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, turnips, salads, cabbage, cauliflower, parsnips and sweet potatoes to name a few – some grown within our market garden. Our regular box is only £8.00 and you can order online.

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

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.