Elmwood plant sale raises funds for local causes

The plants are usually sold at the annual Open Day held on the Cupar campus at the end of May.

However, when this year's show was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, the horticulture team at Elmwood was left with a large amount of plants.

In order to avoid them going to waste, they came up with the idea of holding a 'Click and Collect' sale via Facebook.

After emailing their orders, people were allocated a time slot to pick up their plants and asked to pay by putting their money in a sealed envelope.

Phil Watkin, programme lead for horticulture at SRUC Elmwood, said: "The customers seemed to be delighted that we had put in the effort."

Phil continued: "The team felt in the present circumstances it would be good to contribute to the community and we decided to donate the money to CHAS Rachel House in Kinross and Cupar Foodbank."

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