Tupton's community garden market

Meet the stallholders and residents at Tupton's weekly market in the villages community gardens

Transcript

00:00We had requests from residents, and they were like, we've got something like this in the

00:06village.

00:07And so we got in touch with Owls First of All and said, do you want to come down?

00:11Made a perfect slot, and it's just grown from there.

00:14Calverts came on board, then they wanted a fish van, so they came on board a couple of

00:19weeks ago, and Florist started last week.

00:21So we set this up back in January as a brand new business venture.

00:25We were the first on here, and then gradually we've got other market traders to come with

00:30us and build it up as its own little market.

00:33It's busy, community love it, that's the main thing.

00:36All our veg, we fetch direct from farmers in Lincolnshire, cabbages, collies, taters,

00:41stuff like that are all from Boston.

00:43We deal with three little small farmers, what we fetch them direct from.

00:47Then we always try and get all this other stuff local, so all his eggs are free range

00:51in there from Jacksdale.

00:52We get all his local honey.

00:54It's all jarred up at Hucknall.

00:56We've been here a good few months now at the community gardens.

01:00We've been trading about 12 to 13 years now.

01:04We are a proper mobile butcher shop, where we will cut things however people want them,

01:08but we have also got a lot of three for 10 deals and things like that.

01:12So we appeal to everybody.

01:14We have suppliers and contacts all up and down the country, we work with a lot of restaurants

01:18as well.

01:19So it's brilliant, I mean there's a lot of people who can't really work far, there's

01:23not many big supermarkets around here and walking distance.

01:26People come here, you know it's local, you're supporting small businesses, local businesses.

01:32It's brilliant and it just brings that traditional way of shopping back as well, which I think

01:38people need.

01:39And it's nice to have that bit of a conversation with people as well.

01:43You can't necessarily have that at Tesco and things like that, it's a bit too rushed, it's

01:46a bit too hectic, whereas here you can come out in the open and it's a really lovely atmosphere

01:52as well.

01:53We come up most Wednesdays, we pick up some fruit, we have a Quart Meats on and just lately

01:57it's just grown, it just used to be the fruit store.

01:59So yeah, we just use it regularly, it's good for the community.

02:02I know there's a little shop across Rome, this does a bit more, you know, there's more

02:07fruits, more veg, you know, fishmen started coming, so it's good for people that can't

02:11get far, you know, if you have to jump on a bus or drive, and also you're supporting

02:15these people.

02:16From a council's perspective, we charge a minimal rent for being on here, which goes

02:20towards the young people of the garden, and doing it there, so it's kind of win-win for everybody.