TRANSITION Minehead and Alcombe, in partnership with Forum 21 and LETS, are holding their annual Plant Swap and Freecycle on Saturday May 12.
from 10 am to noon at the Methodist Church Hall, The Avenue, Minehead.
Gardeners are invited to bring your spare plants to swap – vegetables, flowers, herbs, fruit, houseplants can be swapped or bought.
There will also be a Freecycle table for small items to exchange after decluttering at home.
In addition, free cloth carrier bags are being provided by a local volunteer who makes them from donated fabric. The bags are made to a design from the Morsbags website and are intended to reduce the use of plastic bags.
Maureen Smith, of TMA and Forum 21, said: “The huge problem of plastic breaking into tiny particles and getting into the sea where it enters the food chain is now widely recognised.
“The charge for plastic bags has reduced the use of them by up to 80 per cent and we are hoping to get to that last difficult 20 per cent.
“Over 3,000 Morsbags have been distributed in West Somerset with the help of an overlocking machine funded by Forum 21 and more sewing volunteers are needed to meet the demand.”
The event is in The Avenue Methodist Church Hall from 10am to noon. Each visitor can hand in plants and will be given tokens to exchange for others.
There will also be some seeds to swap for last-minute sowing, and people bring their own spare in-date seeds too. There will also be refreshments, garden bric-a-brac, books and tools. Admission is 50p, free to children under 18.