THE tenth ‘Seedy Sunday’ - a seed swapping and purchasing event was opened by Mayor David Simcock at the Abergavenny Community Centre, turned out to be the best attended yet despite the competing attractions of Mother’s Day and the Six Nations.

A magnificent stall assembled by a group led by Sue Harrison, highlighted alternatives to single-use plastics. Sue also created and drove the Bee-friendly Monmouthshire campaign which also had a stall at this 10th anniversary event.

Tools for Self Reliance and Andy Green’s renewable energy company Green Park Power had a presence in the Hall alongside a newcomer to Seedy Sunday, Robert Boyle of Carrob Growers of Monmouth offering a wide selection of fruit trees.

The Laurie Jones Community Orchard and Incredible Edible Abergavenny shared another stall with Abergavenny Transition Town presenting a slide show of all of the organisations many arms of activity.

The centrepiece of ‘Seedy Sunday’ as ever was Richard Lewis’s remarkable array of seeds for swapping backed up by a fine show of home-made cakes and hot drinks on a stall run by Mary Ann Swanson and Ian Horn.

In Autumn, at the same Centre, Abergaverny Transition Town will be aiming to host another ‘Just Juice’ event where anyone with apples in their gardens can come and have them turned into fresh apple juice. The fruits of all this growing energy.