A historic walled garden with an old brick wall and tower
Rooted in heritage.Built to grow.
Husk builds purpose-led ventures that protect what matters and make it last, starting with a living seed bank for Oxfordshire.
Featured project · A Seedbank for Oxfordshire
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£8,115
raised of £25,000
32% funded · closes 16 December 2026
Working with
- Glyme Valley CIC
01Our ventures
One company. Many roots.
Husk grows enterprises across heritage, technology and commerce. Each venture is built on the same principle: protect what matters, and make it last.
The film
Meet HUSK.
Led by John Wynne and delivered with Glyme Valley CIC, the Seedbank is run by part-time staff and volunteers whose passion drives everything we do.
02Featured project · A Seedbank for Oxfordshire
The privatisation of water gave us failures we can see: polluted rivers, leaks, rising bills. The loss of our seed heritage is quieter. Varieties vanish with no protest and no photo opportunity.
98%
of British vegetable varieties lost in the past century, by Garden Organic's estimate
2,500
years of seed heritage, tracing back to the walled gardens of Persia
12
historic Oxfordshire walled gardens joining one living seed bank
Heritage seeds
Living history, hidden behind garden walls.
Heritage seeds are open-pollinated varieties passed down for hundreds of years, saved by generations of gardeners long before industrial agriculture standardised our food. Every year, a few more vanish, taking irreplaceable local knowledge with them.
- Open-pollinatedGrown true from saved seed, generation after generation.
- Locally adaptedShaped over centuries by Oxfordshire's own soil and climate.
- Full of flavourTastes our great-grandparents would instantly recognise.
03The plan
Twelve gardens. One living seed bank.
04The countdown
The clock is ticking on twelve gardens.
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- 01NextGarden 1 · 6% · fully funded at £2,083
- 02Garden 2 · 0% · fully funded at £4,167
- 03Garden 3 · 0% · fully funded at £6,250
- 04Garden 4 · 0% · fully funded at £8,333
- 05Garden 5 · 0% · fully funded at £10,417
- 06Garden 6 · 0% · fully funded at £12,500
- 07Garden 7 · 0% · fully funded at £14,583
- 08Garden 8 · 0% · fully funded at £16,667
- 09Garden 9 · 0% · fully funded at £18,750
- 10Garden 10 · 0% · fully funded at £20,833
- 11Garden 11 · 0% · fully funded at £22,917
- 12Garden 12 · 0% · fully funded at £25,000
Each plot is one-twelfth of our target, filled by public pledges (£115 so far). The total above also includes £8,000 from West Oxfordshire District Council. Funds support surveys, cataloguing and training across all twelve walled gardens.
05Your gift
Put your money in the ground.
Every contribution funds real, tangible work, and every entry it pays for becomes part of a repository that keeps on growing.
Your £25 gift
Funds the survey and cataloguing of a single wall or bed, where an unrecorded or long-lost cultivar may be waiting.
Choose £25 on the next screen
06The SeedPals app
A botanical community, from the Thames to Tehran.
SeedPals is our new social platform for growers. Think of it as a botanical Instagram, connecting HUSK's members with like-minded gardeners all the way to where walled gardens began.
Share what you grow
Post your harvests, seedlings and saved seed to a community that cares.
Swap heritage seed
Find growers nearby and trade varieties to keep them in the ground.
Follow the gardens
Live updates from the walled gardens as new varieties are rediscovered.
App privileges are a reward for Crowdfunder supporters.
SPHeritage quince, ready for seed saving
Espalier pears, a full basket today
A new variety added to the Index Seminum
07Partner with Husk
Grow something that lasts.
We partner with businesses, landowners, investors and public bodies who share our belief that protecting heritage and building enterprise go hand in hand.
Businesses & brands
Put heritage at the heart of your brand.
From local producers to national retailers, we work with businesses that want a genuine, local story of biodiversity and provenance.
- Stock Husk products and heritage seed collections
- Collaborate on heritage produce and recipes
- Offer rewards to our Crowdfunder supporters
Back the Crowdfunder
Every seed saved is a story kept.
We're raising £25,000 to survey twelve walled gardens, catalogue what we find and train our first seed guardians. Every donation can claim a reward. Pledges close 16 December 2026.