Welcome to Grow West

Grow West Vegetable Boxes

Would you like local, seasonal vegetables delivered directly to your door? Our Grow West vegetable box delivery scheme allows you to do just that!

Each box contains fresh local, seasonal veg including potatoes, carrots, onions, turnip, salads, cabbage, cauliflower, parsnips, sweet potatoes to name a few – some grown within our market garden. A regular box is only £6.50 and our larger family boxes are £8. You can pay by cheque or BACs.

We deliver twice a week:
Wednesday: Silloth and surrounding villages
Thursday: Maryport, Cockermouth and surrounding villages

Grow West Gardening Services

Enjoy the best of your garden with the Grow West Gardening Service.

Alongside our trained staff, our trainees offer a convenient and careful grass cutting service along with other general garden maintenance for only £15 per hour.

This gives our trainees invaluable experience and helps to support their qualifications.

Contact us for more information on how we can help make your garden look even better!

The Grow West Green Gym

A new, refreshing approach to exercise!

The Grow West Green Gym is designed by The Conservation Volunteers (TCV) and you the chance to improve your health and wellbeing, whilst making a positive impact on your environment.

Green Gyms are fun outdoor sessions where you will be guided in practical conservation activities – but unlike other conservation projects, the emphasis is very much on health and fitness. In fact, almost a third more calories can be burnt in some Green Gym sessions than in an average aerobics class!

It is the perfect chance for you to meet new friends, do some gentle exercise, learn new skills, and enjoy the fresh air and peaceful surroundings at Grow West.

Sessions run every Friday from 10 am to 3 pm. You will need to bring a packed lunch and suitable clothing/footwear to do outdoor gardening activities.

Training and experience

Grow West can offer our trainees:

• 20 work practice placements per day, 7 days per week to people with learning difficulties with the opportunity to gain an accredited qualification and/or NVQ at the end of three years. This is linked to the Employment Scheme.
• Making full use of approximately 2½ acres of land by making raised and retained beds of a manageable size. This will increase the amount of food produced each year thereby decreasing the number of vegetables bought in and the attached food miles.
• Use of the composting area of 8.8 cubic metres to recycle all plant and paper waste produced on-site, cutting down on landfill and waste collection.
• Working in partnership with Cumbria County Council, Adult Education and Local Schools making sure they achieve the best results possible.
• Increased awareness of where food comes from, what it is used for and its benefits to health by introducing cooking sessions as part of the weekly timetable.
• Help us increase the amount of high quality, locally grown fruit and vegetables, that will be used
  a) In our Grow West vegetable box scheme
  b) To sell on-site, on stalls and farmers Markets
  c) In the production of preserves
  d) In our café – Café West
• Customer care and cash handling experience in our farm shop
• The opportunity for local schools to facilitate their own sessions and projects on-site promoting and increasing children’s awareness and understanding of different people and tolerance of others.