South East Essex Organic Gardeners - Activities for adults

We started SE Essex Organic Gardeners (SEEOG) in 1994 after being inspired by both the team on the HDRA (Garden Organic) stand at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show and the books ‘Gardening Without Chemicals’ by Jack Temple and ‘Silent Spring’ by Rachel Carson. Our aim was to allow the individual organic gardener to place themselves in the wider environment in which we exist locally and globally.

The group emerged in the era of the Agenda 21 Biodiversity Action Plans that brought together like-minded people concerned with environmentalism, ecology and activism so there was considerable collaboration and networking. We worked with organisations such as the South Essex Natural History Society, permaculture groups, allotments, LETS (Local Exchange Trading Systems), Friends of the Earth, Surfers against Sewage, Greenpeace and anti-nuclear campaigns. We were all concerned with pollution and toxic effects on people, the unborn child and the environment at large.

We are members of Garden Organic and the Soil Association.

SEEOG’s aims remain the same today. We are a web fed by and feeding those concerned with the ecology of our planet and our human impact on it. We aim to promote the organic way and a community response and reaction to develop resilience locally and globally. We meet every two months with talks on a wide range of topics, usually with a local connection; we also provide speakers for other organisations to help spread the word. During the year, we also arrange group outings, these days by car-share. We work in partnership with local charity Trust Links, who host our meetings and run the Growing Together Gardens with their core work for mental health and the environment.

The South East Essex Seed Potato Day is the highlight of our year. During the day we sell many different varieties of tubers, all supplied by the Norfolk Organic Group. The Essex Schools Food and Farming Day at Writtle College is a close second, followed by Apple Day at St Laurence Orchard, Eastwood. We also attend the annual Wassailing ceremony at the orchard, run family learning workshops and try to have a regular presence at Leigh Farmers' Market, which offers a good way to earn extra cash for the group as well as engage with the general public. We aim to make ourselves available to give advice, encouragement and support.

01702 201914 or 07967 851 521

Contact the South East Essex Organic Gardeners 

Please use the entrance in Prittlewell Chase.

20:00 - 22:00