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NOGs Potato Day will be held on Saturday 25th January 2025
Here’s a glimpse into what happened at last years event, Potato Day 2024:
What a great day - It was spudtacular!
The queue was building by 9.30 am, with seasoned potato growers and first timers chatting and sharing ideas while waiting for the 10.am start. We had 35 varieties on sale along with red and white onion sets and shallots and ooh the scrumptious cakes donated by members for the cafe.
A big thank you to all our stallholders selling honey, Artisan seasonal foraged foods, mushrooms, gardening book donations, Thomas Etty Seeds and Canopy 2050 who were distributing tree seeds as part of the greener Nottingham Initiative. Pulp Friction joined us and Sherwood Open Gardens also had a stand and talked to people about the forthcoming event planned for June 2024
Additionally we had well-attended talks on growing potatoes in containers and on hints and tips for successful growing.
Demand was high and the queue hardly slowed for the first two hours to the extent that our supplies began running low by 1.00pm and had effectively run out by 2.00pm – a full hour before planned closing! Late comers were disappointed inevitably but at least did have a chance to catch up with friends over coffee or tea and cakes.
This was unprecedented - we usually have tubers left over to distribute to community groups. We will be looking at numbers and orders and making some careful changes for next year. It really was the busiest potato day ever.
We received a lot of media attention for the event, we had a great radio interview with BBC Radio Nottingham live from the event and Left Lion came and took photographs.
2024 Variety List here
It’s my first time growing potatoes – I need help! Brilliant, welcome to our community! We love growing our own food and hope you will too. Check out our website for advice and links as well as suggestions of which varieties to try for which purposes (e.g., container growing, or for a specific culinary purpose etc). Feel free to email questions to the group (contact@nogs.info) or reach out on our social media e.g., our Facebook page or our Facebook group – we will do our best to answer your questions.