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Fresh microgreens growing under light
Grown locally in Bristol · Harvested to order

Living greens, grown a smarter way.

Verdant Roots grows ultra-fresh, nutrient-dense microgreens in a soil-free vertical farm — picked the morning they reach your kitchen. Up to 40× the nutrients of full-grown veg, and not a food mile wasted.

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18+
Varieties
7 days
Seed to harvest
95%
Less water used
0
Food miles*
The GlasshouseHarbour & VineClifton KitchenSage BistroRoots DeliNo.12 Brasserie
Founder tending microgreen trays
Our story

A tiny farm with a big idea.

Verdant Roots started in a converted unit on the edge of Bristol when founder Tom Whitaker became obsessed with a simple question: why does “fresh” salad travel hundreds of miles and arrive half-dead?

So he built something different — a climate-controlled vertical farm that grows living greens without soil, without pesticides and without the food miles. Every tray is sown, grown and snipped to order, then hand-delivered the same day. The result is produce so fresh it’s still growing when it reaches your plate.

  • ✓ Soil-free & pesticide-free — clean greens you can eat straight from the punnet.
  • ✓ Grown to order — nothing sits in a warehouse; we harvest the day you receive it.
  • ✓ Genuinely local — everything is grown within a few miles of where it’s eaten.

More about what we do

Why microgreens?

Small leaves. Serious nutrition.

Harvested just days after sprouting, microgreens pack a remarkable concentration of vitamins, antioxidants and flavour into every bite.

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Up to 40× the nutrients

Studies have found microgreens can carry many times the vitamins and antioxidants of their mature counterparts, gram for gram.

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Big flavour, instantly

From peppery radish to nutty sunflower, a pinch transforms a dish — no cooking, no fuss. Chefs love them as a finishing touch.

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Kind to the planet

Our vertical system uses up to 95% less water than field farming and needs zero pesticides or chemical sprays.

From seed to doorstep

How we grow your greens

Sowing seeds

We sow

Organic, non-GMO seed is sown into reusable trays — no soil, just clean growing mats and filtered water.

Microgreens growing under light

We grow

In our climate-controlled farm, full-spectrum LED light and precise nutrients bring each variety to its peak in days.

Freshly harvested greens

We deliver

We snip your greens the morning they’re due and hand-deliver them living and fresh — across Bristol & Bath.

Fresh this week

Customer favourites

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BestsellerPea shoots
★★★★★
Pea Shoots

Sweet, crunchy and crisp — like fresh garden peas.

£3.50 / punnet
SpicyRadish microgreens
★★★★★
Radish & Rocket Mix

A peppery kick that wakes up any plate.

£3.75 / punnet
NuttySunflower shoots
★★★★☆
Sunflower Shoots

Thick, juicy stems with a fresh nutty bite.

£3.50 / punnet
Chef pickChef's mix microgreens
★★★★★
Chef’s Rainbow Mix

Our signature blend of six colourful varieties.

£4.50 / punnet
A box of fresh greens
Weekly & monthly boxes

Fresh greens, on repeat.

Never run out of the good stuff. Choose a weekly or fortnightly box and we’ll deliver a rotating selection of living microgreens straight to your door.

  • ✓ Pick your varieties — or let us surprise you each week.
  • ✓ Pause, skip or cancel any time. No tie-ins.
  • ✓ Subscribers save up to 20% versus one-off punnets.

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Loved locally

What people are saying

“The freshest greens we’ve ever cooked with — they arrive still growing. They’ve become the finishing touch on half our menu.”

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Jess RobertsHead Chef, The Glasshouse

“My weekly box is the easiest healthy habit I’ve ever kept. The radish mix on scrambled eggs is unreal.”

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Aisha MalikSubscriber, Bedminster

“You can taste the difference a zero-mile harvest makes. Tom’s greens outlast anything from the supermarket by a week.”

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Dan ColeOwner, Roots Deli
Microgreens close up

Taste the difference fresh really makes.

Order your first punnets today, or set up a weekly box and keep living greens on hand all year round.

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