedy Sunday in Brighton yesterday - grist to the mill when it comes to making our streets more attractive, more human and more green.



Interestingly, many people who dropped by to chat either didn't own a car, or chose not to drive in Brighton and Hove. And there was a lot off support for rebalancing the streets away from people in cars towards people on foot (and people on bikes), such as the new scheme to transform Valley Gardens.

Thanks to Sam (above) from Living Streets HQ for coming along to support the local voluntary effort.
Click here for today’s report in the Argus on Seedy Sunday - a double page spread.

Walk This Way to Seedy Sunday

If you are going to Seedy Sunday at the Corn Exchange in Brighton tomorrow, excellent. If you are going to walk there, even better. If you do, here’s some good advice from Transport for London, published this week. To find out more about the facts behind the advice, have a look at an earlier post on this blog. Look forward to seeing you on the Living Streets stall.

Living Streets takes a stand at Seedy Sunday – Brighton, 1st February

It's now just over a week until Seedy Sunday 2015, the UK’s largest seed swap event, which takes place on Sunday 1^st February at the Brighton Corn Exchange. Last year around 3,000 people visited so we’ve decided that Living Streets Brighton and Hove Group will take a stand (actually, a table!) at this year’s event.


We are looking for volunteers to help staff the stand during the day - no special skills needed, other than a willingness to talk the walk about the importance of creating safe, attractive, enjoyable streets where it’s great to walk in Brighton and Hove.
You can get in touch by dropping an email to Living Streets, Brighton & Hove Group on livingstreetsbandh@gmail.com
Look forward to seeing you there!

Seedy Sunday Breaks Brighton Records

Seedy Sunday, the community seed swap and biodiversity event at Brighton’s Corn Exchange broke all previous records, with more than 3,000 people braving yesterday’s drizzle (ok rain). As well as all that seed swapping, there was a programme of talks and the recording of an episode of Radio 4’s Gardner’s Question Time (“GQT” to the afficionadoes) – this episode will be broadcast on Friday 15th and Sunday 17th February.  “Ethnobotanist, BBC TV science presenter, obsessive foodie & urban farming geek” (his words) James Wong gave a talk about easy exotic fruit and veg. to grow in the UK and showed pictures of his front garden in Croydon. Happy to report that Mr Wong travelled to Brighton by train – living in Croydon, 40 minutes away on the main line, why wouldn’t you? But as we know, logical choice and travel decisions frequently don’t go together.

Seedy Sunday in the Heart of the City

It's just over a week until Seedy Sunday, the community seed swap and bio-diversity event, taking place for the first time in Brighton's Corn Exchange - very appropriate. Britain's biggest and oldest-established community seed swap will have over 50 stalls, a line-up of fascinating speakers including James Wong off the tv, plus surprises. The Corn Exchange is a ten minute walk from Brighton train station and five minutes from the city's main bus routes. Put the date in your diary and join the crowds on Sunday 3^rd February, 10am to 4pm, for a seedtastic day.