Green Thumb Social

19/03/2025

Thank you to the remarkable team at Cardiff Child Care Centre for volunteering on Saturday. The children’s tables were a big hit and will return at the next swap in Spring 🪴🥰☀️

14/03/2025

The plant swap is tomorrow, can’t wait 🥰

Join us tomorrow for our Plant Swap and Garden Tool Repair event at Lambton Library!

Featuring:
- Garden tool repair with Newcastle Mens Shed Inc
- Learn about street gardens and planting to encourage pollinators
- Plant Swap hosted by Green Thumb Social and Newcastle Seed Library volunteers

Family friendly, FREE drop-in event. All welcome.

12/03/2025

How exciting! A children’s table at the swap this Saturday with free fairy door construction and painting and terracotta pot painting 🪴✨🧚🏼‍♂️

26/02/2025

Yay Green Thumb Social is back! In collaboration with Newcastle Libraries and Newcastle Mens Shed Inc. The free plant swap is returning to Lambton Library on Saturday March 15th 🥰🪴🌱

Join us on Saturday 15 March for our Plant Swap and Garden Tool Repair event at Lambton Library!

Featuring:
- Garden tool repair with Newcastle Mens Shed Inc
- Learn about street gardens and planting to encourage pollinators
- Plant Swap hosted by Green Thumb Social and Newcastle Seed Library volunteers

Family friendly, FREE drop-in event. All welcome.

01/11/2024

26/10/2024

It’s so exciting that all of these awesome community organisations will be in the one gorgeous spot next Saturday. Green Thumb Social in collaboration with Newcastle Libraries and the Newcastle Seed Library volunteers are hosting a free plant and seed swap. Bring anything a green thumb would appreciate 🪴📚🥑🧅There will be seed saving workshops with Frog Permaculture, Newcastle Men’s Shed will be on hand for a garden tool repair session and the City of Newcastle’s Environmental Education Team will present a workshop on planting for pollinators 🐝🌻🦋🌱

14/10/2024

These photos capture the cuteness and warmth at the Green Thumb Social events. The next free plant and seed swap is back at Lambton Library on Saturday November 2nd from 10am-12pm. Everyone is welcome, it’s family friendly including our four legged babies. If you have been before you will know that there are amazing coffee options and an incredible children’s playground behind the library that make for a great morning in Lambton. Bring anything a green thumb would appreciate, think plants, cuttings, fruit, vegetables, gardening books and magazines and seeds 🪴🫛📚🍓🌱

13/10/2024

Save the date for a FREE Plant Swap and Garden Tool Repair session at Lambton Library on Saturday 2 November, 10am-12pm!

Bring your plants, cuttings or seeds to trade or share with fellow plant enthusiasts.

Featuring:
🌷 Seed Saving Q+A with Tree Frog Permaculture, 10:30-11:30am
🌻 Seed Pack and Chat with Tree Frog Permaculture, 11:30am-12pm
🛠️Garden tool repair with Newcastle Men's Shed
🐝Learn how to plant for pollinators with City of Newcastle's Environmental Education Team

Plant Swap hosted by Green Thumb Social and Newcastle Seed Library volunteers

Family friendly event. All welcome. Free event!

Just drop in, no bookings required!

Image: Purple/yellow and blue flowers in metal pots on a table. Garden tools positioned in front.

09/03/2023

Pics from the last free plant and seed swap. Everyone looks so happy ☺️🪴
See you on Saturday at Lambton Library from 9:30-12. Everyone is welcome.
In collaboration with Newcastle Libraries and the Repair Cafe it will be a gorgeous morning 🌱🥑✨🌻☕️

27/02/2023

Dogs are welcome at the next free plant swap on March 11th at Lambton Library 🥰🪴🐶 I look forward to patting each and every one of them!

30/11/2022

Yay, bring on the 10th. I can’t wait for the next free plant and seed swap 🥰🪴🥑

Bring your much-loved broken items back to life at our Repair Cafe! Join us on Saturday 10 December with a focus on upcycling old t-shirts and sharpening and tool repair. Plus a plant/seed swap! Details at: https://bit.ly/NewcastleRepairCafe 🥰🪡👕🌱🔨🙌

22/06/2022

Green Thumbs from the last free plant and seed swap 🌱🥰🌶🍋🪴📚🌻
This Saturday 25th June come along to Lambton Library from 9:30am-12pm and swap anything a green thumb would appreciate such as plants, pots, produce, seeds and gardening magazines/books. The free potting bar will be there to pot up your plants and to get the mini green thumbs involved. Everyone is welcome!

The Repair Cafe will also be up and running inside the library, bring along bikes, tools and toys and learn how to fix them 🛠

Can’t wait to see you on Saturday ✨