To celebrate the sowing season Waltham Forest Council is organising free compost to be available all around Waltham Forest during Cultivate Festival. Compost will be available to collect in a pile, just bring a shovel and bags to help yourself. Locations where compost can be found throughout...
Are you and your school up for a challenge? OrganicLea invites you and your school to participate in the 2015 Potato Challenge and get stuck in with Plant Out Parties. Throughout Cultivate, OrganicLea will be hosting parties in participating schools to celebrate the planting out...
It all started in 2012, south of the river, when Brixton-based food growing group City Farmers hit on the idea of growing the hops for, and brewing, a community beer. Two years later, and with the drive and determination of local resident Caroline Holtum, Walthamstow...
An enterprise afternoon for those involved in the areas of growing food and retailing, providing information, advice and inspiration. There will be: 2 workshops covering pricing and marketing Drop-in networking with advisers on hand Lessons Learned session where live case studies from business owners will be shared via...
Are you interested in market garden scale vegetable growing and local food enterprise? Come join us on a tour of Hawkwood Plant Nursery to see and hear about OrganicLea’s enterprise work. Here at OrganicLea we grow over £45k worth of vegetables a year on 1.5...
Talk: Copped Hall Walled Kitchen Garden Copped Hall Garden volunteers are restoring a four acre walled garden. Hear how the garden used to work as part of a large estate and see how we have brought it back to life after many years of dereliction. We...
Take a look round our unique site and take part in shared work tasks and drop-in learning opportunities. Drop by at any time or stay for the day. We will have cake from Norman Loves and Hawkwood Herbal teas on offer at our popular cake...
Herbs are easy to grow, fragrant, flavourful and versatile – and they look great on a sunny windowsill. Join us at our street party to celebrate all things herbal in the city! Walks, workshops, storytelling and more – there’s something for everyone in this fun-packed...
Meet our panel of experts for edible gardening and food growing advice, an afternoon in the style of Gardeners’ Question Time. Our esteemed panel members and associate in ‘dictionary corner’ will be announced on the Cultivate Festival Website. Join us beforehand for a talk on preparing the...
Gardens across London will open up their doors and welcome in volunteers to get the new growing season off to a great start! The Big Dig is back on Saturday 21st March to encourage local people to get down to their local garden and get their...
