Ukraine - horticulture aid mission arrives but more needed

Gardening Express has sent three trucks of aid to Ukraine with 72 pallets of supplies, including medicines.

14 March 2022

Ukraine

Appreciative eedback from Ukraine includes a letter from the mayor of Radomyshl, not far from the besieged capital city Kyiv.

Gardening Express' Chris Bonnett said he was concerned donations would dry up but that there will still be people in "dire need" for months ahead.

Send donations to Mascalls Lane, CM14 5LJ or donate cash to help fund more trucks and buy essentials: https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/trucktoukraine

Smart Garden Products are funding the transport of humanitarian aid on behalf of its local Ukrainian community in Peterborough. Gardening Express is helping facilitate delivery.

A Benefit Auction for Ukraine on the clocks of Royal FloraHolland on 14 March yielded more than €165,000. Last week, growers auctioned flowers and plants worth more than €41,000 for Giro555 in their own initiative. In addition to a contribution in the form of transaction costs from growers and buyers worth more than €14,000, Royal FloraHolland has supplemented the total amount to €250,000. Some 697 lots have been auctioned, spread over 361 trolleys. The auction took place at all four auction locations: Aalsmeer, Naaldwijk, Rijnsburg and Eelde. Giro555 will use the financial contribution from Floriculture for food, shelter and other emergency aid. 
Celebrity florist Elizabeth McKenna is fundraising at http://www.sunflowerforukraine.co.uk/ 
Aldi has 8,000 jobs available and wants applications from Ukrainian refugees, subject to their eligibility for UK employment.

Nationwide Produce has coordinated the donation and delivery of three truckloads of fruit and vegetables from British growers to help feed Ukrainians via Polish non-profit organisation AGROunia.


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